We spent a day there and could have used more time. Just seeing the documentary film "Beyond All Boundaries" in 4D and narrated by Tom Hanks was worth the price of admission. The museum is arranged in two different sections containing artifacts and interactive exhibits. One is called The Road to Berlin that displays in exhibits, photos, and films the fight from the declaration of war on Germany to the capture of Berlin and the suicide of Adolf Hitler. The second section called the Road to Tokoyo takes you on battles on land, air and sea from Pearl Harbor to the dropping of the A bomb. To make the events even more personal, when you check in, you are issued a card containing a soldier's name. Then when you visit the various battle exhibits, you can insert the card into a slot and see what part that your soldier played in the battle.
We also took in the Final Mission:USS Tang Submarine Experience. You actually "board" in a room set up exactly like the interior of the submarine Tang. You are then assigned to a particular station on the sub and given orders to perform tasks similar to the duties given to the submariners. You can actually feel, hear, and see the events when the sub sank an enemy ship and then was sunk by an enemy destroyer.
Obviously I'm not going to have the time or space here to give a complete account of our journey through the museum, but I have included a few of the many photos I took there. What I'm saying is that you have to actually see it to really appreciate it and it is a long overdue tribute to our WWII veterans.
Here's a few of the photos.
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| YEP, THE SOLDIERS USED MOTORCYCLES |
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| A WNR EYEBALLING A HIGGINS BOAT |
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| IT WAS ORIGINALLY THE D-DAY MUSEUM |
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| ANOTHER WAR BIKE. KIND OF LOOKS LIKE GARY'S! |
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| SOME WWII WAR BIRDS ON DISPLAY |
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| SHERMAN TANK ON DISPLAY |
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| A MACHINE GUN NEST |
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| THE HOWITZER |
NEXT REPORT WILL BE ON OUR BIKE TRIPS HERE IN FLORIDA--STAY TUNED!
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