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Coordinates: 41.9585°N 78.3861°W. The Eldred World War II Museum is located in Eldred, Pennsylvania, 80 miles south of Buffalo, New York and 175 miles north east of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Established in May 1996, the museum has continually expanded from one room to three stories. The Eldred World War II Museum is a non-profit organization ...
Eldred is also home to the World War II Museum. During the war, Eldred was the site of a munitions plant that produced eight million bombs, mortar shells and fuses. Fifteen hundred people worked there, 24 hours a day, from January 1942 to May 1945, supporting the war effort.
Purple Heart. Combat Action Ribbon. Mitchell Paige (Mihajlo Pejić) (August 31, 1918 – November 15, 2003) was an American retired United States Marine Corps colonel who received the nation's highest military decoration for valor in combat, the Medal of Honor, during World War II. On October 26, 1942, after thirty-three Marines in his machine ...
Ford City Armory. Fort Ligonier. Fort Mifflin. Fort Necessity National Battlefield. Fort Pitt Museum.
814. FIPS code. 42-083-22896. Eldred Township is a township in McKean County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,365 at the 2020 census.
FIPS code. 42-065-22872. Eldred Township is a township in Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,275 at the 2020 census. [2] It was named for Nathaniel B. Eldred, President Judge of the judicial district of which Jefferson County was a part. [3]
A military museum or war museum is an institution dedicated to the preservation and education of the significance of wars, conflicts, and military actions. These museums serve as repositories of artifacts (not least weapons), documents, photographs, and other memorabilia related to the military and war.
N. National Aviation Education Center. National Museum of Nuclear Science & History. National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force. National Museum of the Pacific War. The National WWII Museum. New Jersey Naval Museum.