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UNITED STATES MILITARY HISTORICAL COLLECTION

 

Cold War


Barracks display. Original military bunk beds and wall lockers. Shown are both the wood bunks from the 1940s and the OD steel from the 1950s.




Cold War military uniforms. With the Cold War lasting for over 40 years, many veterans are "Cold War Veterans". They served all over the world facing the possibility of communist aggression.




Military General Purpose Medium Tent (GP Medium). These tents were used for a little bit of everything, from field barracks to field medical services. These tents measure 16' x 32'.




Inside look of the GP Medium tent.




During the Cold War items from the Soviet Union were virtually impossible to find. People from Belarus brought these items to the United States after the fall of the Soviet Union during a visitation program to teach them about the free market system in the USA.