Spent an interesting morning Sunday at the General Patton
Memorial Museum in Chiriaco Summit.
Patton himself spent less than a year at the place, but the Army still has training centers all around the Californian desert. We (moi, Albie & Court) first saw an introduction movie, then wandered around, gaping at guns, cars, knives, artillery, posters, etc, etc. We even got to talk to an old guy who'd been in the American occupation force just after WW2 and whose main job (this is my personal interpretation) was probably to bore the Germans to death. Anyway,
all pics here.
A statue of Patton.
This impressive topographical representation of the southwestern US was made as an engineering tool sometime in the... uhm... fifties, I think?
Makes kabo... ah y'all know the drill by now...
The Sherman tank. Piece of shit compared to the Kraut's Tigers, but the US made a helluvalot of 'em.
Nothing phallic here, no sirree.
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