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The Polish Aviation Museum in Cracow, Poland, has an amazing collection of aircraft, including one of the biggest collections of MiG jets. This independent guide to the collection, the second in a new series on Military Collections of the World, describes and illustrates the aircraft in the display.Packed with excellent color photos, this book provides an essential guide to potential visitors, and a full reference for those unable to make the trip! ... Read more

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Chapters: National Museum of Military History, Nordstad, Sauer, Diekirch Railway Station, Herrenberg, Luxembourg. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 20. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The National Museum of Military History (French: , German: ), abbreviated to NMMH, is a national museum in Diekirch, in north-eastern Luxembourg, that includes amongst its exhibits military vehicles and weaponry, a photographic archive, and lifesize dioramas displaying military servicemen and actions. The museum developed out of the Diekirch Historical Museum (opened in 1984), which was primarily dedicated to the Battle of the Bulge in Luxembourg in winter 194445. The museum is located in the complex of the Diekirch 'old brewery'. The main topic of the museum remains the balanced and objective historical representation of the military operations in the Ardennes from the American, German, and civilian points of view. Over 3000 square metres of exhibition space and numerous lifesize dioramas enable an insight of the dramatic and tragic situations that both soldiers and civilians were caught in. Special showrooms feature extensive collections of weapons, uniforms, military equipment of all kind, wheeled and tracked vehicles, in addition to numerous personal soldiers' belongings, photographs, documents, and maps. The museums core piece is the detailed mock-up of the night-time Sauer river crossing at Diekirch on January 18, 1945 by units of the United States 5th Infantry Division. A second part of the NMMH museum is dedicated to the history of the military of Luxembourg since the creation of Luxembourg as a state, until present. A number of large-scale dioramas cover key aspects and periods of the Luxembourgian army since the Second World War. Other sections are dedicated to Luxembourgers fighting in all...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=9768169 ... Read more

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Chapters: Military and War Museums in Vietnam, War Museums and Monuments in Vietnam, Vietnam People's Air Force Museum, Hanoi, War Remnants Museum, Vietnam People's Air Force Museum, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Military History Museum. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 26. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: There are numerous war museums, memorials and monuments in Vietnam, this page presents a partial list of museums and monuments relating to the First Indochina War and the Second Indochina War. A small museum in the hamlet of Ap Bac ( ) commemorates the Battle of Ap Bac in January 1963. A monument shows Viet Cong forces shooting down helicopters and destroying armoured vehicles. Items on display include an M101 howitzer, M113 armoured personnel carrier and a UH-1H Huey A peace and unification monument stands on the north side of the Ben Hai River which formed the eastern end of the Vietnamese Demilitarized Zone. In the middle of town is a war memorial commemorating the capture of Dak To on 24 April 1972 during the Easter Offensive, together with a T-54 tank and a ZSU-57-2 anti-aircraft gun. The 5th Military Division museum is located at No 1 Duy Tan Street, opening hours are from 07:30 to 11:00 and from 13:30 to 16:00. Items on display include a 100 mm field gun M1944 (BS-3), A-37 Dragonfly, BLU-82 Daisy Cutter bomb, Cessna O-1 Bird Dog, M8 Greyhound armoured car, M-46 130mm cannon, M48 Patton A3 tank, M101 howitzer, M102 howitzer, M107 Self-Propelled Gun, M113 armoured personnel carrier, M114 155 mm howitzer, M116 howitzer, M-160 160mm mortar, M1939 37mm antiaircraft gun, 2 MiG-21s, P-15 Termit antiship missile, SA-2 Guideline SAM, T-34/85 and a Toyota pickup mounting a recoilless rifle used in Cambodia Monuments are located on all major sites of the Battle of Dien Bien Phu, includ...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=25652236 ... Read more

