Museum Donations

[mjarrels]

Yesterday, I donated two rare items to the Naval Aviation Museum at Pensacola Fl... rare items from the long gone NAS Cubi Point, Republic of the Philippines (probably worth big bucks on Ebay). Still have a few more items from Naval Station Subic Bay, Republic of the Philippines that I may donate to the new museum being established in San Diego. Once I'm gone, they would have no meaning to my family, just want others to be able to enjoy who know what life at these world famous Naval Facilities was all about!

mark

 

[dmccarty]

Yesterday, I donated two rare items to the Naval Aviation Museum at Pensacola Fl... rare items from the long gone NAS Cubi Point, Republic of the Philippines (probably worth big bucks on Ebay). ....
mark

Thats not fair! What are the rare items! You have to tell us!

Later,
Dan

 

[RobertN]

Thats not fair! What are the rare items! You have to tell us!

Here here! I second that motion

 

[randy41]

If you had them appraised you could have written them off on your taxes (assuming that the museum is a 501c3).

 

[mjarrels]

Gold token, Naval Air Station Cubi Point Bataan Philippines Enlisted Mess coaster, New Subic Bay News newspaper, 5 peso coin, 1 centivo coin, metal antique San Maguel beer signs, pop cola, plus others... Remember, everything destroyed in 1991 by Pinatobo.

mark

 

[dmccarty]

Sounds like good stuff for the museum. Those things will bring back memories when some vet watches them.

You did good to donate them.

Grandpa will show the things to their grand kids who will promptly roll their eyes, shrug, and say "Sooo." One day the kids will realize the answer to "Sooo."



Later,
Dan

 

[kthompson]

I am afraid with tv, cell phones and such we don't do as good of job of telling our children about our past as we should. I only live about 30 miles from where my Dad grew up and live for till about 45 and have taken my children there off and on over the years wonder if they could drive there? Doubt it. We all benefit by remembering from where we have come from. So do our children and grands. Other wise they have no idea how bless they and our country is. GBA

 

[funkydaddy59]

Military archives and collections available on military bases are always interesting and educatonal. I have always made a point of visiting as many of them as I could during my military service. Local units always keep and display them with great pride.

 

[QRTRHRS]

Yesterday, I donated two rare items to the Naval Aviation Museum at Pensacola Fl... rare items from the long gone NAS Cubi Point, Republic of the Philippines (probably worth big bucks on Ebay). Still have a few more items from Naval Station Subic Bay, Republic of the Philippines that I may donate to the new museum being established in San Diego. Once I'm gone, they would have no meaning to my family, just want others to be able to enjoy who know what life at these world famous Naval Facilities was all about!

mark

Very generous of you to share with everyone. I just read about some retired military folks that stumbled across a gunsight for a B-26 INTRUDER fighter plane. (Vintage, early in the Korean War) They negotiated the price down from 3500 to 1000 then bought it and are restoring it with the final endeavor going to a museum.

 

[jimmyj]

Good for you! I admire your charity. I think that so very many valuable pieces of history are lost over time for whatever the reasons that it's very important to have good museums.

Kudos to you!

 

[jinman]

Gold token, Naval Air Station Cubi Point Bataan Philippines Enlisted Mess coaster, New Subic Bay News newspaper, 5 peso coin, 1 centivo coin, metal antique San Maguel beer signs, pop cola, plus others... Remember, everything destroyed in 1991 by Pinatobo.

mark

Mark, one of my duty stations in the Navy was as an asst. disposal officer at the inactive ship facility in Philadelphia in the early '70s. When we sold a ship for scrap, we always had to save the ship's bell, engine-order telegraph (EOT), and binnacle. These were shipped to the Naval Museum in Washington, DC for storage. If there was another ship ever commissioned with the same name, these items would go to that ship. Otherwise, they just became a part of history that was saved.