Museum of the American GI

OK, folks, a somewhat similar yet different posting than I have been doing lately. Mrs J and I had a little time on our hands (OK a LOT of time on our hands) and decided to do a bit of exploration of things in our new city of residence.  So, it's a Sunday Afternoon, there's a Soccer game between Argentina and Honduras in Texas A&M's football stadium (US Football stadium).  91,102 people showed up.  This meant that 91,102 people would not be driving around looking for things to do.  So,  it was remarkably quiet and relaxing.  

We decided we'd visit the Texas Museum of the American G.I. which is just south of town.  There was a lot of cool paraphernalia there  ranging back to just after the Civil War all the way up through Afghanistan.  Uniforms, weapons, cooking paraphernalia,  everything an army would need to conduct a campaign . 

 

 

There was one exhibit that sobered me quite a bit.

 

These were the dogtags or replica's of dogtags of Texas Veterans killed in the Vietnam War.  All of them donated by the families who had lost relatives or friends there.

Source

Talk about sobering.  3417 are presently there.  I would suspect there are many more not displayed yet.

In any case, this is an excellent museum.  Lots of guides all over the museum who can answer just about any question you might have about it.  Well designed, the flow is smooth and easy to get around.  Highly recommend a visit (even if you have to fly from Rhode Island, just sayin’).

Peace out y'all! 

Sources you might find interesting

https://americangimuseum.org/

https://americangimuseum.org/discover/exhibits/texas-heroes-exhibit/