Camp Cooke Memorial

1941 - 1946

First Marker:

5th Armored Division

"Victory"

Activated Ft. Knox, KY - 1 October 1941 • VAFB (then Camp Cooke) February 1942 - March 1943 • Desert & Tennessee Maneuvers - 1942 & 1943 • Deployed to E.T.O. February 1944 • Landed Utah Beach, Normandy 25 July 1944

Normandy * Northern France * Rhineland * Ardennes-Alsace * Central Europe

First Allied Division to enter Germany 11 September 1944. At War's end was closest unit to Berlin on the Elbe River

Dedicated to all the brave men of the 5th A.D. in World War II

Second Marker:

6th Armored Division

"The Super Sixth"

Activated Ft. Knox, KY - 15 February 1942 • Camp Chaffee, Ark. - Louisiana Maneuvers • Camp Young - California Desert • Camp Cooke (VAFB), Calif. • Landed Utah Beach 18 July 1944

Normandy * Northern France * Rhineland * Ardennes-Alsace * Central Europe

Last Combat Death 24 April 1945

Dedicated to the 1,274 men of the 6th Armored Division who gave their lives in World War II, the 4,378 wounded and 52 missing in action.

Third Marker:

11th Armored Division

"Thunderbolts"

Activated Camp Polk, LA - 15 August 1942 • Louisiana Manuevers • Camp Barkley, Abilene, TX • Camp Ibis - California Desert • Camp Cooke (VAFB), CA • Landed France December 10, 1944

Ardennes-Alsace * Rhineland * Central Europe

Dedicated to the men of the 11th Armored Division who died or were wounded during World War II.

Fourth Marker:

In deep appreciation for the untiring efforts of

Colonel James A. McDonough, USAR Ret

5th Armored Division Association

and

Colonel William A. Hamberg, USA Ret

5th Armored Division Association

in making this memorial a reality on Vandenberg Air Force Base

October 1991

Marker is at the intersection of California Boulevard and Nebraska Avenue, on the right when traveling north on California Boulevard.