Warbird Information Exchange

Yesterday I was in the area and visited the
National Museum of the Marine Corp near Quantico in VA.

A few photos below of some of the aircraft on display.




Excellent museum with outstanding displays of all kinds
(Weapons, Tanks, Uniforms, Aircraft, etc.)
All with real lifelike figures shown in action from every era.
I highly recommend a visit.

That being said, I was completely blown away when I found my self
standing inches from the below picture.

The actual flag raised over Mt. Suribachi on Iwo Jima as seen in the
famous Joe Rosenthal photo.
For you photo guys, this was shot hand held at 1600 ISO without a flash in a very
dim area. No flash photos are allowed of the flag for preservation reasons.

I was truly awed by seeing this.

Bill




A couple more photos from the museum can be seen HERE


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That is a very cool museum. I was there a few months ago, and was really impressed. They already have an addition planned. My friends Sea Knight is the one that you walk through inot the LZ area.

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Great photos Bill!! Thanks for posting!

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Trae

Nice ! Any pictures of the UH-1E ?

Great pics.
Thanks for posting.
I haven't been to the museum, so I don't know what the description of the flag states, but I thought the Marine Corps Museum only had the smaller "First" flag that was raised on display.
I'm not trying to dispute you, I just want to be sure, as they had a flag borrowed from the Marine Corps, on display at the D-Day Museum back in 2001 that looks exactly like this one and it was the "First" flag flow before the Rosenthal photo flag.
Just curious.
Anybody know for sure?
Thanks.
Jerry

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I like how you framed the flag in with the Picture of the raising. Looks like I need to add another location to my dream sheet.

Tim

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I thought I remember see ing that it was the second one. I can't remember 100% though.

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Jerry,

No problem at all with the question.
They actually have both Flags at the museum and rotate them on display.

More about the Flags on their webpage.
http://www.usmcmuseum.org/Exhibits_IconicArtifacts.asp

Rick, info on the UH-1E there also.

Bill

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