The Galleries
- Robert E. Petersen Collection
- Ancient Firearms - 1350 to 1700
- Road to American Liberty - 1700 to 1780
- A Prospering New Republic - 1780 to 1860
- A Nation Asunder - 1861 to 1865
- The American West - 1850 to 1900
- Innovation, Oddities and Competition
- Theodore Roosevelt and Elegant Arms - 1880s to 1920s
- World War I and Firearms Innovation
- WWII, Korea, Vietnam and Beyond - 1940 to Present
- For the Fun of It
- Modern Firearms - 1950 to Present
- Hollywood Guns
Heartbreak Ridge (1986)
Heartbreak Ridge (1986)
Clint Eastwood as SGT Thomas "Gunny" Highway
Medal of Honor
In this 1986 Eastwood epic about a platoon of US Marine Corps
misfits, Eastwood plays a former US Army noncommissioned officer
who earned the Medal of Honor during the Korean War and later
transferred into the USMC. A replica Medal of Honor was cast for
him to wear from a neck ribbon during a Mess Dress ball scene but
was never actually filmed. This cased medal was acquired with
numerous other props worn by Eastwood during the film.
Loaned by Philip Schreier