Inside The Army’s Spectacular, Hidden Treasure Room

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It would be cool to see all of this stuff!

http://www.buzzfeed.com/bennyjohnson/in ... asure-room
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WOW!
Damn, I'll bet that's going to leave a mark! Probably hurt too!
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Yea, OK, when you are all running, or getting eaten by the Zombies I will be backing a truck up to this place :)
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Great googaly moogaly... :big shock: :Drool1: :big shock: :Drool1:
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Trying to imagine spending a day in there. No, a week...
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How about just giving me a corner of the gun room to live in? :)
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Wow,very cool
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Very cool! Thanks for posting.
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As we the citizens that pay the bills we should have unfettered access. Do you think they would buy that line?
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Longcolt44 wrote:As we the citizens that pay the bills we should have unfettered access. Do you think they would buy that line?
Not without adequate preservation protection for the articles.
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That is something else. I sure hope the museum will be built in my lifetime.
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So they spend 24 million to store everything but nothing to show it to the tax paying public. Typical bureaucracy.

Oh to go on a 5 minute shopping spree in there.
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My head would explode. I still anticipate a trip to the NRA museum, and it is free.
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Junk Yard Dog wrote:Yea, OK, when you are all running, or getting eaten by the Zombies I will be backing a truck up to this place :)
I'm betting they have train tracks adjacent. I'll be stealing a freight train a loading her up. :mrgreen:

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amazing
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Interesting. I had no clue. I thought the warehouse was a Smithsonian storage facility. Thanks for posting! :good:
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:big shock:
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