I visited Staunton today for a meeting with my recruiter. I arrived early and while I was waiting, I spent some time looking around the park where the armory is located. I also found out that the unit has a museum upstairs in the armory, which they allowed me to look around in while I was waiting. There were some interesting things there so I took some photos to share with everyone here.
The first five photos are from the veteran's reflection area in the park, across the way from the armory.
![Veteran's Memorial & 116th Infantry Regiment Museum — Staunton, VA 118](https://2img.net/h/i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa280/Rafterman000/Mobile%20Uploads/118.jpg)
Plaque commemorating CPT William Green, a Staunton native and Tuskegee Airman. CPT Green was shot down over Yugoslavia during WWII and fought alongside the Yugoslavian resistance until his rescue. He was later awarded the Yugoslavia's highest bravery award, the Partisan Star 3rd Class by Marshall Josip Broz Tito.
![Veteran's Memorial & 116th Infantry Regiment Museum — Staunton, VA 121](https://2img.net/h/i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa280/Rafterman000/Mobile%20Uploads/121.jpg)
Front side of CPT Green's monument.
![Veteran's Memorial & 116th Infantry Regiment Museum — Staunton, VA 124](https://2img.net/h/i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa280/Rafterman000/Mobile%20Uploads/124.jpg)
Captured Nazi artillery piece overlooking the park's lake. (The lake is kind of blocked by the skate area.)
![Veteran's Memorial & 116th Infantry Regiment Museum — Staunton, VA 127](https://2img.net/h/i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa280/Rafterman000/Mobile%20Uploads/127.jpg)
Informational plaque attached to the front of the cannon.
![Veteran's Memorial & 116th Infantry Regiment Museum — Staunton, VA 130](https://2img.net/h/i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa280/Rafterman000/Mobile%20Uploads/130.jpg)
Original warning placard attached near the barrel.
The remaining photos are from the 116th Infantry Regiment museum.
![Veteran's Memorial & 116th Infantry Regiment Museum — Staunton, VA 133](https://2img.net/h/i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa280/Rafterman000/Mobile%20Uploads/133.jpg)
Sign outside the front of the armory.
![Veteran's Memorial & 116th Infantry Regiment Museum — Staunton, VA 2011-05-19_15-13-10_356](https://2img.net/h/i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa280/Rafterman000/Mobile%20Uploads/2011-05-19_15-13-10_356.jpg)
WWI uniform. The uniform belonged to the soldier pictured on the right of the photo. He is wearing it in the photo as well.
![Veteran's Memorial & 116th Infantry Regiment Museum — Staunton, VA 2011-05-19_15-12-36_448](https://2img.net/h/i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa280/Rafterman000/Mobile%20Uploads/2011-05-19_15-12-36_448.jpg)
M1 Garand on display.
![Veteran's Memorial & 116th Infantry Regiment Museum — Staunton, VA 2011-05-19_15-12-49_825](https://2img.net/h/i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa280/Rafterman000/Mobile%20Uploads/2011-05-19_15-12-49_825.jpg)
Some pistols of WWII on display. L to R: Walther P38, Luger P08 9mm, and a Colt M1911A1.
![Veteran's Memorial & 116th Infantry Regiment Museum — Staunton, VA 2011-05-19_15-13-27_239](https://2img.net/h/i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa280/Rafterman000/Mobile%20Uploads/2011-05-19_15-13-27_239.jpg)
Mannequin displaying a soldier of the 29th Infantry Division (to which the 116th Regiment is a part of) as he would have appeared landing at Omaha Beach on D-Day, 6 June 1944.
![Veteran's Memorial & 116th Infantry Regiment Museum — Staunton, VA 144](https://2img.net/h/i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa280/Rafterman000/Mobile%20Uploads/144.jpg)
M5 Gas mask recovered under the sea on the "Dog Green" sector of Omaha Beach.
![Veteran's Memorial & 116th Infantry Regiment Museum — Staunton, VA 156](https://2img.net/h/i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa280/Rafterman000/Mobile%20Uploads/156.jpg)
![Veteran's Memorial & 116th Infantry Regiment Museum — Staunton, VA 151](https://2img.net/h/i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa280/Rafterman000/Mobile%20Uploads/151.jpg)
![Veteran's Memorial & 116th Infantry Regiment Museum — Staunton, VA 2011-05-19_15-14-44_686](https://2img.net/h/i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa280/Rafterman000/Mobile%20Uploads/2011-05-19_15-14-44_686.jpg)
![Veteran's Memorial & 116th Infantry Regiment Museum — Staunton, VA 2011-05-19_15-14-13_387](https://2img.net/h/i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa280/Rafterman000/Mobile%20Uploads/2011-05-19_15-14-13_387.jpg)
Korean War-era fatigue uniform.
