ATCH 5.2 Caption Schedule.pdf

Museum 2.0 Caption Schedule

All captions are to be printed on white-laminate acrylic to match style existing caption blocks as closely as possible. Similar font, similar appearance, similar style, and similar size. Caption IDs are given to associate each caption with an acrylic picture or vinyl decal as depicted in the Museum 2.0 Material Schedule.

Acrylic for captions is to be sized according to the width of the corresponding picture. For example, for a picture of width 32”, the acrylic for the caption should be 32” in width. The caption block height should be 2” to match the clear acrylic border around the pictures, and the font should be sized accordingly. The captions should generally be centered in the block, visually appealing, and legible.

“CV” = Vinyl Caption

“CP” = Picture Caption

Location 1: WW2 Wall

CV-1.1: Interior of Martin Bomber Plant, Fort Crook, during final stages of conversion from B-26 to B-29 production, April 1944. B-29 components were built at other facilities and then transported by specially designed rail cars for final assembly at the Martin Plant.

Conveyor tracks extend across the factory floor in the center of the picture.

CV-1.2: Martin Bomber Plant, 15 August 1945. SAC moved its headquarters from Andrews AFB, MD into the plant’s administrative buildings (pictured in front) in 1948.

CP-1.1: Mushroom cloud over Nagasaki after B-29 “Bocks Car” dropped the second Atomic Bomb on 09 August 1945. The modified B-29s that flew the Hiroshima and Nagasaki missions were assembled at the Martin Bomber Plant under Project “Silverplate.”

CP-1.2: B-29 “Enola Gay” with ground crew and commander, Col. Paul W. Tibbets, Jr. in center. The bomber was built at the Martin Bomber Plant in 1945.

CP-1.3: Female worker at the Martin Bomber Plant during World War II. Millions of women entered the labor pool during the war to perform blue and white-collar jobs in every kind of industry. The Martin Plant was Nebraska’s largest employer of women, with more than 5,000 women on its payroll by January 1945 out of a total work force of just over 13,000.

Location 2: SAC Wall

CV-2.1: 7 November 1957, Pinecastle AFB, Fla. The "City of Winter Park," a Boeing B-47 from the 321st Bomb Wing. This aircraft, along with the Boeing B-47 "City of Orlando II," won the bombing and navigation awards for the 321st Bomb Wing.

CP-2.1: 26 July 1947, President Harry S. Truman signs the National Security Act into Law.

The act merged the Department of the Army and the Department of the Navy, and the new Department of the Air Force into the new Department of Defense. The Act went into effect on 18 September 1947, the day after the Senate confirmed James Forrestal as the first Secretary of Defense.

CP-2.2: 20 January 1949, B-36 bombers of Strategic Air Command fly over the capital building to signal the beginning of the inaugural parade during Harry S. Truman’s inauguration.

CP-2.3: 18 April 1949, USS United States (CVA-58) keel plate being laid at Newport News.

Construction of the new aircraft carrier was cancelled by Secretary of Defense Louis Johnson five days later. While its cancellation was the result of severe budgetary constraints, the political atmosphere following defense unification and the creation of an independent Air Force, as well as the role (and control) of nuclear weapons in national strategy resulted in “The Revolt of the Admirals.”

CP-2.4: 23 September 1949, in a carefully worded statement, President Harry S. Truman informed the American public that the Soviet Union had exploded an Atomic Bomb. The successful Soviet test surprised the western world as most believed that the US monopoly on nuclear weapons was safe for at least another five to ten years.

Location 4: Trophy Pillar

CV-4.1: Maj Robert Hinnant and his crew from the 97th Bomb Wing stand for inspection in front of their B-50 bomber. His crew won the SAC Bombing Competition in August 1951, and was awarded the Wing Bombing Trophy, Best Competition Crew and the Fairchild Trophy.

Location 6: ICBM Wall

CP-6.1: Deactivated Atlas D ICBM being transported through downtown Omaha to Offutt AFB by the 549th Strategic Missile Squadron, 1964. The D Series missiles were removed from service that year.

CP-6.2: -- NO CAPTION --

CP-6.3: General Bernard Schriever and an Atlas missile. The swift development and fielding of the Series D Atlas, the Air Force’s first ICBM, was one of his crowning achievements.

CP-6.4: -- NO CAPTION –

Location 7: SLBM Wall

CV-7.1: USS George Washington (SSBN-598) underway at sea, 30 June 1960. George Washington was the world’s first operational nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine, entering service in December 1959 and conducting the first SSBN deterrent patrol in November 1960.

CP-7.1: Rear Admiral William F. Raborn, USN (left), and Admiral Arleigh A. Burke, USN, Chief of Naval Operations, examine a cutaway model of the ballistic missile submarine George Washington (SSBN-598), July 1959.

CP-7.2: Vice Admiral William F. Raborn aboard USS George Washington (SSBN-598).

Admiral Raborn led the team that developed the Polaris, the navy’s first submarine-launched ballistic missile.

CP-7.3: 20 July 1960, successful test launch of the UGM-27 Polaris Fleet Ballistic Missile from USS George Washington (SSBN-598).

Location 8: NC2 Wall

CV-8.1: In January 1961, President Kennedy directed that one of SAC’s new airborne command posts be airborne at all times. In February 1961, the KC-135 Looking Glass Airborne Command Post (ABNCP) began operations, with additional backup airplanes on 15-minute ground alert. Onboard each flight was a senior SAC officer – known as the Airborne Emergency Action Officer (AEAO) – who would take over command of the SIOP forces in the event communications were lost with the National Command Authority (NCA) and SAC headquarters.

CP-8.1: SAC’s underground command post, circa 1965. The facility was designed to survive anything short of a direct hit by a high-yield nuclear weapon.

CP-8.2: General Thomas S. Power, CINCSAC 1957-1964. He implemented command-wide ground alert programs and a policy of keeping part of SAC’s bomber fleet airborne at all times.

CP-8.3: In April 1955, construction began on a new SAC Control Center. SAC Headquarters staff began operations in the new facility in January 1957. At the time, the projected lifespan of the building was 25 years.

CP-8.4: General Larry D. Welch, CINCSAC 1985-1986 aboard the Looking Glass airborne command post. SAC EC-135’s were airborne 24/7 from February 1961 until July 1990 when airborne requirements were eased.

CP-8.5: The Post Attack Command & Control System (PACCS) was a network of airborne and ground communications sites used to communicate with strategic forces before, during, and after a nuclear attack. The SAC ABNCP, or Looking Glass, was part of this system and was on continuous airborne alert to transmit CINCSAC orders to SAC forces.

Location 9: Kiosk 1

Quote:

“The President can make me a General, but only communications can make me a Commander.”

Gen. Curtis E. LeMay

Title:

Command and Control

Location 11: Kiosk 2

“And I’ve, therefore, approved the recommendation of Secretary Cheney and the Joint Chiefs to consolidate operational command of these forces into a US Strategic Command…”

President George H.W. Bush

Title:

First

USSTRATCOM

Location 12: Kiosk 3

“All nuclear is strategic, but not all strategic is nuclear.”

Adm. Charles A. Richard

Title:

Current

USSTRATCOM