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Chapters: American Civil War Museums in Mississippi, Beauvoir (Biloxi, Mississippi), Uss Cairo, Vicksburg National Military Park, Brices Cross Roads National Battlefield Site, Jefferson Davis Presidential Library. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 26. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Beauvoir is the historic post-war home and Presidential library of Confederate President Jefferson Davis, begun in 1848 at Biloxi, Mississippi. The main house and library were badly damaged, and other outbuildings were destroyed during Hurricane Katrina on August 29, 2005. Beauvoir survived a similar onslaught from Hurricane Camille in 1969. Beauvoir was the location of the retirement home of Confederate President Jefferson Davis. The compound consisted of approximately 608 acres (2.46 km) when Davis lived there (today, the site is approximately 52 acres (210,000 m) in size). Beauvoir is located in Biloxi, Mississippi across US Highway 90 from Biloxi Beach. The name "Beauvoir" means "beautiful to view". The compound consists of a Louisiana raised cottage-style plantation residence, a botanical garden, a former Confederate veterans home, a modern gift shop, a Confederate Soldier Museum, the Jefferson Davis Presidential Library and Museum, various outbuildings, and a historic Confederate cemetery which includes the Tomb of the Unknown Confederate Soldier. Five out of seven of these buildings were destroyed in Hurricane Katrina and replicas are being planned (see below). The house was surrounded with cedars, oaks and magnolia trees and at one time had an orange grove behind it. The home faces the Gulf of Mexico and Spanish moss hangs from many of the large old trees on the property. Oyster Bayou, a freshwater impoundment and bayhead swamp; once connected directly to the Mississippi Sound and runs across th...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=325951 ... Read more

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Chapters: National Army Museum, Bovington Tank Museum, Soldiers of Gloucestershire Museum, Aldershot Military Museum, Museum of Army Flying, Reme Museum of Technology. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 32. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt:The National Army Museum is the British Army's central museum. It is located in the Chelsea district of central London, England adjacent to the Royal Hospital Chelsea, the home of the "Chelsea Pensioners". The National Army Museum is open to the public every day of the year from 10.00am to 5.30pm, except on 24 - 26 December and 1 January. Admission is free. The museum is a non-departmental public body. There are many museums in the United Kingdom which cover aspects of British Army history, in particular, Regimental museums can be found all over the country. Two well-known army related museums in London are the Imperial War Museum, which focuses on 20th century warfare, including World War I and World War II, and Firepower The Royal Artillery Museum. However the National Army Museum is designed to tell the overall story of the Army as a whole, explore the lives of those who served with the British Army from both Britain and elsewhere, and explain the impact the British Army has had on shaping the history of Great Britain, Europe and the rest of the world. It also examines the history of the British Army through the ages, from the time of the Norman Conquest to the early 21st century, and the conflicts of today. The main entrance of the National Army Museum from Royal Hospital Road.The National Army Museum was first conceived in the late 1950s, and owes its existence to the persistent hard work of Field Marshal Sir Gerald Walter Robert Templer, for whom the museum's new study centre is named. The National Army Museum was established by Royal Chart...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=1507867 ... Read more

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This reproduction was printed from a digital file created at the Library of Congress as part of an extensive scanning effort started with a generous donation from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.The Library is pleased to offer much of its public domain holdings free of charge online and at a modest price in this printed format.Seeing these older volumes from our collections rediscovered by new generations of readers renews our own passion for books and scholarship. ... Read more

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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Indiana World War Memorial Plaza - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The origins of the Indiana World War Memorial Plaza lay in a 1919 attempt by the city of Indianapolis to lure the newly formed American Legion from its temporary headquarters in New York City. The American Legion, chartered by Congress in 1919 after World War I, is an organization of veterans that sponsors youth programs, promotes patriotism and national security, and provides commitment to Americans who have served in the armed forces. Three Indianapolis veterans wanted to attract the Legion to the city, which already had the Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument. At an American Legion national convention in Minneapolis during November 1919, cities sent representatives to lobby to become the new headquarters. Indianapolis drew support because of its central location within the United States and the city's shows of patriotism. Although Washington, D.C. received the most votes on the first ballot, Indianapolis gained a majority and won the second with 361 votes out of 684 cast. The city and state then had to provide a location, and one of the promises the city made was to erect a fitting memorial to those who served in World War I. Thus, in January 1920 a public library, St. Clair Park, University Park, and two occupied city blocks were designated as the site for the plaza, with one new building for the American Legion to use as their national headquarters, various public buildings, and a war memorial. The Indiana War Memorial Bill was passed in July 1920 and appropriated $2 million for construction and land. Work began in 1921. The city and state reached an agreement whereby the city would pay for the site and maintenance costs, while the State of Indiana would pay for the memori... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=12453479 ... Read more

