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20 Liberators

1943 - 1946

 
 
20 Liberators Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Darren Jefferson Clay, May 4, 2024
1. 20 Liberators Marker
Inscription.
20th Armored Division
European Theater
Danube - Dachau - Munich


This monument is dedicated to the memory of old friends and comrades who contributed to the liberation of Dachau concentration camp and Munich, both those who served, and those who made the supreme sacrifice during World War II.
May God bless them all.

Divison HQ's
CC-A CC-B
Reserve Command

Division Trains • Division Artillery • 220th Armd Med Bn • 138th Armd Ord Mnt Bn • 160th Armd Signal Co • 220th Armd Eng Bn • Division Band • MP Platoon • 33rd Cav Rcn

Tank Battalions
9th Tank Bn • 20th Tank Bn • 27th Tank Bn

Infantry Battalions
8th Armd Inf Bn • 65th Armd Inf Bn • 70th Armd Inf Bn

Artillery Battalions
412th Armd Fld Art Bn • 413th Armd Fld Art Bn • 414th Armd Fld Art Bn


The Liberators
Those Who Gave Their "ALL" for Freedom's Sake
Alfonso, Leon M. • Avezda, Anton A. • Bacon, Wesley H. • Bannehr, Christian, Jr. • Barker, Harry • Barnes, Samuel F. Jr. • Baskin, Lydle, A. • Carter, William F. • Clark, Raymond V. • Collins, William I. • De Saro, Robert S. • Dillon, Kermit U. • Doerr, John W. • Dusenberry,
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Charles E. • Friot, James • Gibson, Neville L. • Graber, Harold E. • Graf, Harry A. • Grimes, William M. Jr. • Hartl, Francis C. • Hawn, Herman A. • Heiler, Phillip E. • Herrell, Melvin D. • Hodge, Le Roy A. • Hooper, W. C. • Jackson, Karl E. • Jones, Newton W. • Jossi, F. • Kay, William H. • Kious, George R. • Klief, Raymond E. • Kobak, Martin H. • Krueger, W. • Lambkins, Zira L. • Lanier, Isaac В. • Lowe, William • Manning, Troy • Maronde, William L.O. • McAnnelly, Harry L. • McVicker, Samuel W. • Painter, Willard V. • Palmer, Bryant L. • Parsoff, Herman • Peavey, Irving A. • Pecora, Joe • Pittenger, George R. • Pruden, Jeremy O. • Rizzitano, Antonio N. • Robello, John B. • Rogowin, Frank • Romanski, Henry W. • Rubenfield, Albert A. • Schechter, Irving • Schonman, Aaron • Shafiner, Troy L. • Smith, James D. • Stayton, Raymond W. • St. John, Aubrey M. • Strauss, Edward L. • Walter, Louis F. • Watts, Oran L. • Wilson, Lewis B. • Winkler, Herman T.
20th Armored Division
WWII European Theater 1945

 
Erected 1999.
 
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20 Liberators Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Darren Jefferson Clay, May 4, 2024
2. 20 Liberators Marker
Military.
 
Location. 36° 38.331′ N, 87° 27.241′ W. Memorial is in Fort Campbell, Tennessee, in Montgomery County. It is at the intersection of Tennessee Avenue and Screaming Eagle Blvd, on the left when traveling south on Tennessee Avenue. Marker is on the campus of Fort Campbell. Visitors must access the base via Gate 7 to access marker. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 5101 Tennessee Ave, Fort Campbell KY 42223, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Middle Tennessee and in the Highland Rim. It is also in the American South and specifically in the Upper South. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Airborne (a few steps from this marker); The Netherlands Memorial Garden (a few steps from this marker); a
20 Liberators Marker (monument on the left side of the photo) image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Darren Jefferson Clay, May 4, 2024
3. 20 Liberators Marker (monument on the left side of the photo)
different marker also named The Netherlands Memorial Garden (a few steps from this marker); Veghel Memorial Garden (a few steps from this marker); Enemy Air Defense (within shouting distance of this marker); The All-Black 555th Parachute Infantry Battalion (within shouting distance of this marker); EE-11 Urutu Armored Personnel Carrier (within shouting distance of this marker); Task Force "Rakkasan" Persian Gulf War (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Fort Campbell.
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on June 1, 2024. It was originally submitted on May 20, 2024, by Darren Jefferson Clay of Duluth, Georgia. This page has been viewed 523 times since then and 55 times this year. Last updated on May 31, 2024, by David Austin of Scotts Hill, Tennessee. Photos:   1, 2, 3. submitted on May 28, 2024, by Darren Jefferson Clay of Duluth, Georgia. • James Hulse was the editor who published this page.
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