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Museum Of The Pacific War, Fredericksburg Tx

Hmmmmmmmmmmmm,....I'd like to know the story behind Yamamoto's service jacket winding up in Fredericksburg Tx.
 
Note:
For what these people did (National Museum Of the Pacific War), I'd call it a
"Living History" lesson rather than a re-enactment.

A good hour was spent
by the actors doing the following:

1) Describing the pre-war situation in Japan (resources, personalities, politics, etcetera) & what led to them wanting to expand.
2) Describing America's pre-war situation
3) Describing both Japan & America's situation at the outbreak of the war
4) Describing Japanese Admirals & Generals and the orders they faced from the
homeland.
5) Describing American Generals, Admirals, and MOH recipients
6) Describing Japanese weapons, and battlefield tactics
7) Describing Americanweapons, and battlefield tactics

Phew! - I think I got them all in.
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Anyways, the
above took more than an hour.

The actual "re-enactment" (Battle of
Tarawa) took less than a half-hour. So this is why I call it a "Living History"
lesson rather than a re-enactment.

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A great $100 hamburger flight, with the airport dinner on right on the ramp. I need to get the courtesy car and hit his museum, thank for the pics.
 
Victory103 said:
A great $100 hamburger flight, with the airport dinner on right on the ramp. I need to get the courtesy car and hit his museum, thank for the pics.
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Those Hangar Hotel pics coming when I get a chance to dump them from the camera :mixedsmi:
 
Those re-enactors really have their uniforms and weaponry refined down to the "T." 1903 US Springfields, Arisaka Japanese rifles, Type 96 Japanese light machine gun and their helmets and kit seem to be spot on too.

While not the National Museum of the Pacific, I went to this museum last month. It's at Fort Sill, Oklahoma.

Back in the day in Thua Thien Provence, I helped adjust fire from 175mm rifles like the one in front of the museum.
 
Nice!

Photo 1: 1911A1 .45 ACP
Photo 2: 1918 Browning Automatic Rifle
Photo 3: M1 Carbine (with proper WWII sight and no bayonet lug) and Browning 1919 .30 cal-tripod-mounted medium machine gun
Photo 4: M2HB .50 cal machine gun (Ma Duece) and M1 Carbine

Fired 'em all over the years and it's great to see 'em in living history! Thanks for posting those Panther. The color... er, lack of it, makes 'em look very authentic.
 
Jagdflieger said:
Nice!

Photo 1: 1911A1 .45 ACP
Photo 2: 1918 Browning Automatic Rifle
Photo 3: M1 Carbine (with proper WWII sight and no bayonet lug) and Browning 1919 .30 cal-tripod-mounted medium machine gun
Photo 4: M2HB .50 cal machine gun (Ma Duece) and M1 Carbine

Fired 'em all over the years and it's great to see 'em in living history! Thanks for posting those Panther. The color... er, lack of it, makes 'em look very authentic.
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Jagd,
You never fail to impress with your in-depth knowledge...:guinness:
 
Just love these photos and that Winchester 1897 Trench Gun complete with the proper 1917 bayonet. both date to the Great War, but were still in use during WWII. The last 1897 Trench Gun that I saw in action was used by a Nung mercenary in III Corps, RSVN.

Nice shots of the "Higgins" PT boat too.

I've got to get to this museum someday. Ever since Cliff Robertson played JFK in "PT 109" I've wanted to see either the Elco or the Higgins PT boat. I built the model of PT 109 the summer that the movie came out and I've got a new kit of it on the shelf ready to build this winter now some 50 years after the release of the movie and model kit. I've read a good deal about them and they played quite a role not only in the Guadalcanal Campaign, but also the north coast of Papua New Guinea, the former Dutch East Indies, the Philippines and even the Mediterranean.
 
Jagdflieger said:
Nice shots of the "Higgins" PT boat too.

I've got to get to this museum someday. Ever since Cliff Robertson played JFK in "PT 109" I've wanted to see either the Elco or the Higgins PT boat.
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Jagd for sure!
It's dirt cheap to get in and the management knows that because the museum is so huge, your tickets are good for 2 days :mixedsmi:

More shots from inside :smile:...



General Motors (Grumman) TBM-3E "Avenger" by RedTail_Panther, on Flickr


General Motors (Grumman) TBM-3E "Avenger" by RedTail_Panther, on Flickr


Naval Uniform On Display At The National Museum Of The Pacific War by RedTail_Panther, on Flickr
 
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