Fort Knox in Hardin County, Kentucky — The American South (East South Central)

Units Within Armor Memorial Park

Photographed By James Hulse, August 17, 2022

1. Units Within Armor Memorial Park Marker

Inscription. Major General Adna R. Chaffee Jr., the father of US Armor. Dedicated his life to a combined arms where cooperation and teamwork were valued above branch identity. In keeping with that spirit, the park is arranged in a random pattern. Each unit served with distinction. There is no first. There is no last.

6th Armored Division • 12th Armored Division • 1st Armored Division • 7th Armored Division • 796 Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion • 4th Armored Division • Essex Troop • 14th Armored Division • 5th Armored Division • 70 Tank Battalion • 3rd Armored Division • 10th Armored Division • 9th Armored Division • 200 Armored Division • 8th Armored Division • 11th Armored Division • 610 Tank Destroyer Battalion •736 Tank Battalion Special • 712 Tank Battalion • 751 Tark Battalion • 707 Tank Battalion • 15th Cavalry • 166 Engineer Combat Battalion • 760 Tank Battalion • 823 Tank Destroyer Battalion • 16th Armored Division • Tank Destroyer Force • 638 Tank Destroyer Battalion • 753 Tank Battalion • 20th Armored Division • 740 Tank Battalion • 3rd Cavalry • 811 Tank Destroyer Battalion • 746 Tank Battalion • 526 Armored Infantry Battalion • 738th M Tank BN SP IN • 749th Tank Battalion • 778th AAA AW BN (SP) • 72 Tank Battalion • 757th Tank Battalion • 191st Tank Battalion • 89th Tank Battalion • 602nd Tank Destroyer Battalion

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1991 by USA Armor Center.

Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Military.

Location. 37° 53.834′ N, 85° 58.501′ W. Marker is in Fort Knox, Kentucky, in Hardin County. Memorial is on Dixie Highway (U.S. 31W) 0.2 miles north of West Chaffee Avenue, on the right when traveling north. The marker is located east of the walkway from the parking lot to the General George Patton Museum. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Fort Knox KY 40121, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Armor Memorial Park (here, next to this marker); Dedicated to The Sacred Memory of the 6th U.S. Cavalrymen (a few steps from this marker); Armor in Vietnam (within shouting distance of this marker); World War II Barracks Exhibit (within shouting distance of this marker); St. Patrick's Cemetery (approx. half a mile away); Post Cemetery (approx. half a mile away); Godman Field (approx. 0.7 miles away); Visitor's House (approx. 0.8 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Fort Knox.

More about this marker. The marker is located on the grounds of the General George Patton Museum and there is a public entrance to the museum from Highway 31 which doesn’t require entrance through Fort Knox. The museum is open to the public and it is free

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Photographed By James Hulse, August 17, 2022

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Credits. This page was last revised on December 23, 2022. It was originally submitted on August 22, 2022, by James Hulse of Medina, Texas. This page has been viewed 155 times since then and 32 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on August 22, 2022, by James Hulse of Medina, Texas.