This place had a ton of things to look at. We could have learned so much if we had had more time and patience. I only read a smattering of the info boards there was so much detail. The displays were very well designed and fun to see.
Did you know the army used these gliders to deliver men and jeeps and whatever other supplies they needed. They dragged them behind a big airplane and then let them quietly float on in to where the supplies were needed. Later when the opportunity arose they gathered them back up by dropping a line down as they slowly flew by and pulled them up into the sky and returned them to the ship.
There were helicopters, an airplane and Parachuters overhead as we walked through the years of war scenes.
Did you know that some of the hardest obstacles they didn't expect were the hedgerows? They were growing there for hundreds of years of sturdy bushes that didn't want to be crushed by tanks and provided the opposing forces with great protection at all of the corners.
Did you know in Vietnam they wore this type of sole so the natives thought they were natives?
I am so thankful for people who are willing to give their time and lives to protecting me and my freedoms. Oh, the many blessings I have been given, just by being born here and now!~Anna
2 comments:
How nice that you get to visit Martha's family, and how interesting about the soles of the soldiers' shoes in Vietnam! I have never heard that.
Also, I'm curious if you got to harvest any rhubarb this year, since we had such a nice fall? I need to plant some rhubarb around here.
Betsy,
Yes, it was nice to get to visit them, it was lovely.
I decided I had better not harvest rhubarb yet this year. I didn't want to compromise my young plant. It is still really quite small.
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