Military Historical Tours

19/06/2024

More Pictures from the Student tour to France!

19/06/2024

Yesterday we drove from Normandy to The Champagne region of France. Our first stop was Belleau Woods. This is where the Marines fought in WWI and were given the name Teufel Hunden or Devil Dogs by the German soldiers who defended the woods. Afterwards we went and drank from the Bulldog fountain!
Next was the American Cemetery at Belleau Woods where we paid our respects to those who fought and paid the ultimate price.
Our last stop of the day was to visit the Cathedral at Reims.

18/06/2024

We continued to make the most of our time yesterday hitting as many of the last sights as possible on our last day in Caen.
We started our day at the German cemetery in Caen, before heading to Brecourt Manor where Easy Company silenced the 4 guns firing on Utah Beach as portrayed in the series Band of Brothers. Next we headed to St. Mere Eglise where the 82nd Airborne secured the town in 1944. After exploring the town we headed to Omaha Beach where the Big Red One came ashore. Our students walked the Battlefield. Our students then visited the American cemetery at Colesville sur Mar and our final stop in Normandy was the Tomb of William the Conqueror. Tomorrow we head to Reims!

17/06/2024

Yesterday we kept these kids moving and I must admit they are all Rockstar! These students are responsible, inquisitive and very interested in learning the History of our Greatest Generation!
We started our day at the Overlord Museum, then we headed to Utah Beach where our group toured the Museum and we had lunch at Le Roosevelt. The Students then collected sand from the landing beaches. Our next stop was Maisey Battery and our last stop of the day was the City of Bayeux, where the students viewed the William the Conqueror Tapestry and the Cathedral.

16/06/2024

Yesterday on our first day of touring we hit the ground running starting at Pegasus Bridge. We then headed over to Merville Battery, Arromonches see Mer to have lunch and see the Mulberries then Longues ser Mer and finally Pont du Hoc.
It was a busy day and we stayed one step ahead of the rain!

15/06/2024

Yesterday morning MHT picked up our group of 3 highschools Flint Hill High, The Potomac School and The Community School of Naples! Today will be our first day of touring!

08/02/2024

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08/12/2023

Our last day in Honolulu and we spent it with the WWII Veterans and watched the parade!

07/12/2023

Yesterday was our last day touring around the Island of Oahu. We started our day driving to Kaneohe base. Afterwards we drove along the Northshore of Hawaii where we stopped and watched surfers surfing the Banzai pipeline, next we stopped for lunch and shopping in Haleiwa.
Our last stop was at the Dole pineapple plantation for some Dole Whip!

06/12/2023

Yesterday we started our tour at the Hawaiian Plantation Village. We learned about the origins of Asian immigrants to Hawaii at the beginning of Hawaii's sugar business. Afterwards we had a wonderful lunch and a visit to Fort Derussy.

05/12/2023

Yesterday was a great day of touring! We started at the Arizona Memorial, toured the bowfin submarine, headed to the USS battleship Missouri, and then finally finished our day at the Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum where Daniel Martinez give us a private tour of the museum.

04/12/2023

We started our first night in Hawaii enjoying the For Love of Country Gala at the Pearl Harbor Aviation museum. Our two Vets were recognized and introduced to the crowd. We had an excellent time and even met with the actors from the series The Pacific. The next morning we had our first day touring around Honolulu. We had a beautiful day and enjoyed getting to know each other!

03/12/2023

03/12/2023

Just picked everyone up from the Airport yesterday! Getting ready to commemorate the attack on Pearl Harbor. Our first day touring today we visited the beach that was shown in the movie" From here to Eternity" then we drove around the island to the Pali overlook.

11/11/2023

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10/11/2023

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06/09/2023

Well, yesterday was our last day together as a group.. we finished our tour by visiting Compiegne and then getting everyone checked in for their brief stay in Paris.
We finished the evening with a wonderful Indian meal to say goodbye to our excellent driver Ton.

05/09/2023

We had another busy day yesterday! We covered a bunch of miles. First stop was a newly opened memorial and renovated Panzer tank. Next we went out to where the Germans set up a defense position known as the dragons teeth.We then drove from Germany to the site of the Malmady massacre. Our next stop was lunch and then a visit to a King Tiger tank. We then visited the fighting positions of Easy Company and finished up a visit to a German cemetery. We had a very special group dinner last night as we leave Belgium to travel to Paris today!

04/09/2023

Yesterday was a wonderful day in Belgium! The weather was great and took full advantage of exploring! We started by taking a short drive into Luxembourg and we visited Schummanns crossing, this is an inactive walking trail that has the remains of fighting positions and the trail markers tell the story of the battle.
Next we followed the breakout of Pattons 3rd Army to get into Bastogne.afterward we visited the Bastogne War museum and Bastogne Barracks!

03/09/2023

03/09/2023

The guns at Fort du Hackenburg

03/09/2023

We left Reims yesterday and headed toward Bastogne Belgium. We made a couple great stops, the first one was part of the Maginot line. We visited Fort du Hackenburg this is one stop that always fascinates! Although the fort is over 100 years old the equipment is still working!
We then headed to Luxembourg and visited the American Cemetery.

02/09/2023

What a great day of touring yesterday! We started at the Chateau Theirry memorial, then headed over to the Belleau Woods Battlefield and Bulldog Fountain. We saw a hard charging Marine re-enlist in the Marines for his last tour of duty. We ended the day visiting the cathedral in Reims.

01/09/2023

Yesterday we had an early start and a day of travel. We started at the American Cemetery at Collesville sur Mer where we were briefed on the role of the American battlefield monuments commission (ABMC). It was an excellent briefing and I'm proud of the work they do and how well they take care of our heroes who are buried there.

31/08/2023

What a great day we had! Yesterday we started at Brecourt Manor where Easy company under the leadership of Dick Winters silenced 4 German 88's firing on Utah Beach. Next we drove to St.Mere Eglise where we toured the Airborne museum and charming town. After raiding the chocolate store there we then headed to Bayeuax to see the tapestry that tells the story of William the Conquerer. Our last stop was to go visit William the Conquerors tomb.

30/08/2023

Yesterday we had a great day in Normandy! We started at the Overlord museum and then headed to Utah Beach where everyone had a great lunch and then collected sand and explored the Utah Beach museum. We then headed for Maisey battery to see the unearthed German gun battery! Finally we headed to Pont du Hoc where we ran into our friend Magali and she briefed everyone on the operation that occurred on the cliffs in 1944.

29/08/2023

We had a beautiful day in Normandy and we took every advantage! We started out at Pegasus Bridge which was secured by the British 6th Airborne and then we continued that units fight by visiting Merville Battery. Afterward we visited the guns at Longues sur Mer,We made a quick stop at Arromanches where the group learned about the Mulberries and Pluto. The day's tour ended by visiting the Omaha beaches.

28/08/2023

Our first day touring in France took us from Paris to the Lafayette escadril. This is where Americans joined the French military and distinguished themselves before the United States entered world war I. Next we ended up at Monet's garden and then finally we headed to Caen.

27/08/2023

Yesterday Military Historical Tours picked up our next group at the Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris France! We shared some wine and met new friends and laughed!

25/08/2023

Today we said Goodbye to all of our new friends! All of them have left to go to the Airport and we will head to the airport soon to fly on our short 2 hour flight to Paris!