Vintage WWII WW2 Military Pillow Sham Cover US Army Fort Knox Kentucky Mother

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Vintage WWII WW2 Military Pillow Sham Cover US Army Fort Knox Kentucky Mother. Condition is Used. Shipped with USPS First Class Package.
Fort Knox
is a
United States Army
post in
Kentucky
, south of
Louisville
and north of
Elizabethtown
. It is adjacent to the
United States Bullion Depository
, which is used to house a large portion of the United States' official
gold reserves
. The 109,000 acre (170 sq mi, 441 km
2
) base covers parts of
Bullitt
,
Hardin
, and
Meade
counties. It currently holds the Army Human Resources Center of Excellence to include the Army Human Resources Command. It is named in honor of
Henry Knox
, Chief of Artillery in the
American Revolutionary War
and first
United States Secretary of War
.
For 60 years, Fort Knox was the home of the U.S. Army Armor Center and the
U.S. Army Armor School
(now moved to
Fort Benning
), and was used by both the Army and the
Marine Corps
to train crews on the American tanks of the day; the last was the
M1 Abrams
main battle tank
. The history of the
U.S. Army's Cavalry and Armored forces
, and of General
George S. Patton
's career, is shown at the
General George Patton Museum
[2]
on the grounds of Fort Knox.