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Join Sergeant 1st Class (Ret) Gregg Pomerleau for a special presentation on tank technologies here at the American Heritage Museum on Friday, March 6th! ![]()
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Learn about the technological advancements tanks have under gone over the last century, and how they affect their performance and effectiveness in combat.![]()
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The presentation is included with standard museum admission and is free for museum members.![]()
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📢Enter to The Road to Victory WWII Jeep Sweepstakes THIS MONTH and you can win this awesome Jerry Can Mini Bar set for our Flash Giveaway through April 15th! Use the link to enter and get 20% in bonus entries now! This sweepstakes is a fundraiser for the American Heritage Museum, a 501c3 non-profit museum.![]()
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The Road to Victory Sweepstakes - Win a Road-Ready, Original WWII Jeep!
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This is not your average Jeep. The American Heritage Museum is giving YOU the chance to win a real, period-correct, road-ready 1944 Ford GPW Jeep — an authentic WWII-era military vehicle — in the ...
Don't miss - this Friday, 2-3:30 at the AHM - join author and Executive Director/Founder of Military Special Operations Family Collaborative, KaLea Lehman, as she reveals how the simple act of family meals strengthens the health, resilience, and well-being of America’s most elite warfighters. No reservations needed.
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Speaker Series: MacArthur Reconsidered
September 22, 2023 @ 2:00 pm, ending 3:30 pm
$10 – $20
Join us at the American Heritage Museum on September 22nd to hear a presentation by James Ellman, author of “MacArthur Reconsidered,” as he digs deep, connects the dots, and concludes that General Douglas MacArthur was decidedly not a military genius.
One of America’s most controversial generals, Douglas MacArthur’s rise through the U.S. Army’s ranks was meteoric. However, he did not lead large formations of men in combat until he assumed command of forces in the Philippines in 1941. When war commenced with the bombing of Pearl Harbor, MacArthur’s performance on the battlefield was a failure: he underestimated the Japanese, and his poorly trained forces were outmaneuvered and outfought by a much smaller invading force. However, in what became a repeating hallmark of his career, he successfully portrayed his actions to much of the American people as brilliant and heroic regardless of victory or defeat. After fleeing to Australia, MacArthur famously announced, “I will return,” and followed through on a quest to retake Manila regardless of its impact on Allied global strategy or its cost in American, Australian, and Filipino blood.
In his subsequent role as America’s shogun in Tokyo, MacArthur was again surprised by an enemy he underestimated. The Korean War yielded his greatest victory, at Inchon, but also his greatest defeat, along the Yalu River. Unwilling to accept anything but complete victory, he openly defied President Truman: MacArthur fatally undermined chances for an early peace, planned to seed a great swath of enemy territory with radioactive cobalt, and attempted to widen a conflict which threatened to become a third world war. Raging against his subsequent firing, he only truly faded away after he was publicly criticized by a panoply of America’s greatest WWII generals.
Today, MacArthur still polarizes. Many biographies agree he was a great and patriotic leader marred by a few failures. Ellman argues the opposite: MacArthur was a lackluster battlefield commander who suffered stunning defeats while undermining the command structure of our military.
