'National Museum Of The Pacific War'

[Panther_99FS]

I strongly recommend that if you have slightest bit of interest in history, you take a visit here.

And beware, to truly absorb it, you'll need about 3-4 visits (if you plan to read everything in every display) :salute:
--> http://www.nimitz-museum.org/

[Panther_99FS]

Japanese midget submarine HA.19 that ran aground & was captured....





Doolittle Raid mock-up..





Yamamoto's jacket...

[Ken Stallings]

Museums are having a difficult go of it now. I know the National D-Day Museum was threatened with its survival a few years back.

Ken

[Panther_99FS]

FM-2 Wildcat.....





"Old Faithful"....:mixedsmi:

[Hals und Bein Bruch]

many thanx fer' th' photos:salute:

[Hals und Bein Bruch]

Hey Soos, is that a Kyofu float plane fighter..???

[txnetcop]

Been there many times Panther and it is always a great visit. How are you liking San Antonio and surrounding hill country towns? San Antonio is home turf for me. I miss it!
Ted

[Hals und Bein Bruch]

Nimitz did more with less than anyone in US Naval history...

[djscoo]

Museums are having a difficult go of it now. I know the National D-Day Museum was threatened with its survival a few years back.

Ken

It's switched to a more general WWII museum now. Last time I was there they had a lot of really neat stuff from the pacific theater.

[Panther_99FS]

Been there many times Panther and it is always a great visit. How are you liking San Antonio and surrounding hill country towns? San Antonio is home turf for me. I miss it!
Ted

Yep,
I defitnitely plan on at least one more trip there.... San An isn't too shabby...good/bad as usual....

[Panther_99FS]

"Tex" Hills' jacket.....:salute:

[lifejogger]

Great pictures Panther, I've been there a number of times and it well worth the visits.

[Panther_99FS]

Great pictures Panther, I've been there a number of times and it well worth the visits.

Lifejogger,
You know what moved me most about my visit today :ques:

It was watching the expressions of all the WW-II veterans that were also there....

[Cratermaker]

Glad you could finally make it there Panther. I knew you'd like it.

[Snuffy]

Thanks for sharing P!

[Railrunner130]

Nice photos. I especially like the first one of Tex Hills jacket.

[brad kaste]

I'd like to know how the museum obtained Yamamoto's jacket,...or is it a replica of the real one?

[Panther_99FS]

Glad you could finally make it there Panther. I knew you'd like it.

Yep, definitely enjoyed it....:mixedsmi:

I'd like to know how the museum obtained Yamamoto's jacket,...or is it a replica of the real one?

It's the 'real-mcoy' alright, not sure how they obtained it though...

Ronald Reagan...





Vickers Mk 1 machine gun...

[Chacha]

Great shots,

Thanks for sharing Panther.

[robcap]

Looks like a very athmospheric museum, and you captured the look and feel of it with your great pictures.

Thanks P.

R.

[Panther_99FS]

A couple of the myriad of informative murals on display...