USMCRECON Posted June 22, 2012 Share #1 Posted June 22, 2012 On 22 June 2012,I visited the Marine Corps Museum with my wife and grandson and took the following pictures. It was very difficulty to photograph many of the exhibits as they were behind thick Plexiglas but I did the best I could. Hope these don't bore you to rears. Here's the entryway. There are some memorials and statuary on walking paths around the outside, including the 1st Recon Memorial, but it was 99 degrees outside and just too hot to hike around today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USMCRECON Posted June 22, 2012 Author Share #2 Posted June 22, 2012 The next couple were shot from various aspects in the lobby area. Here's my gransdson by the Tarawa exhibit in the lobby. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USMCRECON Posted June 22, 2012 Author Share #3 Posted June 22, 2012 Another view of the Tarawa exhibit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USMCRECON Posted June 22, 2012 Author Share #4 Posted June 22, 2012 And from the Japanese point of view.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USMCRECON Posted June 22, 2012 Author Share #5 Posted June 22, 2012 Another sectiuon of the lobby. they were holding a retirement ceremony there so I didn't take a lot of photos of the lobby. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USMCRECON Posted June 22, 2012 Author Share #6 Posted June 22, 2012 Here's one of the aircraft suspended from the lobby cieling; an F4U-4 Corsair. This was taken from the second deck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USMCRECON Posted June 22, 2012 Author Share #7 Posted June 22, 2012 This is a model of what Tun Tavern (is believed to have ) looked like at the time of the birth of the Marine Corps. This is in a case on the upper deck near the cafeteria and the modern Tun Tavern. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USMCRECON Posted June 22, 2012 Author Share #8 Posted June 22, 2012 Marines on the "Fighting Top." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USMCRECON Posted June 22, 2012 Author Share #9 Posted June 22, 2012 Weapons from the early years of the Corps. Several new sections have been opened since my last visit and this one on 1775 - 1865 is one of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USMCRECON Posted June 22, 2012 Author Share #10 Posted June 22, 2012 Berthing (sleeping) accommodations for seagoing Marines in the early 1800s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USMCRECON Posted June 22, 2012 Author Share #11 Posted June 22, 2012 Diorama of Marines storming the fortress at Chapultepec, 1847. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USMCRECON Posted June 22, 2012 Author Share #12 Posted June 22, 2012 Marine officer's uniform from the late 1840s. This is one of those that did not turn out very good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USMCRECON Posted June 22, 2012 Author Share #13 Posted June 22, 2012 My grandson in front of a mock-up of a Civil War era Marine firing from one of the cannon ports. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USMCRECON Posted June 22, 2012 Author Share #14 Posted June 22, 2012 Major Henry tyler, a former US Marine from Virginia who resigned his commission and was commissioned in the Confederate States Marine Corps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USMCRECON Posted June 22, 2012 Author Share #15 Posted June 22, 2012 Boxer Rebellion mock-up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USMCRECON Posted June 22, 2012 Author Share #16 Posted June 22, 2012 Spanish-American War era uniforms. this one also is not very good as I could not get the camera to focus on the uniforms rather than the glass case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USMCRECON Posted June 22, 2012 Author Share #17 Posted June 22, 2012 Another 1898 era uniform display. This one photographed better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USMCRECON Posted June 22, 2012 Author Share #18 Posted June 22, 2012 This one, I think is an early 1900s officer's khaki blouse......could be WW-I vintage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USMCRECON Posted June 22, 2012 Author Share #19 Posted June 22, 2012 Decoration set that is displayed in the same case as the khaki blouse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USMCRECON Posted June 22, 2012 Author Share #20 Posted June 22, 2012 Display in the hallway outside the WW-I exhibit area. This is also new since my last visit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USMCRECON Posted June 22, 2012 Author Share #21 Posted June 22, 2012 Belleau Wood display. The picture of the wheat field in the background is actually a video display. Periodically, it runs a made for the museum video representation of the Marine charge across the field into the woods. It's an amazingly realistic piece of video work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USMCRECON Posted June 22, 2012 Author Share #22 Posted June 22, 2012 Another shot, farther into the "woods." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USMCRECON Posted June 22, 2012 Author Share #23 Posted June 22, 2012 Combat reporter in his fox hole at Belleau Wood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USMCRECON Posted June 22, 2012 Author Share #24 Posted June 22, 2012 Marine supply vehicle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USMCRECON Posted June 22, 2012 Author Share #25 Posted June 22, 2012 My grandson in front of one of the weapons displays. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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