7th Annual “Old Joe” Golf Tournament


7th Annual “Old Joe” Golf Tournament

Friday, April 20, 2012

Location
The Courses at Fort Meade

Online Registration:
Sponsorship Registration
Player Registration

Mail in Registration Forms:
Player Registration
Sponsor Registration


contact Dana O’Shea via email at danaoshea@hotmail.com.

HISTORY OF TANK CORPS JOE
Around 1923, the famed tank riding dog, Old Joe, befriended the soldiers who manned the infantry¹s light tanks. Joe became the Sixty-Sixth Infantry’s official pet by order of the commanding officer of Fort Meade and acquired fame by becoming the Army’s only tank-riding dog. Joe died in 1937 in the post hospital. The entire Sixty-Sixth Infantry honored Joe with a military formation and a procession of tanks and military trucks escorted Joe to a grave near one of the tank parks.

 

 

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