![Veteran's Memorial & 116th Infantry Regiment Museum — Staunton, VA 2011-05-19_15-14-20_786](https://2img.net/h/i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa280/Rafterman000/Mobile%20Uploads/2011-05-19_15-14-20_786.jpg)
Vietnam War-era fatigue uniform and canvas web gear.
![Veteran's Memorial & 116th Infantry Regiment Museum — Staunton, VA 2011-05-19_15-15-19_482](https://2img.net/h/i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa280/Rafterman000/Mobile%20Uploads/2011-05-19_15-15-19_482.jpg)
BDU setup similar to those worn by 116th Regiment soldiers in Bosnia in the 1990s.
![Veteran's Memorial & 116th Infantry Regiment Museum — Staunton, VA 161](https://2img.net/h/i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa280/Rafterman000/Mobile%20Uploads/161.jpg)
"NO SMOKING" bringback from Iraq
![Veteran's Memorial & 116th Infantry Regiment Museum — Staunton, VA 2011-05-19_15-16-08_255](https://2img.net/h/i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa280/Rafterman000/Mobile%20Uploads/2011-05-19_15-16-08_255.jpg)
Cold War relic: 1986-dated West German combat ration.
![Veteran's Memorial & 116th Infantry Regiment Museum — Staunton, VA 2011-05-19_15-19-06_176](https://2img.net/h/i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa280/Rafterman000/Mobile%20Uploads/2011-05-19_15-19-06_176.jpg)
List of all items contained within the ration.
![Veteran's Memorial & 116th Infantry Regiment Museum — Staunton, VA 166](https://2img.net/h/i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa280/Rafterman000/Mobile%20Uploads/166.jpg)
The soldier supervising the museum said it was okay to open up the ration box and have a look at the contents. Items included biscotti, peppermint candy, potted blutwurst, "Italian pasta dish" and the usual accessories like sugar, salt and coffee.
The first five photos are from the veteran's reflection area in the park, across the way from the armory.
![Veteran's Memorial & 116th Infantry Regiment Museum — Staunton, VA 118](https://2img.net/h/i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa280/Rafterman000/Mobile%20Uploads/118.jpg)
Plaque commemorating CPT William Green, a Staunton native and Tuskegee Airman. CPT Green was shot down over Yugoslavia during WWII and fought alongside the Yugoslavian resistance until his rescue. He was later awarded the Yugoslavia's highest bravery award, the Partisan Star 3rd Class by Marshall Josip Broz Tito.
![Veteran's Memorial & 116th Infantry Regiment Museum — Staunton, VA 121](https://2img.net/h/i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa280/Rafterman000/Mobile%20Uploads/121.jpg)
Front side of CPT Green's monument.
![Veteran's Memorial & 116th Infantry Regiment Museum — Staunton, VA 124](https://2img.net/h/i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa280/Rafterman000/Mobile%20Uploads/124.jpg)
Captured Nazi artillery piece overlooking the park's lake. (The lake is kind of blocked by the skate area.)
![Veteran's Memorial & 116th Infantry Regiment Museum — Staunton, VA 127](https://2img.net/h/i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa280/Rafterman000/Mobile%20Uploads/127.jpg)
Informational plaque attached to the front of the cannon.
![Veteran's Memorial & 116th Infantry Regiment Museum — Staunton, VA 130](https://2img.net/h/i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa280/Rafterman000/Mobile%20Uploads/130.jpg)
Original warning placard attached near the barrel.
The remaining photos are from the 116th Infantry Regiment museum.
![Veteran's Memorial & 116th Infantry Regiment Museum — Staunton, VA 133](https://2img.net/h/i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa280/Rafterman000/Mobile%20Uploads/133.jpg)
Sign outside the front of the armory.
![Veteran's Memorial & 116th Infantry Regiment Museum — Staunton, VA 2011-05-19_15-13-10_356](https://2img.net/h/i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa280/Rafterman000/Mobile%20Uploads/2011-05-19_15-13-10_356.jpg)
WWI uniform. The uniform belonged to the soldier pictured on the right of the photo. He is wearing it in the photo as well.
