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  2. Greater St. Louis Air & Space Museum - Wikipedia

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    The brick structure featured a cast Curtiss Wright emblem across the doorway. The first occupant of Hangar 2 was St. Louis based Union Electric Company. Its Ford 4-AT-B was used for corporate transport and line patrols, and is now part of the National Naval Aviation Museum. [2] Later it was used for the East St. Louis Flying School.

  3. Landing signal officer - Wikipedia

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    The final signal was "the cut" (a slashing motion at the throat) ordering the pilot to reduce power and land the aircraft. In a properly executed landing, the aircraft's tailhook snagged an arresting wire that brought the plane to a halt. A "waveoff" was a mandatory order to abort the landing and go around for another attempt.

  4. Soldiers' Memorial - Wikipedia

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    Vision, one of several figures associated with Soldiers' Memorial. The Soldiers Memorial Military Museum in downtown St. Louis, Missouri is a memorial and military museum, at 1315 Chestnut Street, owned by the City of St. Louis and operated by the Missouri Historical Society.

  5. List of museums in St. Louis - Wikipedia

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    The Griot Museum of Black History: St. Louis Place: African-American: Life-size wax figures, art, artifacts and memorabilia to interpret the stories of important African Americans with a regional connection; formerly the Black World History Museum HealthWorks! Kids' Museum St. Louis: Forest Park: Children's: website: Inside the Economy Museum ...

  6. USS St. Louis (CL-49) - Wikipedia

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    Plan and profile drawing of St. Louis in the camouflage scheme applied to the ship in 1944. As the major naval powers negotiated the London Naval Treaty in 1930, which contained a provision limiting the construction of heavy cruisers armed with 8-inch (203 mm) guns, United States naval designers came to the conclusion that with a displacement limited to 10,000 long tons (10,160 t), a better ...

  7. Missouri History Museum - Wikipedia

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    Missouri History museum entrance in 2023. The Missouri History Museum in Forest Park, St. Louis, Missouri, showcases Missouri history. It is operated by the Missouri Historical Society, which was founded in 1866. Museum admission is free through a public subsidy by the Metropolitan Zoological Park and Museum District.

  8. 102nd Infantry Division (United States) - Wikipedia

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    Activated 15 March 1948 with headquarters at St. Louis, Missouri. Inactivated 31 May 1959 at St. Louis, concurrently, Headquarters and Headquarters Company consolidated with Headquarters and Headquarters Company Headquarters, 4th Battle Group, 6th Infantry. The Battle Group was activated 1 June 1959 with headquarters at St. Louis, Missouri.

  9. Category:Museums in St. Louis - Wikipedia

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    Missouri History Museum; Museum of Contemporary Religious Art; N. National Blues Museum; O. Old Courthouse (St. Louis) P. ... St. Louis Museum; T. The Griot Museum of ...