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“Donate Now” Button Works
If you allow the page 30 seconds or so to load, you will be able to make a donation. ...
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Book Signing at The Airborne & Special Operations Museum
PRESS RELEASE
FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. – The Airborne & Special Operations Museum...
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Now Accepting Easter Reservations!
We are now taking early reservations for Breakfast with the Easter Bunny on 4 April! ...
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February 2015
Spring is nearly right around the corner here in Fayetteville and at the ASOM Foundation we’re busy getting ready for our events season.
The ASOMF annual events kick off on April 4th with our Breakfast with the Easter Bunny and Easter Egg Scramble, followed on April 17th with our 6th annual ASOM Foundation Golf Tournament at the Stryker Golf Course on Fort Bragg. Planning is in the works for Field of Honor and Run for the Legend that take place in May and June.
There are plenty of tax deductible opportunities to support the ASOM Foundation. If you’d like to support the museum financially,
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March 2015 Artifact of the Month
.32 ACP Pistol, AKA Welrod
This .32 ACP pistol, known as a Welrod, was used by OSS operators and resistance forces behind enemy lines during World War 2. When fired the barrel slows the release of high pressure gases and quiets the weapon.
The Welrod was issued to OSS and Jedburg teams as an assassination weapon/covert weapon for missions in Nazi-occupied Europe in WWII. This was a purpose-built silenced weapon producing only 78 decibels when fired; virtually silent. It could be fired with the magazine / handle removed in which case it did not even look like a weapon at all. A limited range, close-quarters head shot weapon whose main value was it was very discreet when used.
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