Fort Campbell
| Fort Campbell | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ten miles northwest of downtown Clarksville, Tennessee and ten miles south of Hopkinsville, Kentucky | ||||
Shoulder sleeve insignia of units stationed at Fort Campbell | ||||
| Type | Army post | |||
| Site information | ||||
| Controlled by | U.S. Army | |||
| Site history | ||||
| Built | 1941 | |||
| In use | 1941–Present | |||
| Garrison information | ||||
| Garrison | 101st Airborne Division 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment 5th Special Forces Group | |||
Fort Campbell is a United States Army post on the border of Tennessee and Kentucky. It is west of Clarksville and northwest of Nashville.
The fort is named after William Bowen Campbell, the last Whig Governor of Tennessee.
References
- ↑ A History of Fort Campbell, Kentucky Archived 2007-02-05 at the Wayback Machine, 14 August 2006. Retrieved 18 October 2008.
Other websites
- Fort Campbell Home Page Archived 1998-05-02 at the Wayback Machine - official site
- Fort Campbell at the Open Directory Project
36°39′N 87°28′W / 36.650°N 87.467°W
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