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Our Meeting place, Krispy Kreme in Mountain View |
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Our Lunch stop the Alpine Inn in Portola Valley |
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Our tour guide Mike as he explains this is only one of 3 known Panzer Type I Tanks in existence. The German crew tried crossing a river that they thought was frozen enough for the tank to pass but guess what, the tank broke through the ice and sank. The crew tried to destroy the tank and the most damage was the turret that flew off in several pieces. Jacque had a new turret fabricated to the exact specs by a company in Alameda, California. The turret is in front of Mike upside down. Mike has the history of every tank being restored and the tanks on display in the museum |
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Can you find the cat. It is over by Jane and was interested in what Mike was saying before we went into the museum |
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Back |
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Wendell Chute & Shiley Roth |
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Some spare tank engines |
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Cut-out of a turret from a Sherman Tank. It is hard to imagine the tank had a crew of 3 |
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A display of tank ammo |
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Some more ammo |
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More spare tank engines |
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and more.... |
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German Motor Cycle with tracks |
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First Scud Missle |
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Portable Radar truck |
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Anti Aircraft guns |
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Rocket Launcher |
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Second Scud Missle |
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The cat wandering around with the tanks |
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The cat taking a break on one of the tanks |
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Time for the cat to go, the last time he was left in the museum for a week and was not very happy according to our tour guide Mike |
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One of the three propellers salvaged from the USS Lusitania |
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The Kat's waiting patiently for their owners |
