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Truscott Hall

 
 
Truscott Hall Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Don Morfe, July 13, 2003
1. Truscott Hall Marker
Inscription. Lucian King Truscott Jr., General U.S. Army, Commanded the 3D Infantry Division, Fifth and Third US Armies during WWII. Awarded the Distinguished Service Cross in 1943 for Extraordinary Heroism during the battle of Sicily.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, World II.
 
Location. 40° 12.714′ N, 77° 10.122′ W. Memorial is near Carlisle, Pennsylvania, in Cumberland County. It is in North Middleton Township. It is on Pershing Road. The marker is located on the grounds of the US Army War College. Truscott Hall was the visitors bachelors quarters and it was demolished in 2006,. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Carlisle PA 17013, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in South-Central Pennsylvania and in Greater Harrisburg. It is also in the American Northeast, in the Mid-Atlantic, in Appalachia, and specifically in Northern Appalachia. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: U S Army War College Alumni Memorial (approx. Ό mile away); The Carlisle Indian Industrial School (approx. 0.3 miles away); Indian Cemetery (approx. 0.3 miles away); The First School of the American Army (approx. 0.3 miles away); Charles Albert "Chief" Bender (approx. 0.4 miles away); Dragoon Circle (approx. 0.4 miles away); To Commemorate the First Home of the "Mobile Arm" (approx. 0.4 miles away); Washington Hall (approx. 0.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Carlisle.
 
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General Lucian K Truscott, Jr. Grave marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Don Morfe, August 4, 2000
2. General Lucian K Truscott, Jr. Grave marker
He is buried in Section 1, site 827-B, Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington VA.
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on February 7, 2023. It was originally submitted on November 15, 2016, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. This page has been viewed 554 times since then and 5 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on November 15, 2016, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.
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