Spaghetti Bowl (American football)
The Spaghetti Bowl was an American football bowl game played between Fifth Army and Twelfth Air Force in Florence, Italy, on 1 January 1945. The game was won by the Army 20–0.
Spaghetti Bowl (American football)
Game action
Peggy Jean performing on the sideline with an Army band
Aerial shot
The United States Army North (ARNORTH) is a formation of the United States Army. An Army Service Component Command (ASCC) subordinate to United States Northern Command (NORTHCOM), ARNORTH is the joint force land component of NORTHCOM. ARNORTH is responsible for homeland defense and defense support of civil authorities. ARNORTH is headquartered at Fort Sam Houston, Texas.
Redesignated ARNORTH in 2004, it was first activated in early January 1943 as the United States Fifth Army, under the command of Lieutenant General Mark W. Clark.
Mark W. Clark, pictured in 1942 as a major general, commanded Fifth Army throughout most of its World War II service.
Gen. Glen D. VanHerck, right, Commander, North American Aerospace Defense Command and United States Northern Command, passes the U.S. Army North colors to Lt. Gen. John R. Evans, Jr., during the U.S. Army North change of command ceremony at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, September 9, 2021.