Armored Forces Monument - Arlington Cemetery - Arlington, VA - Smithsonian Art Inventory Sculptures on Waymarking.com

County of memorial: Arlington County
Loction of memorial: Memorial Drive, entrance to Arlington National Cemetery, across from 101st Monument, Arlington
Artist: Harold J. Schaller, sculptor; Phillip H.Candella, sculptor; Jody A. Harmon, sculptor; Robert J. Torsrud, sculptor; Edward Epstein, sculptor
Architect: Fred B. Raines
Contractor: Peacock Memorials
Fabricator: North Barre Granite Company
Commissioned: 1986

Monument Text:
(Sculpture Face - upper right):

FORGING THE
THUNDERBOLT (Sculpture - below image): A BALANCED TEAM OF COMBAT ARMS AND SERVICES
OF EQUAL IMPORTANCE AND EQUAL PRESTIGE."
Maj. Gen. Adna R. Chaffee
Father of the American
Armored Force (Wall Face): THEIR VALOR
IS YOUR
HERITAGE (Wall, under seals): UNITED STATES OF AMERICA WAR OFFICE
TANK DESTROYERS
DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY
UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS.
DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The Top of the wall is inscribed with names of campaigns from World War I to present and includes the battalions, companies, and regiments commissioned in the history of Armored Service

Proper Description: Highly polished black granite panel etched with a military scene of tanks moving across a mountainous landscape. In the clouds in the upper left is a man on horseback and in the upper right is a lightning bolt with the words "FORGING THE THUNDERBOLT." The black granite panel is centered on a semicircular wall etched with insignias of the various armed forces divisions. On top are etchings of maps and descriptions of the campaigns from WWI, WWII, Mediterranean theater, European theater, Pacific theater, Korean War, Vietnam, and Desert Storm." ~ Smithsonian American Art Museum

TITLE: Armored Forces Monument ARTIST(S): Harold J. Schaller, sculptor; Phillip H.Candella, sculptor; Jody A. Harmon, sculptor; Robert J. Torsrud, sculptor; Edward Epstein DATE: 1986 MEDIUM: Sculpture: polished black granite; Base/wall: light grey granite with sandblasted finish CONTROL NUMBER: IAS DC000208 Direct Link to the Individual Listing in the Smithsonian Art Inventory: [Web Link] PHYSICAL LOCATION: 1 Memorial Drive, Arlington, VA 22211 DIFFERENCES NOTED BETWEEN THE INVENTORY LISTING AND YOUR OBSERVATIONS AND RESEARCH: None noticed

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