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Samuel D. Rockenbach--1869-1952--Brigadier General, U.S. Army Cavalry

Samuel D. Rockenbach--1869-1952--Brigadier General, U.S. Army Cavalry is a Virginia historical marker in southwest corner, Lynchburg County, dedicated 1975.

Lynchburg County · dedicated 1975 · 8th and Court Streets, southwest corner

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Nearby at 805 Madison Street is the birthplace of General Rockenbach, "Father of the U.S. Army Tank Corps." He began his education in Lynchburg schools and was an honor graduate of Virginia Military Institute in 1889. As first chief of the Army's tank corps in 1917, he pioneered training schools and field organization for tank warfare in World War I.

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