I enjoy history, including history of World War II. My father landed on D-Day in a glider of the 101st Airborne. Finally made it to the National WW2 Museum in New Orleans.
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- The museum is like walking though a history book with actual artifacts instead of pictures.
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- An embossing machine to make dog tags.
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- A jeep in a glider.
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- Many gliders were damaged by Rommel’s Asparagus (telephone poles placed in open fields).
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- The Boeing Pavilion displaying WW2 aircraft.
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- A 105mm Howitzer.
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- A Higgins Boat landing craft.
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- Andrew Higgins of New Orleans adapted his swamp boat for the military.. He made more conventional craft as well.
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- A model of the USS Arizona, sunk at Pearl Harbor.
Other World War II posts:
Veteran’s Day Tribute, The Silent Wings Museum
National Museum of the Pacific War
A City So Secret…, Los Alamos, New Mexico, Atomic Bomb research
Hingham Shipyard (Updated), Landing Craft Builders