![Veteran's Memorial & 116th Infantry Regiment Museum — Staunton, VA 2011-05-19_15-12-36_448](https://2img.net/h/i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa280/Rafterman000/Mobile%20Uploads/2011-05-19_15-12-36_448.jpg)
M1 Garand on display.
![Veteran's Memorial & 116th Infantry Regiment Museum — Staunton, VA 2011-05-19_15-12-49_825](https://2img.net/h/i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa280/Rafterman000/Mobile%20Uploads/2011-05-19_15-12-49_825.jpg)
Some pistols of WWII on display. L to R: Walther P38, Luger P08 9mm, and a Colt M1911A1.
![Veteran's Memorial & 116th Infantry Regiment Museum — Staunton, VA 2011-05-19_15-13-27_239](https://2img.net/h/i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa280/Rafterman000/Mobile%20Uploads/2011-05-19_15-13-27_239.jpg)
Mannequin displaying a soldier of the 29th Infantry Division (to which the 116th Regiment is a part of) as he would have appeared landing at Omaha Beach on D-Day, 6 June 1944.
![Veteran's Memorial & 116th Infantry Regiment Museum — Staunton, VA 144](https://2img.net/h/i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa280/Rafterman000/Mobile%20Uploads/144.jpg)
M5 Gas mask recovered under the sea on the "Dog Green" sector of Omaha Beach.
![Veteran's Memorial & 116th Infantry Regiment Museum — Staunton, VA 156](https://2img.net/h/i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa280/Rafterman000/Mobile%20Uploads/156.jpg)
![Veteran's Memorial & 116th Infantry Regiment Museum — Staunton, VA 151](https://2img.net/h/i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa280/Rafterman000/Mobile%20Uploads/151.jpg)
![Veteran's Memorial & 116th Infantry Regiment Museum — Staunton, VA 2011-05-19_15-14-44_686](https://2img.net/h/i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa280/Rafterman000/Mobile%20Uploads/2011-05-19_15-14-44_686.jpg)
![Veteran's Memorial & 116th Infantry Regiment Museum — Staunton, VA 2011-05-19_15-14-13_387](https://2img.net/h/i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa280/Rafterman000/Mobile%20Uploads/2011-05-19_15-14-13_387.jpg)
Korean War-era fatigue uniform.
![Veteran's Memorial & 116th Infantry Regiment Museum — Staunton, VA 2011-05-19_15-14-20_786](https://2img.net/h/i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa280/Rafterman000/Mobile%20Uploads/2011-05-19_15-14-20_786.jpg)
Vietnam War-era fatigue uniform and canvas web gear.
![Veteran's Memorial & 116th Infantry Regiment Museum — Staunton, VA 2011-05-19_15-15-19_482](https://2img.net/h/i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa280/Rafterman000/Mobile%20Uploads/2011-05-19_15-15-19_482.jpg)
BDU setup similar to those worn by 116th Regiment soldiers in Bosnia in the 1990s.
![Veteran's Memorial & 116th Infantry Regiment Museum — Staunton, VA 161](https://2img.net/h/i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa280/Rafterman000/Mobile%20Uploads/161.jpg)
"NO SMOKING" bringback from Iraq
![Veteran's Memorial & 116th Infantry Regiment Museum — Staunton, VA 2011-05-19_15-16-08_255](https://2img.net/h/i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa280/Rafterman000/Mobile%20Uploads/2011-05-19_15-16-08_255.jpg)
Cold War relic: 1986-dated West German combat ration.
![Veteran's Memorial & 116th Infantry Regiment Museum — Staunton, VA 2011-05-19_15-19-06_176](https://2img.net/h/i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa280/Rafterman000/Mobile%20Uploads/2011-05-19_15-19-06_176.jpg)
List of all items contained within the ration.
![Veteran's Memorial & 116th Infantry Regiment Museum — Staunton, VA 166](https://2img.net/h/i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa280/Rafterman000/Mobile%20Uploads/166.jpg)
The soldier supervising the museum said it was okay to open up the ration box and have a look at the contents. Items included biscotti, peppermint candy, potted blutwurst, "Italian pasta dish" and the usual accessories like sugar, salt and coffee.