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World War II museums in Hawaii (5 P) Pages in category "World War II museums in the United States" The following 24 pages are in this category, out of 24 total.
The museum focuses on the contribution made by the United States to Allied victory in World War II. Founded in 2000, it was later designated by the U.S. Congress as America's official National WWII Museum in 2004. [2] The museum is a Smithsonian Institution affiliated museum, [3] as part of the Smithsonian Institution's outreach program. [4]
During World War II, Evansville was the site of a Republic Aviation factory that built Republic P-47 Thunderbolts. [1]Plans to obtain an aircraft for display in the city began as early as 1986, when a former supervisor at the plant, Frank Whetsel, purchased the wreckage of a P-47D, serial number 42-8320, that had crashed in Lake Kerr in Florida and founded the P-47 Heritage Commission.
F4U-4 on display at the National World War II Museum. bureau number unknown – National World War II Museum in New Orleans, Louisiana. [76] 96885 – USS Midway Museum in San Diego, California. [77] [78] 97142 – Pima Air & Space Museum in Tucson, Arizona. It is on loan from the National Museum of the Marine Corps in Quantico, Virginia. [79]
Renault FT (most of delivered 36 tanks, 3 tanks captured by Japanese in 1931); M4 Sherman (35 tanks, only used in India-Burma Theater by Chinese Expedition Army); M3 Stuart (M3A3, M5A1) (50 tanks, only used in India-Burma Theater by Chinese Expedition Army)
The International Museum of World War II was a nonprofit museum devoted to World War II located in Natick, Massachusetts, a few miles west of Boston.It was formed over a period of more than 50 years by its founder, Kenneth W. Rendell, one of the world's premier dealers in autographs, letters and manuscripts, [1] who has earned international renown as an authenticator of historic artifacts. [2]
The Mercedes-Benz W31 type G4 was a German three-axle off-road vehicle first produced by Mercedes-Benz as a staff/command car for the Wehrmacht in 1934. The cars were designed as a seven-seat touring car or closed saloon, and were mainly used by upper echelons of the Nazi regime in parades and inspections, as they were deemed too expensive for general Army use.
The Swigart Museum is the only automobile museum in the country where visitors can see two Tuckers side-by-side, the 1947 "Tin Goose" Prototype and #1013. Along with automobiles, the museum's other collections including automotive artwork, bicycles, antique toys, vintage clothing, spittoons , license plates, radiator caps, automobile lights and ...