Museum adventure

We decided to stay in Fayetteville prior to the Duke game.  It was only an hour's drive to the stadium and being south would give us a bit of a head start as we made our way back to Florida. 
One afternoon, we ventured into Fayetteville (which is home to Ft. Bragg) and explored the Airborne and Special Operations Museum. 

Here are a few pictures:

"Iron Mike"

Replica of original paratrooper

Model of today's paratrooper

Various Airborne and Special Ops

While he was not a member of the Airborne or Special Operations, Frank's father fought in the war and was injured at Anzio.

The parachute wedding dress

"Tricks of the Trade!!": boots with soles that left 'barefoot' tracks were used by Special Forces long-range reconnaissance units to fool many enemy trackers.

I had to snap a picture of these road signs of the Jones brothers' names:

Ray and Frank (whose full name is Franklin)!