August 10th, 2007
| Fredericksburg Photos: Nimitz Museum - Outdoor Displays - Combat Zone - Town Photos - Wildseed - Luckenbach |
 Entrance to the Pacific Combat Zone, the 3rd & final area of the National Museum of the Pacific War |
 Third A-Bomb casing for use during invasion of Japan had the Japanese not surrendered |
 Beyond the shells & Dr. Pepper lies the entrance |
 Carrier Hangar Deck with GHWB's TBM Avenger |
 Load her up w/depth charges, bombs, or a torpedo |
 Generator and spotlight for air defense |
 Swedish 40mm Bofors - 1918 German Krupp design |
 South Pacific PT Boat Base preparing for night raid |
 Preparing for evening patrol off Solomon Islands |
 PT-309 actually fought in the Mediterranean |
 40mm & 20mm ordinance for the PT-309 |
 Three 12 cylinder Packard engines powered the ship, 1,350 hp each, for triple screws |
 PT-309 fired 100 torpedos & sank 5 enemy ships |
 Head outside for the Island Landing Beach Head |
 David storms the beach from his rear-ramped Buffalo |
 AKA: USMC Landing Vehicle, Tracked 4 ~ LVT-4 |
 Marines learned some lessons at Normandy! |
 US M101 towed 105mm howitzer near the LVT-4 |
 Museum worker tries to start a navy jeep |
 Operational M3 Stuart tank used for livefire demos |
 Beyond the beachhead lie Japanese defenses |
 Japanese Type 97 Chi-Ha Medium Tank |
 Japanese field piece near less photogenic pillbox |
 Battalion Aide Station within a Quonset Hut |