Gallery: National Museum of the Marine Corps

Saturday, May 23, 2015 - 13:07 StudyHall.Rocks

The National Museum of the Marine Corps tells the story of American history through the prism of war.

Early Marines fired from a perch on the ship. Image:StudyHall.Rocks.
A Marine takes aim from a ship during the Civil War. Image:StudyHall.Rocks.
The World War I exhibit paid tribute to a reporter who followed Marines into the trenches. Image: StudyHall.Rocks
The invention of the airplane changed warfare, as shown in this display of a Curtiss Jenny from the "Banana Wars" of the 1920s. Image: StudyHall.Rocks.
Hanging in the central gallery is a Corsair fighter like those flown in the renowned Black Sheep Squadron of World War II. Image: StudyHall.Rocks.
In the museum's foyer, an exhibition pays tribute to amphibious assault missions of World War II. Image:StudyHall.Rocks.
The flag raised by Marines at Iwo Jima is preserved at the museum beneath a glass case.
A helicopter lands Marines during the Korean War. Image: StudyHall.Rocks.
Lt. Gen. Chesty Puller was a highly decorated Marine commander in World War II and the Korean War. Image:StudyHall.Rocks.
The collection of planes in the museum includes a Harrier "jump jet," capable of vertical takeoff like a helicopter. Image:StudyHall.Rocks.