Photo by Staff Sgt. Bernardo Fuller | Secretary of the Army | 05.30.2012
Dr. Charles Cureton, director of Army Museums shows the Under Secretary of the Army Joseph W. Westphal two important swords held in the core collection of the United States Army at the U.S. Army Center of Military History's Museum Support Center Facility, May 30, 2012, at Fort Belvoir, Va. The sword in the foreground is an M-1913 Patton Saber, Serial Number 1. Next to it is a sword carried by......
Photo by Staff Sgt. Bernardo Fuller | Secretary of the Army | 05.30.2012
Director of Army Museums, Dr. Charles Cureton shows Under Secretary of the Army Joseph W. Westphal a bronze statue of Gen. Winfield Scott at the U.S. Army Center of Military History's Museum Support Center Facility, May 30, 2012, at Fort Belvoir, Va. The statue dates from 1871 and was created by the artist Launt Thompson. Winfield Scott was commanding general of the Army from 1841 to 1861.......
Photo by Staff Sgt. Bernardo Fuller | Secretary of the Army | 05.30.2012
Art Curator Sarah Forgey is shows Under Secretary of the Army Joseph W. Westphal a group of World War II Army Medical Corps paintings by Abbott Laboratories artist-correspondent Joseph Hirsch at the U.S. Army Center of Military History's Museum Support Center Facility, May 30, 2012, at Fort Belvoir, Va. The painting she's pointing to with Fascist murals in the background depicts an evacuation......
Photo by Staff Sgt. Bernardo Fuller | Secretary of the Army | 05.30.2012
Art Curator Sarah Forgey explains to Under Secretary of the Army Joseph W. Westphal techniques implied to ensure the preservation of the Army's collection of delicate art on paper at the U.S. Army Center of Military History's Museum Support Center Facility, May 30, 2012, at Fort Belvoir, Va. Works of art on paper are individually stored in custom-sized folders within flat file drawers, which......
Photo by Staff Sgt. Bernardo Fuller | Secretary of the Army | 05.30.2012
Art Curator Sarah Forgey shows Under Secretary of the Army Joseph W. Westphal four watercolors by Adolf Hitler at the U.S. Army Center of Military History's Museum Support Center Facility, May 30, 2012, at Fort Belvoir, Va. During his time in Vienna and Munich, Hitler supported himself as a street artist. He applied twice to the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts and was twice denied admission. These......
Photo by Staff Sgt. Bernardo Fuller | Secretary of the Army | 05.30.2012
James Speraw, Army curator, shows Under Secretary of the Army Joseph W. Westphal a T3E2 Semi-Automatic, Caliber .276 Experimental Rifle at the U.S. Army Center of Military History's Museum Support Center Facility, May 30, 2012, at Fort Belvoir, Va. This rifle, developed by John Garand at Springfield Armory, was the precursor to the M1 rifle of World War II fame. Westphal visited the Museum......
Photo by Staff Sgt. Bernardo Fuller | Secretary of the Army | 05.30.2012
Under Secretary of the Army Joseph W. Westphal walks through the collections area flanked by Dr. Charles Cureton and Dr. Robert Dalessandro, director of the U.S. Army Center of Military History at the Museum Support Center Facility, May 30, 2012, at Fort Belvoir, Va. Paintings visible on the screen in the background are World War II works by Life Magazine artist-correspondent George Biddle.......
