DioRandy
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Hey, gang
I finally got a little vacation time and drove about an hour outside of Chicago to visit the 1st Division Museum at Cantigny. I'd visted the museum about 25 years ago, and, wow, has it been updgraded!
The following photos were taken at what they call "Tank Park," which is on the grounds of the museum. The museum presents the history of the 1st Infantry Division, aka, "The Big Red One," from the Revolutionary War to Desert Storm.
As you can see, it was a picture-perfect day (for a real photographer), but "Tank Park" was full of young mothers chatting amongst themselves while their little brats ran rampant on the vehicles. Not one of them asked their little monsters to stay out of the way of those of us trying to take pictures of the vehicles! Oh, well, some things never change. I refrained from threatening physical violence, so the vehicles in the photos feature the little...darlings.
I also intend on posting a thread featuring the exhibits inside the museum, but, for now,
let's start with an Abrahms
Followed by an M60
An M48
An M26, complete with the camo used in Korea
An M41A3
An M24
An M5
A rare M1917
And, last but not least, an M113
I finally got a little vacation time and drove about an hour outside of Chicago to visit the 1st Division Museum at Cantigny. I'd visted the museum about 25 years ago, and, wow, has it been updgraded!
The following photos were taken at what they call "Tank Park," which is on the grounds of the museum. The museum presents the history of the 1st Infantry Division, aka, "The Big Red One," from the Revolutionary War to Desert Storm.
As you can see, it was a picture-perfect day (for a real photographer), but "Tank Park" was full of young mothers chatting amongst themselves while their little brats ran rampant on the vehicles. Not one of them asked their little monsters to stay out of the way of those of us trying to take pictures of the vehicles! Oh, well, some things never change. I refrained from threatening physical violence, so the vehicles in the photos feature the little...darlings.
I also intend on posting a thread featuring the exhibits inside the museum, but, for now,
let's start with an Abrahms
Followed by an M60
An M48
An M26, complete with the camo used in Korea
An M41A3
An M24
An M5
A rare M1917
And, last but not least, an M113