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Chapters: Fort Kearny, Fort Robinson, Fort Atkinson, Uss Marlin, Uss Hazard, General Crook House, Heartland Museum of Military Vehicles, Freedom Park (Omaha, Nebraska). Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 35. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Fort Kearny was a historic outpost of the United States Army founded in 1848 in the western U.S. during the middle and late 19th century. The outpost was located along the Oregon Trail near present-day Kearney, Nebraska, which took its name from the fort (with a modification of spelling). The fort was built in response to the growth of overland emigration to Oregon after 1842. The first post, Fort Kearny, was established in the spring of 1848 "near the head of the Grand Island" along the Platte River by Lieutenant Daniel P. Woodbury. It was first called Fort Childs, but in 1848 the post was renamed Fort Kearny in honor of General Stephen Watts Kearny. Despite its lack of fortifications, Fort Kearny served as way station, sentinel post, supply depot, and message center for 49'ers bound for California and homeseekers traveling to California, Oregon and the Pacific Northwest. The earliest surviving photograph of the post, taken in 1858 by Samuel C. Mills, shows the post as a collection of adobe buildings without any wall or fortifications. By the 1860s the fort had become a significant state and freighting station and home station of the Pony Express. During the Indian Wars of 1864-1865 a small stockade was apparently built upon the earth embankment still visible. Although never under attack, the post did serve as an outfitting depot for several Indian campaigns. The fort was a precious source of provisions for emigrants on the early section of the trail for several decades during the height of the trail use until its abandonment in 1871. As it had ...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=1284255 ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Airman, published by U.S. Air Force, Air Force News Agency on March 1, 2009. The length of the article is 1215 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: WASP nest: museum honors the memory, sacrifices of the first female military pilots.(HERITAGE)(Women Airforce Service Pilots)
Author: Matthew Bates
Publication: Airman (Magazine/Journal)
Date: March 1, 2009
Publisher: U.S. Air Force, Air Force News Agency
Volume: 53Issue: 2Page: 46(2)

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Chapters: Heartland Museum of Military Vehicles, Cog Factory, Organic Crop Improvement Association, Project Jason. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 18. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt:The Heartland Museum of Military Vehicles (HMMV) in Lexington, Nebraska is a non-profit organization run by volunteers and funded by donations and grants. The museum's goal is to restore, preserve and display historic military equipment of all types, as a way to honor those who served. It is located near Interstate 80. There is no entry fee, donations are optional. It is open from 10 am - 5 pm Monday-Saturday, and 1 pm - 5 pm on Sundays. In 1986, armed only with a determination to preserve historic military vehicles, four Lexington men formed the Heartland Museum. Today the dozens of fully restored vehicles are dedicated in honor and memory of those who served. In 1991, a permanent site for the museum was obtained at exit 237 of Interstate 80. In 1998, a 16,000 square foot Visitor Center was constructed which houses many of the vehicles. The museum has about 100 vehicles including helicopters, tanks, half-tracks, ambulances, and a jeep from every branch of the service. There are also displays of weapons, uniforms, engines, equipment, and more. The everyday necessities of a soldier's life, such as MREs, blend with unique vehicles, like those used by the German army in World War II. Staff are very helpful and will tell you just about everything to know about each vehicle at the site. One of the attractions is the prototype HMMWV, serial number 1. Children can explore the interior of a Mike model Huey helicopter, and two tanks. View from the south-west showing five of the vehicles outside ...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=11618179 ... Read more

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Chapters: Military and War Museums in Vietnam, War Museums and Monuments in Vietnam, Vietnam People's Air Force Museum, Hanoi, War Remnants Museum, Vietnam People's Air Force Museum, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Military History Museum. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 26. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: There are numerous war museums, memorials and monuments in Vietnam, this page presents a partial list of museums and monuments relating to the First Indochina War and the Second Indochina War. A small museum in the hamlet of Ap Bac ( ) commemorates the Battle of Ap Bac in January 1963. A monument shows Viet Cong forces shooting down helicopters and destroying armoured vehicles. Items on display include an M101 howitzer, M113 armoured personnel carrier and a UH-1H Huey A peace and unification monument stands on the north side of the Ben Hai River which formed the eastern end of the Vietnamese Demilitarized Zone. In the middle of town is a war memorial commemorating the capture of Dak To on 24 April 1972 during the Easter Offensive, together with a T-54 tank and a ZSU-57-2 anti-aircraft gun. The 5th Military Division museum is located at No 1 Duy Tan Street, opening hours are from 07:30 to 11:00 and from 13:30 to 16:00. Items on display include a 100 mm field gun M1944 (BS-3), A-37 Dragonfly, BLU-82 Daisy Cutter bomb, Cessna O-1 Bird Dog, M8 Greyhound armoured car, M-46 130mm cannon, M48 Patton A3 tank, M101 howitzer, M102 howitzer, M107 Self-Propelled Gun, M113 armoured personnel carrier, M114 155 mm howitzer, M116 howitzer, M-160 160mm mortar, M1939 37mm antiaircraft gun, 2 MiG-21s, P-15 Termit antiship missile, SA-2 Guideline SAM, T-34/85 and a Toyota pickup mounting a recoilless rifle used in Cambodia Monuments are located on all major sites of the Battle of Dien Bien Phu, includ...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=25652236 ... Read more

