Army Quartermaster Museum
Exhibits

The Quartermaster Museum exhibit galleries have seen a good many changes in the last few years. The next five years will see many more major changes with new and updated galleries on supply, subsistence and other areas.

Museum Galleries

History and Heritage

A new gallery devoted to the history and heritage of the Quartermaster Corps.   Includes insignia, uniforms and equipment used by Quartermaster officers, noncommissioned officers and soldiers. 

The officer section has the uniform coat of Brigadier General Thomas S. Jesup, "father of the Quartermaster Corps".  Jesup, Quartermaster General   from 1818 to1860, was responsible for developing uniform forms, regulations and standards for the Corps.  Also displayed is the Quartermaster General's desk.

The noncommissioned officer and soldier section includes objects portraying the current and former functional area duties that Quartermaster soldiers perform.  Uniforms displayed include an 1888 Post Quartermaster Sergant dress uniform and a current Desert BDU uniform.

One of the highlights of the display is the Medal of Honor awarded to Private George Watson.  Watson, a member of the 29th Quartermaster Regiment, was on board a ship hit by Japanese bombers off the coast of New Guinea on 8 March 1943. When the ship had to be abandoned, instead of seeking to save himself, he stayed in the water for a prolonged time courageously helping others.

Temporary Exhibits Gallery

The temporary exhibits gallery features changing exhibits highlighting the Corps' missions and the people who perform them.

"Supply By Sky", an exhibit portraying the role and history of Quartermaster Riggers, opened on 15 May 1998 in the temporary exhibits gallery.   The exhibit is sponsored by the Aerial Delivery/Field Services Department of the Quartermaster School. It is the second in a series of exhibits at the Museum highlighting the Corps' missions and the people who perform them.
   The exhibit explores the operational history of aerial delivery and parachute rigging beginning in World War II with the operations to supply Allied forces in the China-Burma-India Theater and in Northern Europe, to the more recent humanitarian relief operations in Bosnia.  Since 1950, the Quartermaster Corps has been responsible for training the Army's parachute riggers and for aerial supply.  Quartermaster Parachute Riggers, distinguished by their red caps and working by the motto, "I Will Be Sure Always", perform their mission with the utmost skill and attention.  Airborne soldiers place their lives daily in the hands of Quartermaster-trained riggers.
    Quartermaster Rigger units, such as the 8081st QM Air Supply and Packaging Company, who rigged the supplies during the Korean War, and the 109th QM Company (Air Delivery) who packed the supplies dropped during the siege of Khe Sahn during the Vietnam War, are highlighted.  With the use of artifacts, the exhibit will trace the evolution of aerial supply rigging techniques and the changes in containers used to drop supplies.  For more information on this subject see the Aerial Delivery and Riggers history page.

Saddle & Horse (Remount) Gallery From 1775 to 1963 the Quartermaster Corps was responsible in some way for the procurement, and training of horses and mules.  During World War II to the late 1950s the Corps also trained guard and scout dogs.  For more information on this subject see the Army Remount Service history page. This gallery features: Grant's Civil War Saddle, The Great Camel Experiment, Buffalo Soldier and Saddler's Workshop exhibits. Grant’s saddle. The Grimsley saddle used by General Ulysses S. Grant during the Civil War from July 1862 to the surrender of Confederate at Appomattox Court House in April 1865.   The saddle was presented by Grant in 1869 to a former member of his military staff, Colonel A.H. Markland. "...perhaps one of the most prized objects in the Army Museum System"  General Gordon R. Sullivan, Chief of Staff of the Army

General Officer Gallery Featuring: General Eisenhower's Uniforms, Patton's Jeep, and an excellent collection of swords.
	"Patton's Jeep" The jeep used by General George S. Patton during the campaigns in Europe in World War II.   Modified to reflect General Patton's unique personality.  It has among other things, Buell trombone airhorns mounted on the hood to announce his arrival.