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1. On Saturday morning we were ready for the two buses to come take us back over to Fort Leonard Wood.
2. Waiting outside the hotel for the buses to come transport us down to Fort Leonard Wood.
3. Waiting outside the hotel for the buses to come transport us down to Fort Leonard Wood.
4. This was our first stop this morning. The Museum Complex.
5. Along with all the things to see inside the museum there was an outdoor part of the museum near this building.
6. Waiting outside the museum.
7. Waiting outside the museum.
Once inside the museum we were given a short briefing on what all was available for us to see there. Joining us in the briefing was a large group of soldiers, almost one soldier for every two of us. These soldiers, male and female, escorted us through the museum and answered all our questions. They had questions for us too.
8. We discovered this photo in the museum. The photo shows a group of the guys I served with in Vietnam in Company D of the 39th Engineer Battalion.
9. Mr J C Moody telling war stories to the soldiers.
10. After the tour the soldiers continued to talk to us outside the building.
11. It was great getting to interact with these new soldiers.
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13. This panoramic photo was on the wall just inside the museum. It shows what Fort Leonard Wood looked like in 1941. These old wooden barracks were built for World War II and ended up being used for the Korean War and us Vietnam Veterans used them too. Most of these barracks are gone now but a small group has been kept and is a part of the outdoor museum complex. Our next stop was to tour these old barracks.
14. A tornado passed through this area recently and some of the buildings had to be put back together again. Due to this we were not allowed to enter the buildings.
15. There is memorial park next to the old barracks and we spent some time there talking and taking photos.
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20. This old church was moved from another location on the post and reconstructed here as part of the outdoor museum.
21. This statue is named "The Sapper". The plaque image below explains what this means.
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23. This is an image of the plaque below the statue.
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31. Afer leaving here we were taken over to the post PX for lunch at the food court. Then it was back to the hotel to prepare for the evening banquet and Unit plaque ceremony.