In support of an official event 

The Museum will be closed Sunday, May 25
In addition, the Presidential Gallery will be closed Saturday, May 24

Normal hours will resume on Monday, May 26
 

C-47 Hospital Ship

The cabin interior of the museum's C-47 has been equipped for a medical evacuation flight. During World War II and the Korean War, C-47s sometimes served dual purposes on the same mission. Supplies might be flown to a combat area, and as soon as the aircraft was unloaded, litters might be installed to carry sick and wounded personnel on the return flight. The impracticality of changing aircraft markings before such medical flights meant the aircraft bore no identification as a hospital ship so the crew and patients on board had no greater degree of safety from enemy attack than if the aircraft was hauling combat supplies.

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