Pacific Combat Zone & Luckenbach

Today I returned to the National Museum of the pacific War with Stan and Harry to visit a section called Pacific War Zone which we has not seen before.

An Avenger torpedo bomber, this specific plane did not see WWII action and was used on the west coast as a trainer.

This is PT 309 which saw action in the Pacific and Mediterranean during WWII.  After the war it ended up as a fishing charter boat on the east coast and was eventually restored at a cost of $750K.

This is a mock-up of a Japanese fortification on a pacific island.  There are several reenactments during the year so this means we'll have to return again!

Small tanks were used due to the confined spaces and vegetation on the islands....there were 3 men in this Japanese tank!  There is no way I'd ever come close to fitting in there even when I was a teenager.

                                              This Quonset hut shows a medical facility.

After the museum we had some extra time so we tooled on over to Luckenbach for a beer and music.  Unfortunately Willie, Wayland and the rest of the boys were not there but another group was along with a couple hundred spectators.