Added photos: Iowa Gold Star Museum

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Another display focused on Iowa war correspondents and those who wrote about the war.

 

This display was about a gentleman who was the Third Army press briefing officer... an apt use of talent for a former newspaper editor!

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Everyday items from the WWII GI's daily existance were also on display...WWII individual ration boxes.

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History repeats itself... WWII Service Banner from the same hospital as the previous one from WWI...

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Korean War....

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Iowa National Guard, 1950's and 1960's...(separate exhibit)...

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The Silent Service... it's always amazed me how many sailors are recruited into the US Navy from the landlocked states of the Midwest... everyone I have ever asked has told me they joined because they "wanted to see something different."

 

Simulated submarine control room, complete with working periscope...

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Iowa Air National Guard..... exhibits run from the early days to the present.

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The Vietnam exhibit includes a nicely restored UH-1...

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More Vietnam items...including a number of captured items...

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Vietnam POW items related to Lt. Larry Spencer....

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Desert Storm/ OIF/ OEF...

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An unusual USMC recon bike...

 

and something more familiar to many of our Forum members... an M113 personnel carrier in desert garb.

 

Flying cover above is a Huey Cobra.

 

(There is also a nice vehicle park outside of the museum with a selection of tanks, trucks and artillery.)

 

The final display area will be built to resemble an Iraqi village...

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Spoils of war...brought back by two enterprising Iowa soldiers... this painting of the former dictator has to be about 6 foot tall. One wonders how they got this home!

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To end our quick tour of the Iowa Gold Star Museum... a photo project documenting the surviving veterans of WWII.

 

The photos here do not even cover half of what is displayed in this fine facility. They are still building and revising their exhibits, and I hope to return to see more in coming years.

 

Comments welcome.