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Chapters: Museum of Aviation, Military Medical Academy, Ministry of Defence, Military Museum, Minister of Defence. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 37. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Military Medical Academy (Serbian: ), often simply called VMA (pronounced weh-mae-ah in Serbian), is a military hospital centre in the Banjica neighbourhood of Belgrade, Serbia. It was founded in 1844. It was moved into a new building in 1982 which is the biggest single hospital edifice in Serbia. It is a part of the military of Serbia and is generally intended to serve the officers and soldiers, although it is open for civilians as well. It is known for its high standard in medical practice and is generally considered to be the best medical institution in the country and the region. The current Head of the Military Medical Academy is Major General Miodrag Jevtić. The Military Medical Academy celebrates the March 2, 1844 as its founding date. On that day Prince Alexander Karađorđević signed a decree establishing the first Central Military Hospital on the foundations of the military hospital in Belgrade. In 1909 began the construction of a new building of the General Military Hospital, with 400-bed health care, in Vračar. It was planned to be the most advanced hospital in the Balkans. The hospital, changed its name once again into the Main Military Hospital in 1930. It operated under the Health Department of the Defence Ministry of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. In 1949 the hospital was finally renamed the Military Medical Academy, the name it bears to this date. In 1960 the Parliament of Yugoslavia passed an Act on the Military Medical Academy as the top military medical, educational and medical research institution. The Military Medical Academy moved into a newly constructed building in 1982. This bui...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=11878406 ... Read more

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Chapters: Organization of Military Museums of Canada, Canadian Museums Association, Provincial museums of Canada, Canadian Heritage Information Network, List of museums in Canada,. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 20. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The Organization of Military Museums of Canada is a national organization for the promotion of military museums in Canada. The OMMC was established in 1967 by a group of military museums, historians, and military history enthusiasts. It has over 40 individual and 60 institutional members including Canadian Forces museums, Parks Canada sites federal, provincial and municipal museums. The OMMC is a registered, charitable, not for profit organization which was incorporated as the Organization of Military Museums of Canada in 1992. Ms. Marilyn Gurney is the President of OMMC Inc. The OMMC is located in Ottawa, Ontario Canada The OMMC mission is "to preserve the military heritage of Canada by encouraging the establishment and operation of military museums, to educate museum staff through lectures, discussions, workshops, visits, publications and exhibits, and to cooperate with other public and private bodies devoted to the same or similar purposes." The OMMC vision is "to foster and be part of a national co-operation in a common agenda to preserve and interpret the domestic military history of Canada, set in the wider context of Canadian and international society and human affairs." The OMMC is an association of peoples and organizations who operate military museums, promote the Military history of Canada, preserve and display military artifacts and militaria, and re-enact military operations. The OMMC Inventory of Canadian Military Memorials in Canada was a millennium project to identify and record all Canadian military memorials in Cana...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=20877485 ... Read more

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Chapters: Glenbow Museum, Cantos Music Foundation, the Military Museums, Fort Calgary, Canada Olympic Park, Telus World of Science, Heritage Park Historical Village, Chinese Cultural Centre, Calgary, Battalion Park, Aero Space Museum, Creative Kids Museum, Lougheed House. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 49. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt:The Glenbow Museum in Calgary is one of Western Canada's largest museums, with over 93,000 square feet (8,600 m²) of exhibition space in more than 20 galleries, showcasing a selection of the Glenbow's collection of over a million objects. The Glenbow-Alberta Institute was formed in 1966, when Eric Harvie donated his vast historical collection to the people of Alberta. Located in downtown Calgary across from the Calgary Tower, the Institute maintains the Glenbow Museum, open to the public, which houses not only its museum collections, but also a very extensive art collection, library, and archives. In 2007, a new permanent exhibit entitled "Mavericks" opened on the third floor; this exhibit traces the history of Alberta through a series of 48 influential and colourful personalities. Jeff Spalding, took over from Glenbow's former President and CEO Mike Robinson. Its current President and CEO is Kirstin Evenden. The museum has four primary collections: The Glenbow cultural history collection contains over 100,000 objects originating from many corners of the world, providing insight into the life in Western Canada from the late 1800s to the present day. Items in the collection reveal how people made a living, worshipped, and were governed, what they did to relax, how they dressed and ate, and how family mementos helped create a home in a new land. The cultural history collection also includes important holdings of Alberta pottery, Western Canadian...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=1177225 ... Read more