Ed's Travelogue: USAF Basic Training Sep 1978 - Pt11 USAF Basic Training , San Antonio Sights (6) The Alamo - Pt 2 FINAL

This marks the final post for my USAF Basic Training Travelogue series. Yay!

When you actually see the Alamo and see how big the church alone is, you realize that it would've needed all 200 defenders by itself, never mind the whole compound. It's amazing those 200 were able to hold off Santa Anna's troops for as long as they did. As I've said before, I can add nothing to the story except old postcards and photos, but I am grateful for having the chance to to see it. Normally this would be a great segue for posting my Alalmo toys but that's just not going to happen quite yet. The only space I have to photograph a somewhat okay set-up is now being taken up by my Halloween Village layout. And at some point in time I would like to start re-building my O-gauge layout on that space. Oh  well, Enjoy! Opa Fritz

Ed's Travelogue: USAF Basic Training Sep 1978 - Pt11 USAF Basic Training , San Antonio Sights (6) The Alamo - Pt 1

Among the most iconic sites in American history is The Alamo, once nearly surrounded by open fields, but now in the middle of downtown San Antonio. There is simply too much of a story for me to recount here on the blog. All the events leading up the the battle, then the battle itself, and the aftermath have already filled a library's worth of literature. I can't add a thing to that other than my short visit to the site. USAF Basic training and our flight's day pass to San Antonio was chalked full of interesting experiences and it would have been nice to have unlimited time and like a gazillion rolls of film, but alas that wasn't the case. As with the rest of my posts during this visit I gathered what free brochures and handouts I could as well as pick up postcards and souvenir booklets supplement by a few meager photos of my own. So, without further ado, from 1978 I bring you - The Alamo!  Enjoy! Opa Fritz