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Major General Adna R. Chaffee Jr., regarded as the father of U.S. Armor, dedicated his life to combined arms in which cooperation and teamwork were valued above branch identity. In keeping with that spirit, the park is arranged in a random pattern, and each unit served with distinction, with no first and 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, and 602nd Tank Destroyer Battalion.
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