5211 Auth Road
Suitland, MD, 20746
301-899-8386
URL : http://www.afsahq.org
overview : Founded in 1988 by the Air Force Sergeants Association, the Airmen Memorial Museum (AMM) stands as a tribute to enlisted airmen for their sacrifices and contributions. - The exhibit galleries combine text and artifacts into displays that illustrate the history of enlisted airmen from 1907 to the present day.
collections : The exhibit galleries combine text and artifacts into displays that illustrate the history of enlisted airmen from 1907 to the present day. The following list is only a sampling of the artifacts on display at the museum: Eddie Ward's pilot's license and identification tag, fabric portions of American and German planes from World War I, John Richter's Distinguished Flying Cross, Ulysses Nero's 1923 Parachute Jump trophy as well as the flag that adorned his coffin at his 1980 funeral at Arlington National Cemetery, an enlisted airman's canteen that was carried on the infamous Bataan Death March, an airman's World War II Blood Chit and silk escape map
topics : military, aviation, American history, people
