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Posted: 9/6/2004 9:11:32 AM EDT
Went to the Musesum of the Pacific War in Fredricksburg, Texas on Saturday. Thought I would share a few of the pics I took. They had a live reinactment of an assault on a Japanese pill box with a working Stuart tank, a half track and a flame thrower. I didn't manage to get any pics of that.
  Hatch cut from the USS Arizona while looking for survivors.  "Relative in Service Ring"-Blue stars for relatives in service, Gold stars for those killed.  Japanese Tank  BAR  Australian Owen Sub-machine gun 
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Posted: 9/6/2004 9:13:57 AM EDT
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Some good pics. I've visited the museum several times. It is a good one.
Thanks for sharing. |
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Posted: 9/6/2004 9:14:29 AM EDT
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Great pics
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Posted: 9/6/2004 9:16:35 AM EDT
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That and the Admiral Nimitz museum in Fredricksburg are two of the best WWII museums in the country. Believe it or not, I think they are better than the National D-Day Museum in New Orleans.
We took my grandfather (WWII Army Air Corps Pilot and retired Brigadier General) to the Grand Opening of the National D-Day museum, then went back when they opened the Pacific Wing....Being just a hop, skip, and a jump from Austin, I have been to the Fredricksburg museums multiple times. I'll try and post up some pics of the D-Day Museum when I get my scanner hooked up again. |
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Posted: 9/6/2004 9:18:06 AM EDT
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I want to go to the D-Day Museum next. |
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Posted: 9/6/2004 9:21:11 AM EDT
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I love Fredericksberg and I love that museum!
Did you go to Enchanted Rock, as well???? The second largest batholith in the world! The first is Ayers Rock in Australia. Eric The(LoveTheHillCountry)Hun 
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Posted: 9/6/2004 9:33:55 AM EDT
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I went with my parents and my mother has hip problems so she can't walk a lot. I hope to go back soon so I can take my time and see more. I am uploading the rest of my pics to my album now. When I get them all up I will make it public for you guys to see the rest. |
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Posted: 9/6/2004 9:46:43 AM EDT
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 Cool. If you like the experence I recommend that you visit Pearl Harbor itself. Very moving standing on the deck of the Arizona. The vets that survived tell their moving stories on Saturdays and Sundays. There's fewer and fewer of these honored men left so get there soon. The only other WWII memorial that moved me as much as the one to the Bataan Death march in The Phillipines. I've had the good fortune to befriend a local miltary historian who is an expert on the WWII desert warfare training center which ran from Riverside California all the way out to the Arizona border and beyond. That's where the likes of General George Patton cut his teeth in the sand. The tank tracks are still there over 60 years later. You can find spent ammo, shells and an occassional practice mine out there still. The rocks that the GI's used to mark out their divisions are still neatly lined up marking the parade grounds and tent spaces.  The sad thing is thousands of people pass though the area every day driving down the 10 freeway within a hundred yards of the historical ruins.
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Posted: 9/6/2004 11:11:14 AM EDT
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+1 I was in Hawaii for 17 days of training with the Corps. We got a couple of days off and went to Pearl Harbor. Very somber to stand above the Arizona and see the sheen of oil still seeping up to the surface. One wall of the memorial lists all of the victims of Pearl, and IIRC, the bottom right corner lists the Marine Corps victims. |
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Posted: 9/6/2004 12:29:02 PM EDT
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Posted: 9/6/2004 5:01:53 PM EDT
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BTT for night crew
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Posted: 9/6/2004 5:46:54 PM EDT
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Best five bucks you'll spend in Fredricksburg by far. I was really impressed by the PT boat. They were a whole lot smaller than I expected. Very cool place.
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Posted: 9/6/2004 5:52:42 PM EDT
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Nice.
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Posted: 9/6/2004 10:48:46 PM EDT
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I used to be a volunteer there before I went overseas. The firepower Demos have just gotten better over the years. Best group of guys you'll ever meet. Any body heading back that way say hello to Jeff and the Schroeder brothers for me.
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