Montana's Military Museum - Find out more from their website http://www.montanamilitarymuseum.org/janda/inner.php?PageID=385
Fort Harrison Complex, Helena, Montana - Open every Thursday
Built by volunteers to honor brave Montanans who served in war
The museum complex is housed in buildings constructed between World War I and the early 1930s. Modification of the structures to provide environmental protection for the exhibits meant installation of false ceilings and interior perimeter walls about four feet inside the masonry exterior.
The renovation followed plans created by Mark Radcliffe, a veteran of the First Special Service Force, who returned to Helena and a successful career as a professional engineer following WorldWar II. After training at Fort Harrison in 1942 and 1943, the First Special Service Force compiled a distinguished combat record. From its 1,400 American and Canadian members, 40 chose to make their post-war homes in Helena.
Fewer than 10 of those 40 had been among the instigators of the museum. Radcliffe and Herb Goodwin, also a veteran of the First Special Service Force, said despite new construction over the past half-century, visitors to the military museum will recognize many of the structures in which the force was trained and housed almost 60 years ago.
Fort Harrison Complex, Helena, Montana - Open every Thursday
Built by volunteers to honor brave Montanans who served in war
The museum complex is housed in buildings constructed between World War I and the early 1930s. Modification of the structures to provide environmental protection for the exhibits meant installation of false ceilings and interior perimeter walls about four feet inside the masonry exterior.
The renovation followed plans created by Mark Radcliffe, a veteran of the First Special Service Force, who returned to Helena and a successful career as a professional engineer following WorldWar II. After training at Fort Harrison in 1942 and 1943, the First Special Service Force compiled a distinguished combat record. From its 1,400 American and Canadian members, 40 chose to make their post-war homes in Helena.
Fewer than 10 of those 40 had been among the instigators of the museum. Radcliffe and Herb Goodwin, also a veteran of the First Special Service Force, said despite new construction over the past half-century, visitors to the military museum will recognize many of the structures in which the force was trained and housed almost 60 years ago.