Museum of the American GI

[John Frederick Bell]

...located in scenic College Station, Tx. This weekend was their Spring open house. For those who haven't visited, the museum specializes in armor restorations; if it's on display in the main building, it runs. Though most of the current collection is World War II era they also have a couple of pieces from the First World War and Viet Nam.

So once a year they roll the entire collection out for a show battle at the back of the property. I didn't get as many pictures as I would have liked, but...in my defense I was running the artillery this go-around.

 

[da gimp]

we took several of our grandkids & one of their friends to a Civil War battle re-enactment in Lexington, Mo several years ago... these military shows & re-enactments bring history to life in these kids' minds. Kids of all ages enjoy the heck out of them too.

 

[Cyrano]

Wow!! I'd sure like to see that. Anyone know when they're going to hold the next one?

 

[two-bit cowboy]

Very, very neat. Thanks for posting the photos.

Gave me a flashback to the mid-80s when I was stationed in Germany and went to St. Dizier (French) Air Base for a three-week temporary duty assignment. The folks there took me to a WWII tank graveyard where Shermans were lined up for blocks and blocks. We crawled all over a few of the better ones. Haunting and most memorable.

I'm sure the museum and reenactments are very well received. May we always preserve those artifacts and memories.

 

[Tom S.]

Totally awesome! Would love to attend.

 

[John Frederick Bell]

Two videos that have been posted so far.

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[ame="https://vimeo.com/161610696?ref=fb-share&1"]https://vimeo.com/161610696?ref=fb-share&1[/ame]

 

[Kinman]

Some of those "reenactments" are as good as a cheap movie.

 

[John Frederick Bell]

Some of those "reenactments" are as good as a cheap movie.

We have one of those, too. Mostly shot once the crowds were gone and spliced in with show-battle footage. Back in the bad old days when we still did airborne.

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Some aspects don't make much tactical sense, but at least it looked cool.