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66th Armor Regiment
66th Armor Regiment coat of arms
Active
1918–present
Country
United States
Branch
United States Army
Type
Armor
Role
Armored warfare
Size
Two battalions
Garrison/HQ
Fort Carson, CO (1st Battalion); Fort Riley, KS (3rd Battalion)
Nickname(s)
"Burt's Knights"
Motto(s)
Semper in Hostes (Always Into the Enemy)
Engagements
World War I World War II Korean War Operation Desert Storm Iraq War
Commanders
Notable commanders
George S. Patton (304th Tank Brigade)
Insignia
Distinctive unit insignia
Military unit
The 66th Armor Regiment is the oldest armored unit in the United States Army, tracing its lineage to the 301st Tank Battalion which served with distinction soon after it was formed in the First World War; the 301st trained at Camp Meade, Maryland, where then-Cpt. Dwight D. Eisenhower was an instructor. It has often been rumored that the 301st, the parent unit of the 66th, was first commanded by Col. George S. Patton, but this appears not to have been the case; while Patton was the first officer assigned to the Tank Corps, and while the 301st Tank Battalion was the first unit formed, Patton went nearly immediately to France to train Americans attached to Allied commands.[1] The 301st was the only American heavy tank battalion to have seen action in the war. After the war, the 301st transitioned in the Regular Army to become the 66th Infantry Regiment (Light Tanks) by way of the 16th Tank Battalion.[2]
^Blaker, Gordon A. (1999). Iron Knights: the United States 66th Armored Regiment. Shippensburg, PA: Burd Street Press. pp. 1–2.
^Blaker, Gordon A. (1999). Iron Knights: The United States 66th Armored Regiment. Shippensburg, PA: Burd Street Publisher. pp. 23–24.
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