Below: Outside of the museum
- General Henry Hugh Shelton Statue |
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Military Qualifications and Awards to
General Henry Hugh Shelton and his Key assignments |
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Below: IRON MIKE |
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Below: Views of the outside of the U.S.
Airborne Museum as seen while walking from Iron Mike |
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Below: A banner on the outside of the
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Below: A tribute to Iron Mike inside
the building |
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The doors opened on 16 August 2000, the
60th anniversary of the original Test Platoon’s first parachute jump.
The museum offers free admission, a main exhibit gallery, temporary
gallery, four-story tall theater, a gift shop, and a motion simulator
ride that features two experiences. Admission is free, and donations
are accepted in the gift shop and in donation boxes in the lobby. The
main gallery is designed as a self-guided tour, in chronological order,
through the history of airborne and special operations soldiers from
1940 to the present. The temporary gallery changes periodically and
displays a myriad of exhibits pertaining to the United States Army airborne
and special operations units through their history and conflicts from
World War II to the present. |
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Below: A tribute to the
military K9 |
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