[WWI] Ft Meade Museum

[Paul Fisher]

I grew up a few miles away from Ft. Meade, and remember climbing on that 
little tank when I was a kid!


>From: "Chris Savaglio" <csavaglio at hotmail.com>
>Reply-To: World War I Modeling Mailing List <wwi at wwi-models.org>
>To: wwi at wwi-models.org
>Subject: [WWI] Ft Meade Museum
>Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2006 20:21:31 -0600
>
>One of the soldiers I was out here teaching had his promotion ceremony at 
>the Ft. Meade museum.  I had no idea Ft. Meade played a big role in the two 
>great wars.  Aside from a good number of WWII armour pieces, they had a 
>PT-17 restored(but with the bullet scars left in place) and a Mark VIII 
>tank.
>
>There was also a lot of WWI uniforms, weapons and other artifacts, 
>including a 1914 Hotchkiss MG and a german tripod mounted MG which I can't 
>recall the model.
>
>The Mark VIII had the hatches open so I got to peak inside and see the 
>motor and crew cabin.  Very cool.  I'm still in awe about how big that 
>thing was.  And how small the PT-17 was.....
>
>Unfortunately I didn't bring my camera.  I didn't know any of that stuff 
>was there.  But a few of the soldiers offered to take some good digital 
>photos of the artifacts and send them to me.  I will also make time to get 
>back there next time I'm in the area and bring a camera this time.  
>Hopefully I can get some photos on the website soon.
>
>I'll be on a plane to go back to Colorado tomorrow morning.
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