Fort Knox

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The troops were with the 1st Theater Sustainment Command, home-based in Fort Knox, Ky., which manages the flow of equipment and personnel to the port, according to one of the officials.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 3, 2026

A working gold toilet seems a much better use of bullion than, say, making it into bars and then just having it sit, useless, in vaults in Fort Knox.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 1, 2025

Andrew Friedman realized this when he emptied Fort Knox during the offseason.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2025

Sacks said the stockpile would serve as "a digital Fort Knox for the cryptocurrency", drawing comparison to a Kentucky military base that stores a significant portion of US gold assets.

From BBC • Mar. 6, 2025

If they were for storing cotton, as Haas surmises, they would have been, in this textile-mad society, an emblem of state power and wealth, the ancient equivalent of Fort Knox.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann