photo sharing: National Museum of the Marine Corps

[rtphokie]

Stopped by the National Museum of the Marine Corps in Quantico, VA on my way back home from DC. I recommend the museum, it's very well done.

One of the exhibits has a very interesting effect when photographed. In the WWII gallery, in the section on the Marine's efforts at Iwo Jima is a wall with a Marine Corps or Navy emblem for every person lost on Iwo Jima. The scope of it is striking:

http://rtphokie.smugmug.com/Airplanes/Museum-of-the-Marine-Corps/IMG2433/1068019822_wmCbg-S.jpg

If you take a flash photo of it, you get an added surprise, a hidden, color image of the mountain along with landing craft and Marines:

http://rtphokie.smugmug.com/Airplanes/Museum-of-the-Marine-Corps/IMG2435/1068037468_93wxe-XL.jpg





If you cant make it to visit, you can always visit http://virtualusmcmuseum.com for a surprisingly complete overview of the museum.

[Marlton Mom]

Wow! that's awesome. Did you know about that when you took the picture or did you find out about it when you looked at the picture after?

:thumbsup2
Marlton Mom

[rtphokie]

Wow! that's awesome. Did you know about that when you took the picture or did you find out about it when you looked at the picture after?

:thumbsup2
Marlton Mom

A docent pointed it out as I was taking photos of the Iwo Jima flag they have on display there.

[Gianna'sPapa]

Being a former Marine (my family says there is no former in me :rotfl2:), I have been there on several occasions. IMHO, and I admit to being biased, it is one of the finest museums I have ever visited. I have many pics from the museum. If you get the opportunity, have lunch in Tun Tavern. The bartender gives a presentation about the mural on the wall. He did all the research and received permission to give the presentation.

Semper FI!

[rtphokie]

Being a former Marine (my family says there is no former in me :rotfl2:), I have been there on several occasions. IMHO, and I admit to being biased, it is one of the finest museums I have ever visited. I have many pics from the museum. If you get the opportunity, have lunch in Tun Tavern. The bartender gives a presentation about the mural on the wall. He did all the research and received permission to give the presentation.

Semper FI!

I agree. Growing up near DC, I went to a lot of museums as a kid. I also love taking my 9 year old to science museums in particular now. In the past 2 years we've visited 7 planetariums. This is one of the best planned and executed museums I've seen.

Visitors are taken chronologically through the Marine Corps' history but immerses you in the experience in many places. The display in a cold mountainous area in the middle of a loud battle is in a closed darkened room which is also air conditioned to a temp lower than the rest of the museum. The display showing Marines exiting a chinook helicopter into a jungle is heated to simulate the experience a bit more. Visitors enter the exhibit by exiting down the ramp of the rear of a real helicopter. The whole museum starts out with a bus with video screens in the windows showing what its like for new recruits to arrive at basic training.

Share some of your photos here sometime.

[Gianna'sPapa]

Here's just a few of the many. Some are okay pictures, but they are personally important.

The Entrance
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4130/5128612802_9e2e04b024_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/45097427@N02/5128612802/)
Marine Museum Entrance (http://www.flickr.com/photos/45097427@N02/5128612802/) by Gianna'sPapa (http://www.flickr.com/people/45097427@N02/), on Flickr

The bus you spoke about w/ the yellow footsteps that every Marine knows about.
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4025/5128584472_658bff1014_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/45097427@N02/5128584472/)
Bus and yellow footsteps (http://www.flickr.com/photos/45097427@N02/5128584472/) by Gianna'sPapa (http://www.flickr.com/people/45097427@N02/), on Flickr

Tarawa Amtrak
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1346/5127998449_fd302c7a1c_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/45097427@N02/5127998449/)
Amtrak Exit Tarawa (http://www.flickr.com/photos/45097427@N02/5127998449/) by Gianna'sPapa (http://www.flickr.com/people/45097427@N02/), on Flickr

A different perspective; the attention to detail was impressive, to wit: the empty .50 cal. cartridges and belt links.
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1182/5127997099_1ffce4b837_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/45097427@N02/5127997099/)
Amtrak Ammo (http://www.flickr.com/photos/45097427@N02/5127997099/) by Gianna'sPapa (http://www.flickr.com/people/45097427@N02/), on Flickr

Harrier: I briefly worked on the Harrier during its USMC development
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1238/5127995607_843799d02b_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/45097427@N02/5127995607/)
Harrier (http://www.flickr.com/photos/45097427@N02/5127995607/) by Gianna'sPapa (http://www.flickr.com/people/45097427@N02/), on Flickr

Corsair
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4129/5128597632_a6fc948d4f_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/45097427@N02/5128597632/)
WW II F4U (http://www.flickr.com/photos/45097427@N02/5128597632/) by Gianna'sPapa (http://www.flickr.com/people/45097427@N02/), on Flickr

WW I Gunner
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1186/5127993785_ce53bf5a8c_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/45097427@N02/5127993785/)
WWI Gunner (http://www.flickr.com/photos/45097427@N02/5127993785/) by Gianna'sPapa (http://www.flickr.com/people/45097427@N02/), on Flickr

USMC Sherman Tank
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1115/5127981929_cf757cb70b_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/45097427@N02/5127981929/)
Sherman Tank (http://www.flickr.com/photos/45097427@N02/5127981929/) by Gianna'sPapa (http://www.flickr.com/people/45097427@N02/), on Flickr

Toktong Pass Battle Scene-Korea
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1320/5127983929_f1238fe8a8_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/45097427@N02/5127983929/)
Toktong Pass 1 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/45097427@N02/5127983929/) by Gianna'sPapa (http://www.flickr.com/people/45097427@N02/), on Flickr

Toktong Capt Barber Scene awarded Medal of Honor
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4147/5127985345_399dc393d4_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/45097427@N02/5127985345/)
Toktong Pass Capt Barber CMH (http://www.flickr.com/photos/45097427@N02/5127985345/) by Gianna'sPapa (http://www.flickr.com/people/45097427@N02/), on Flickr

Nam 105mm
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4104/5127991307_a0107e60cc_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/45097427@N02/5127991307/)
Nam 105 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/45097427@N02/5127991307/) by Gianna'sPapa (http://www.flickr.com/people/45097427@N02/), on Flickr

Nam M-60 Machine Gun
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1372/5127989811_d54bb08eac_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/45097427@N02/5127989811/)
Nam M60 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/45097427@N02/5127989811/) by Gianna'sPapa (http://www.flickr.com/people/45097427@N02/), on Flickr

In one picture, these four weapons were what I carried at one time or another in Nam.
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1351/5127988049_942721746f_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/45097427@N02/5127988049/)
My Weapons (http://www.flickr.com/photos/45097427@N02/5127988049/) by Gianna'sPapa (http://www.flickr.com/people/45097427@N02/), on Flickr

A photo of one of the actual F4B Phantoms that I worked on in Nam. "00" frequently referred to "Double Nuts" was the Group Commander's aircraft.
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4054/5128591338_e4dca3840c_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/45097427@N02/5128591338/)
Double Nuts F4B (http://www.flickr.com/photos/45097427@N02/5128591338/) by Gianna'sPapa (http://www.flickr.com/people/45097427@N02/), on Flickr