The General George Patton Museum of Leadership is a museum in Fort Knox, Kentucky, dedicated to the memory of General George S. Patton, Jr., and his role as a leader from World War I to the present day. The museum is administered by the U.S. Army Cadet Command, Fort Knox and the U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command. The museum was originally founded as the Patton Museum of Cavalry and Armor in 1948. The present building, located in Fort Knox, Kentucky, was originally constructed between 1972 and 1992 without cost to the U.S. Government by the Cavalry-Armor Foundation, now called the Patton Museum Foundation. The museum was later renamed the General George Patton Museum of Leadership. As of 2013, the museum was managed as part of the U.S. Army Accessions Command and received 358,000 visitors a year.
Patton Armor Museum – Korea 1950 – 1953
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Patton Armor Museum – Vietnam 1964 – 1973
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Patton Armor Museum – Cold War 1945 – 1989
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Patton Armor Museum – Desert Storm 1990 – 1991
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Patton Armor Museum – Bosnia-Kosovo 1995 – 1998
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Patton Armor Museum – Operation Iraqi Freedom 2003
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