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NATIONAL AMERICAN
WARTIME MUSEUM
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This was originally a privately owned museum
by Alan Coors located in Nokesville Va. It contains an outstanding collection
of armored vehicles from around the world. The museum holds a special
exhibition once every year or two. Here are photos from the open house in 2003
when the museum was Coors armor museum. And we have now added photos from the
shows in 2006, 2008, 2009, 2013, 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2019. Please notice the
great difference in the condition of the vehicles and area between these photos
and photos from 2016 and later. In several years from now the new Americans in
Wartime Museum containing all this will open near Woodbridge VA.
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- A reenactor depicting a British
paratrooper from World War II.
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Veteran Members of the 101st Airborne
Division conducting memorial ceremony - For the memorial they brought dirt from
both Bastogne and Iraq and spread it on the ground as you see here. The
individual bending over doing the spreading of the dirt around the flagpole is
a veteran of the battle at Bastogne in World War II. In the center are three
current officers of the 101st who have returned from the assault on Baghdad.
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Members of the 101st Airborne Division
conducting memorial ceremony. In this photo two of the three officers from the
current 101st are watching others spread the dirt around the flagpole visible
here. Mr Coors, the owner of the museum and grounds is in the background
wearing the black sweater.
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View of interior of German WWII Hetzer
showing periscopes. The white bar in center is a lever attached to the
periscopes to operate them. In the lower center rear is the breach of the 75 mm
gun. On the right is part of the ammunition rack.
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View of part of interior of Hetzer tank - In
the forground is part of the lever that operates the periscopes.
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View of interior of Hetzer tank showing
ammunition rack on the floor.
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View of part of interior of Hetzer tank
showing ammunition rack
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View of part of driver position in Hetzer
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View of interior of Hetzer showing part of
driver's position with seat on left and cover of transmission on right. The
black cylinder in front of the seat is the drive train to the sprocket wheel
outside.
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Hetzer tank on display at reenactment show .
Standing in front is a reenactor in German uniform. At the far left is the rear
corner of a US M-113.
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View of Hetzer periscopes from outside
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View of part of interior of Hetzer tank. At
the top is an opening to access an external machine gun. Below it is the
control mechanism for sighting the main gun.
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Interior view of Hetzer tank showing some
controls
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Partial view of interior of Hetzer tank
showing the right front side of the crew compartment.
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View of interior of Hetzer tank, On the
right is a ammunition rack. On the left center rear we see the breech of the
main gun.
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Renactors in uniform of American World War
One Marines
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Reenactors in uniforms of American World War
II soldiers
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Reenactor in uniform of American World War
II soldier
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Reenactor in uniform of American soldier of
World War II
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American aircraft and pilot
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Reenactors in uniform of World War II German
and American soldiers
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Reenactors in uniforms of German World War
II soldiers
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Reenactors in uniform of World War II German
soldiers
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Reenactor in uniform of World War II German
officer
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Reenactor in uniform of German World War II
Luftwaffe
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Reenactor in uniform of British World War II
tanker
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Volunteers arranging for transport of one of
the museum vehicles. In the background is a US Sherman tank.
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Volunteers assisting at open house of
Virginia armor museum. They are taking a machine gun off the T-55 tank.
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American Lee tank at Coors museum - now
American Museum of war
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View of rear of turret of Russian T-55 tank
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Engine compartment of one of the Russian
T-55 tanks
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View of engine deck of Russian T-55 tank
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Front view of Russian T-34 tank
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Russian T-34 tank with reenactment group.
The dog, Patton, is outfitted with a typical Russian model World War II
explosive kit on his back, look closely for the vertical trigger mechanism.
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Russian T-34 tank with members of
reenactment group
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Russian T-34 tank with members of
reenactment group
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Female reenactors standing on a Russian T-34
tank.
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Russian T-34 tank on display - with slogan
"to Berlin' on the turret
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Another of the three Russian T-34 tanks on
display at reenactment in Oct 2003
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Russian T-34 tank (one of three at the
museum) on display at Coors museum in 2003 - now the American museum of war
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Members of reenactment group for Russian
army of World War II - father and son early in the morning after an all-night
camp out.
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Members of reeanctment group depicting
Russian army of World War II. Here the only genuine Russian is the fellow on
the right.
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Reeanactor group depicting Russian army of
World War II. The individual on far left is a bonifide Russian emigre but the
rest of these folks are Americans.
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Members of Red Army reenactment group who
camped at the museum for the exhibition.
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Members of the museum volunteer group
depicting crew for Russian army of World War II on top of T-34
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Members of a group who reenact Red Army of
World War II.
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Members of a reenactor group who depict Red
Army of World War II. on a T-34 tank
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Some of the reenactor group who display
Russian army of World War II. - on a T-34 tank
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US Army World War II halftrack - M3
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In left forground is rear of Hetzer - in far
background is British Chieftan. - American World War II aircraft overhead.
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Side view of Hetzer tank - not really a tank
but a tank destroyer
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Rear view of Hetzer
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Rear view of Hetzer tank with two admirers
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View of Hetzer tank showing periscopes and
part of interior - on the right is recoil mechanism for main gun - on the left
is the brown handle for the machine gun. and just to left of the periscope is
the contol for the range finder. The white bar is part of the swivel mechanism
for turning the periscope.
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Reenactors depicting American soldiers in
World War II. Among the weapons are two Thompson sub machine guns and a 'grease
gun'.
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Another photo of reenactors wearing uniforms
of American soldiers of World War II.
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- Another photo of reenactors wearing
uniforms of American soldiers of World War II.
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Clearing a jammed rifle during the live fire
target practice.. An American is being helped by the German reenactor.
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American soldier reenactors.
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A display of various radio-controlled
military models.
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Reenactors in uniforms of German soldiers of
World War II.
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Reenactor depicting German soldier of World
war II.
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Reenactor depicting German soldier of World
war II.
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Reenactors depicting American World War II
soldiers - the 82nd Airborne paratroopers.
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British World War II Bren carrier moving
fast with 20 mm gun
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Turret of a Russian T-55 tank.
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Reenactor is seated atop a Russian tank.
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Reenactors showing uniforms of Russian World
War II soldiers.
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Roll-call time for the unit of reenactors
deepicting World War II Russian soldiers.
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Reenactors of World War II Russian soldiers.
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Some members of the reenactor group for
Russian World War II
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The unit of reenactors depicting Russian
World War II army assembly.
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Russian T-34 tank and reenactor
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American amphibious truck DUCK
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American 2 1/2 ton cargo truck
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American Sherman tank
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Russian amphibious tank
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Russian BMP personal carrier
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German armored personel carrier
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German armored personel carrier
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German armored personel carrier
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Russian BMP armored personel carrier
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Russian amphibious tank
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American -British Lee Grant tank
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Interior armored personel carrier
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Russian T54-55 tank
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Wrecker truck
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American Chafee? tank
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American Chafee? tank
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Amphibious tractor personel carrier
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Reenactors - German WWII preparing for
demonstration
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Reenactors - More Germans WWII preparing for
demonstration
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Russian T-34 tank starting maneuver
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Russian T-34 tank beginning attack
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Russian T-34 tank rapidly approaching
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