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A military museum of vehicles and other transportation-related equipment and memorabilia on Fort Eustis, Virginia. It covers the history of the Army Transportation Corps from the American Revolutionary War to the present, with exhibits of aircraft, watercraft, rail, and road vehicles.
Fort Eustis is a U.S. Army installation in Newport News, Virginia, that trains soldiers in transportation, aviation, logistics and deployment. It was established in 1918 as Camp Abraham Eustis and has a history of hosting various units and events, such as the Warwick Line, Camp Wallace, and the Ghost Fleet.
USA 1811 has been restored and placed in the US Army Transportation Museum. USA 1813, which was present at Fort Eustis in the 1970s, is now on the Heber Valley Railroad , an excursion line in Utah. Ex-USA 606, an S160 steam locomotive, is on display with Norfolk & Western Railway markings at the Crewe Railroad Museum in Crewe, Virginia. [ 4 ]
The official museum for the history of the U.S. Army is located on 84 acres at Fort Belvoir, Virginia, 20 miles south of Washington, D.C. It opened in November 2020 and features exhibits, artifacts, and stories of soldiers from fourteen generations.
The mission of the U.S. Army Ordnance Training and Heritage Center is to acquire, preserve, and exhibit historically significant equipment, armaments and materiel that relate to the history of the U.S. Army Ordnance Corps and to document and present the evolution and development of U.S. military ordnance material dating from the American Colonial Period to the present day.
LARC-LX is a steel-hulled amphibious cargo vehicle that can carry up to 100 tons of cargo or 200 people. It was used by the U.S. Army in Vietnam and other conflicts, and some remain in civilian service.
The Transportation Corps is a combat service support branch of the U.S. Army that moves personnel and material by truck, rail, air, and sea. It was established in 1942 and has a history of supporting military operations from the Civil War to the present.
Walking truck in the U.S. Army Transportation Museum in Fort Eustis. The Walking Truck [1] or Cybernetic Walking Machine was an experimental quadruped walking vehicle created by General Electric in 1965. [2] It was designed by Ralph Mosher to help infantry carry equipment over rough terrain.