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The Top 100 Military Sites in America
Contributor(s): Keeney, L. Douglas (Author)

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ISBN: 1493032283     ISBN-13: 9781493032280
Publisher: Lyons Press
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Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: October 2018
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BISAC Categories:
- History | Military - United States
- Travel | Special Interest - Military
- Travel | United States - General
Dewey: 355.009
LCCN: 2018003511
Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" L (0.90 lbs) 288 pages
Features: Illustrated, Index, Price on Product
 
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Publisher Description:
Military tourism has exploded. Last year, more than 30 million Americans bought a ticket to visit a military destination setting visitation records from New York to California. But what destinations, and where did they go? The truth is that there are uncounted military sites you can see and visit, some on --and some off -- the beaten path. There are secret missile sites, life sized dioramas, outdoor tank, ship, and bomber parks, and incredible exhibits with stories to tell that will astound you. All you'll need is this book and a driver's license to find and visit them, and perhaps a map for the most hidden of them all. Did you know that the Coast Guard mounted a rescue effort on 9.11 and evacuated more than 100,000 New Yorkers from Manhattan by boat? Go to the little-known Naval Air Station Wildwood Museum in Cape May, New Jersey to discover that story. How about the remnants of the helicopter from Blackhawk Down or the lifeboat from Captain Phillips - or even the Airbus pulled from the Hudson River that was piloted by Sully Sullenberger? We'll tell you where to go to find all of these objects -- and many, many more. Perhaps intrigue is more your suit. You can't go into Area 51 but the government now acknowledges that it exists so we can suggest a drive near the perimeter that lets your imagination go wild. And while you're in Nevada we'll tell you how to join an almost-secret caravan of cars that goes out to the exact spot where atomic bombs were once detonated, that and all the info you need to see a fantastic museum in Las Vegas that features all of our formerly secret nuclear air-to-air missiles, nuclear howitzers, nuclear artillery shells and nuclear who-knows-what. And so it goes. Fire the gun on a Sherman tank, walk the decks of an aircraft carrier, go inside a hush-hush submarine, sit in a F-4 Phantom, fly in a Huey, see the trenches of World War I, walk the beaches of D-Day, see a CIA airbase - all of it here in America, all waiting for you to explore.
 
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