He didn’t talk about it for 60 years, until a few weeks before he passed.” “My father served on Iwo Jima in World War II, when he was 17 years old. Given the toll war takes on members of the military and their families, Brant said that toll is one of the reasons it is important keep that history alive. “You’ll be able to touch, smell, and even get on top of some of the vehicles out there, and just take it in,” Brant said. Williams, 97, is the last surviving Medal of Honor recipient from World War II.īrant said visitors will be able to get up close to the strongest vehicles the military uses: “It’s a lot of steel,” he said. “If you’ve never seen a flame thrower, that’s what Medal of Honor recipient Woody Williams used on Iwo Jima,” said Brant. “There will be historians out there to share history on each vehicle.”īrant said the Marine Corps flame thrower team will hold a demonstration at 10 a.m. “You’ll be able to see 60 military vehicles and tanks, spread out nicely on 70 acres of land,” said Brant, the group’s CEO. this Saturday and Sunday, in Prince William County. military - is holding a tank farm open house from 10 a.m. The Americans in Wartime Experience - a not-for-profit group that honors those who served in the U.S. Civil War.ĭennis Brant, the organizer of this weekend’s tank farm open house, in Nokesville, Virginia, hopes to make sure future generations don’t forget that. “War is hell,” said William Tecumseh Sherman, Union General in the U.S. Business & Finance Click to expand menu.

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