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JFK SPECIAL WARFARE
MUSEUM
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The JFK Special Warfare Museum is located at
D-2502 Ardennes St. Fort Bragg, North Carolina, It is open Tuesday through
Saturday. Admission is free. The gift shop web site is www.jfkwebstore.com. The
following information is copied from the museum brochure.
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The following photographs were made during a
recent visit. They are only of a small selection of the many exhibits.
Unfortunately, as with many museums, the lighting interferes with photography.
Everyone is encouraged to visit the museum themselves. An ID is required to
enter Fort Bragg. The museum has a fine web site for its store at
http://www.jfkwebstore.com
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Sign outside the JFK Special Warfare Museum
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Piece of steel from the destroyed World Trade Center in New York City -
outside the museum
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Sign outside the museum describing a Special Forces fire base andCIDG
camp in VietNam
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Sign outside the museum describing the 60mm, 81mm and 4.2 inch mortars
used by Special Forces especially in the CIDG camps in VietNam
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A 81mm mortar in a replica of a defense position typical of those in
VietNam
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View of the replica of a defense firing position as used in VietNam -
outside the museum
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Sign (rather the worse from weathering) outside the museum describing
the adjacent plaza and its dedication
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Engraving on the base of statue of Colonel Simons in the plaza outside
the special warfare museum
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Statue of Colonel Simons outside the special warfare museum
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Sign describing a 75mm pack howitzer outside the museum
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A 75mm pack howitzer outside the museum
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Sign outside the museum describing the Russian 12.8mm machine gun Model
DShK-38
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Russian 12.8mm machine gun Model DShK-38 outside the museum
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Wall display in the museum with propaganda signs
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Display case with U.S. Army items from the Indian Wars
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Wall display of war effort posters
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Wall display with posters about France
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Wall display case with Thompson sub-machine gun and text about WWII
Rangers
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Display case with uniforms and weapons from World War II Special
Service Force
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Wall display of signs cautioning about security and keeping mouth shut.
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Wall display with photo and text about Major General Robert Frederick
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Display case with items about Ewis Goodard
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Wall display with photos and items about special force leaders
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Display case with Japanese flag and iems about special forces fighting
Japan
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Display case with Medal of Honor, statue, photos, and text about
General Donovan
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Wall display with texts about Merrill's Marauders, Guerrillas in the
Philippeans, and Alamo Scouts
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Wall display about OSS and William Donovan its head.
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Display case describing special under water breathing equipment with a
manikin wearing one
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Display case showing special underwater equipment and also special
radio for special forces
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Display case with psychological warfare equipment
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Display case with small arms and unit patches for special forces in
Korea war
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Display case with exhibits from Korea war including small flags of US,
South Korea. UK, and UN.
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Display case with East German police helmet and telephone equipment
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Display case with pieces of the=Berlin Wall that was torn down
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Display case with sign for the Special Force Detachment "A' in
Berlin with its Mission Statement
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Display case with news paper clippings and texts explaining events for
77th special forces
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Display case with General Yarbrough's uniform
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Dissplay case with the famous Yarborough Knife - various versions.
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Upper part of the display case bringing out General Yarborough's bust
from shadows
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I don't know who this guy is - perhaps Republic of Vietnam soldier.
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A Montagnard in VietNam - they were major local troops in the CIDG
camps run by Special Forces in mountains
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Another Montagnard in VietNam - they were major local troops in the
CIDG camps run by Special Forces in mountains
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Display case with Montagnards in VietNam
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Display case
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Some special forces small arms used in Vietnam
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Display case with Manikin of Montagnard in VietNam
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Manikin of prisoner
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South east Asia Tree bear
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Sign for the Son Tay Raid in 1970 which found the American prisoners
had been moved from this camp
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Diorama of the Son Tay prison camp
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Diorama of the Son Tay prison camp
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Display cases with manikins in uniforms of special forces and
Vietnamese with various small arms
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Display case with manikins in uniforms of special forces
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Display case with manikin in uniforms of South Vietnamese
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Display case with some small arms
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Small diorama showing some special force civil affairs support
construction examples
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Viet Cong prison cage
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Display sign describing Col James Rowe, who was prisoner - then advisor
and commander of 1st Special Warfare Training Battaliion, then was assigned to
Philippines where he wasw assassinated in 1989
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Wall display about Colonel Rowe
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Wall display - map showing the HoChiMin Trail through Laos and Cambodia
into South Vietnam
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Wall display - sign describing activities ofMartha Raye to support
American troops in World War II, Korea, and South Vietnam - and after the wars
also.
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Display case with exhibits and text about Martha Raye
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Display case with exhibit of items from Africa - location of Special
Forces training missions
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Manikin in uniform of Central American
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I don't know who this guy is either
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Headquarters?
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Display case with artifacts related to the U.S. operation into Panama
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Wall display of unit patches
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Wall display about Operation Red Dragon
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Wall display case about Richard Meadows
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Another manikin
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Display case of small arms
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Display case with manikins of Special Forces and locals in Desert Storm
with captured equipment
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Detail showing the gyroscope for Iraqi rocket "Al Hussain"
recovered by Special Forces tasked to find Iraqi Scuds'
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Manikin wearing Special Forces uniform in Iraq - Kuwait
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Wall display text describing psychological warfare technique - Chicklet
diplomacy
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Bottom part of text describing psychological warfare by civil affairs
units.
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Wall display about Special Forces in Battle of Mogadishu
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Display case with manikin in Special Forces uniform
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Large model of American aircraft made of paper
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Detail of part of a carved pole
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Detail of part of a carved pole
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Detail of part of a carved pole
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Detail of part of a carved pole
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Wall display of Special Forces insignia
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Wall display of Special Forces insignia
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Russian army sniper rifle in wall case
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Danforth anchor from ship highjacked by terrorists
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Manikin of uniform of police
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Wall display of Special Forces operations
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Display cases for Special Forces operations in Afghanistan
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Display of Specail Forces civil affairs operations in Afghanistan
including manikin in burka
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Manikin of Special Forces in Afghanistan
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Manikin and weapons display - Afghanistan
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Another display case with manikin about Afghanistan operations
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Wall display of insignia for Fire Base TYCZ
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Wall display with photos and text about civil affairs support
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Display case with ext and examples for psychological warfare operations
in Afghanistan
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Display case with the gold plated firearms of Uday Hussein
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Display case with the gold plated firearms of Uday Hussein
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Display case with Special Forces soldier and Iraqi children
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Display case with Special Forces soldier and civilians
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Bust of Hussein and coins
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Wall display text about the Special Forces and their instruction of the
Combined Iraqi Civil Defense Corps.
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Display case with manikin in uniform of 36th Iraqi Commado BN.
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Display case with manikin in uniform of 36th Iraqi Commado BN.
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Display case with manikin in uniform of the Afghan Security Force
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On wall - a special tapastry woven in Afghanistan depicting Jesus and
angles above President Bush shown as a religious leader as Afghans presume he
must be both political and religious
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On wall - a special tapastry woven in Afghanistan depicting Jesus and
angles above President Bush shown as a religious leader as Afghans presume he
must be both political and religious
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Sign in front of the museum with text and photos 'We will never forget'
about the descruction of World Trade center in NYC.
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