Outside Exhibits, Memorial Wall, and Garden of Peace
| Fredericksburg Photos: Nimitz Museum - Outdoor Displays - Combat Zone - Town Photos - Wildseed - Luckenbach |
 Outside the Bush Gallery is a 5 inch, 38 caliber secondary battery, antiaircraft gun |
 Mk-15 torpedo tube mount found on destroyers such as the USS Kidd (DD-661) in Baton Rouge |
 Twin mount Bofors 40mm secondary defense gun |
 Japanese Model 10 Dual Purpose 3" Naval Gun |
 M3 Stuart light tank has some wear & tear |
 A 76mm round penetrated its 37mm armor plate |
 The Plaza of the Presidents, a tribute to the 10 US . . . |
 presidents who served the armed forces during WW2 |
 US 75mm M2A2 "French 75" shot a 14.9lbs shell |
 British QF 25 pounder towed artillery piece |
 Those who served are honored on Memorial Walls |
 Veterans Walk of Honor from Gazebo to Fountain |
 Over 1000 plaques honoring veterans, ships, & units who served in the war |
 Fountain with Essex Class Carrier Screw Intrepid (NYC), Lexington (CC, TX), Hornet (Alameda) |
 Our parked car is just over the memorial wall |
 View back across the Veterans Walk of Honor |
 Japanese Garden of Peace |
 A gift from Japanese leaders to the people of the US |
 A replica of Admiral Togo's garden in Japan |
 Japanese Garden elements: stone, plants & water |
 Pass the Memorial Walls, beyond the gazebo, and . . . |
 Over to the Admiral Nimitz Museum |
 David takes a shot of the Nimitz Hotel, just like Admiral Chester did back before winning the war in the pacific! | |