Tenth United States Army

Tenth United States Army
Tenth Army Shoulder Insignia
Active	20 June 1944 – 1945(?)
Country	United States
Allegiance	United States Army
Branch	Regular Army
Type	Field army
Garrison/HQ	Fort Sam Houston, Texas
Engagements	Battle of Okinawa
Commanders
Notable commanders	Simon Bolivar Buckner, Jr. Roy Geiger Joseph Stilwell

The Tenth United States Army was the last army level command established in the Pacific Theater of Operations during World War II. It was commanded by Lieutenant General Simon Bolivar Buckner, Jr. until he was killed by enemy artillery fire on Okinawa on 18 June 1945.Major General Roy Geiger assumed command and led the Tenth Army until relieved by General Joseph Stilwell on 23 June.

During the Battle of Okinawa, the Tenth Army consisted of XXIV Corps of the U.S. Army and III Amphibious Corps of the U.S. Marine Corps. The Tenth Army, which was unique as it had its own tactical air force (joint Army-Marine Command), included the 1st, 2nd and 6th Marine Divisions and the 7th, 27th, 77th and 96th Army Infantry Divisions.

The Army had over 102,000 soldiers (of these 38,000+ were non-divisional artillery, combat support and HQ troops, with another 9,000 service troops), over 88,000 Marines and 18,000 Navy personnel (mostly Seabee and medical personnel). At the start of Battle of Okinawa Tenth Army had 182,821 men under its command.