67Rally Posted August 27, 2011 Share #1 Posted August 27, 2011 During my ship’s reunion activities in Vincennes, Indiana a few weeks ago, we were invited by the staff of the Indiana Military Museum. While people may wonder what manner of collection would be available for us to consider. I can assure you that the collection here is vast and is of the utmost in quality. Many of the artifacts are tied to the local community or the State of Indiana in some way. We were limited in time to spend here so I didn’t spend as much time capturing the collection on “film” as I wanted. I also got caught up in much viewing the artifacts and reading the placards. Below is a sampling of some of the items. Al Barsumian's flight jacket: Morgan Vaux's uniform: Sammy L. Davis' uniform: Colonel Frank Gabreski's flight suit: General Colin Powell's BDU: Major General "Buff" Blount and General Tommy Franks' DCUs: Herb Suerth's Uniform: I don't recall this MCPOs name, but check out the 11 service stripes (remember, these represent 4 years of service, each): Major General George S. Patton II's Jacket: Everett Lindley's dress whites (USS Vincennes CA-44 crewmember): I realized that I focused a lot on the uniforms, but they have a vast collection that includes tanks, aircraft and other vehicles as well as weapons (small arms and artillery pieces) from many of our nation's conflicts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwb123 Posted August 27, 2011 Share #2 Posted August 27, 2011 Nice collection from what you have shown. Thanks for sharing! By the way, they have a very ambitious expansion plan...you can enlarge this...looks first class! http://www.indianamilitarymuseum.org/Multi...ering%20PDF.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
67Rally Posted August 27, 2011 Author Share #3 Posted August 27, 2011 Oh...here is the entire collection of photos that I snapped at the museum with captions and descriptions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
67Rally Posted August 27, 2011 Author Share #4 Posted August 27, 2011 Nice collection from what you have shown. Thanks for sharing! By the way, they have a very ambitious expansion plan...you can enlarge this...looks first class! http://www.indianamilitarymuseum.org/Multi...ering%20PDF.pdf Yeah, they are moving into a portion of that new facility in the next 12 months as the continue to gain funding for the larger construction projects. This new location is situated right near all of the historic area (near the battlefield/Fort Sackville). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BEAST Posted August 27, 2011 Share #5 Posted August 27, 2011 Thanks for posting! I haven't been down to VIncennes in years and never to the museum, so it looks like I have a road trip ahead of me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabrejet Posted August 27, 2011 Share #6 Posted August 27, 2011 They certainly seem to have some first-class exhibits there! :thumbsup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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