National Infantry Museum Essay

The National Infantry Museum
Joseph D. Williams
Professor Ravon Keith
HUM 112 / World Cultures II
30 May 2016

Introduction
The facility tells the story of the United States Army infantryman, from the American Revolution to Afghanistan. The museum houses artifacts from all eras of American history and contains interactive multimedia exhibits. The National Infantry Museum emphasizes the values that define the infantryman, as well as the nation he protects: loyalty, duty, respect, selfless service, honor, integrity, and personal courage.

My Reaction
On June 1, 2015, I visited The National Infantry Museum and Soldier Center is a museum located in Columbus, Georgia, just outside Fort Benning, the home of the infantry. The museum has

During World War II and the Korean War, thousands of Soldiers received treatment at this facility for wounds they acquired in combat. This facility was also where Soldiers preparing to leave Fort Benning for duty in Vietnam took their final physical exams.
Following the opening of Martin Army Hospital in 1958, the complex served as an outpatient clinic until 1975 when the main building was designated as the permanent home of the National Infantry Museum. The museum tells the story of over two centuries of proud history of the Infantry, the U.S. Army’s oldest branch. Displays of oil paintings, sculptures, weapons, equipment, and uniforms worn by U.S., allied, and enemy soldiers give the visitor a three-dimensional view of U.S. military history.
The New Complex
Until April 2008, the museum was housed in an old army hospital on Fort Benning. Space and conditions for the museum’s collection was inadequate. There was a failed attempt to raise money for a new museum in the 1970s. In 1998, the National Infantry Foundation was formed to plan, raise funds and to operate a new museum. The National Infantry Foundation has since formed a formal partnership with the Army to manage the facility and its

It is the formation in 1775, it has been said that the United States Army Infantry has owned the last 100 yards of the battlefield. The Infantry’s brothers-in-arms also support the mission but it is the Infantryman’s job to face the enemy bayonet to bayonet. The museum’s signature exhibit is “The Last 100 Yards”. A gently sloped ramp contains life sized dioramas depicting significant battles in the Infantry’s history, including Yorktown, Antietam, Soissons, Normandy, Corregidor, Soam-Ni, LZ X-Ray, and Iraq.
The Cross Burnside Bridge where Confederates held off Union Soldiers much longer than expected in the Battle of Antietam. Look straight up to see a rare WWII troop glider made of fabric-covered wood and metal. Witness the landing on D-Day and Rangers scaling Pointe du Hoc. A Vietnam era Huey helicopter sets the scene for the first big battle of the war. A Bradley Fighting Vehicle damaged by a roadside bomb in Iraq leans precariously over the side of the