Nineteen years old. Vietnam. Moments away from the jump.
Private First Class Helmut Schmuck prepares to jump with the 173rd Airborne Brigade in 1967.
Behind photographs like this are young Soldiers facing moments most of us can only imagine, and stepping forward anyway.
Fifty-seven years later, someone still came back.
As the paver reads:
"Your brothers who survived never forgot you."
Today, we remember them, too.
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Amendola left behind a wife and a three-month-old son he never had the chance to meet. Murphy continued directing air support despite being mortally wounded. Whisenant, the team medic known as "Bac Si," was engaged to be married when he returned home that November.
The event will include a commemorative ceremony, the unveiling of a new museum exhibit, and the opening of the 2026 Field of Honor, where hundreds of American flags will stand in tribute to heroes, loved ones, and service members.
Big things are happening, and even more exciting things are ahead.
Read CityView's feature on the future of the U.S. Army Airborne & Special Operations Museum, including new ASOMF Executive Director Margaret Britten.
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July 9, 1943.
Hours before America's first combat airborne assault.
Join us Saturday (11 AM–2 PM) as we commemorate Operation Husky with WWII re-enactors and living history.
📍 U.S. Army Airborne & Special Operations Museum
🎟️ Free admission
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The next chapter of the U.S. Army Airborne & Special Operations Museum begins now.
See what's on the horizon in @cityview_nc 's July Military Issue.
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The Airborne & Special Operations Museum Foundation is a non-federal entity. It is not a part of the Department of Defense or any of its components and it has no governmental status.
Photo Source: The Fayetteville Observer / @fayobserver
America turns 250 today.
Not because the years passed, but because, for 250 years, generations of Americans have answered the call to serve.
From Lexington and Concord to Normandy... from the skies over Europe to the mountains of Afghanistan...
Celebrate 250 years of freedom by helping preserve the stories that helped secure it.
❤️ Donate today: https://t.co/T7kMqqqYgQ
Happy 250th Birthday, America. 🇺🇸
In observance of Juneteenth, the U.S. Army Airborne & Special Operations Museum will be closed Friday, June 19. Juneteenth commemorates the end of slavery in the United States and is recognized as a federal holiday. We look forward to welcoming visitors back on Saturday.