>> MOST MUSEUMS KNOW THE DILEMMA OF HAVING WAY MORE ARTIFACTS THAN THEY DO SPACE TO DISPLAY THEM. WELL, GALEN CULVER HAS THE STORY OF A GROUP IN ENID WHO FACED A PROBLEM LIKE THAT. >> BUT SEEM TO HAVE SOLVED IT IN A NOVEL WAY. >> WE HAVE A MASH UNIT SET UP IN OUR FIELD AMBULANCE. THERE ARE NO HEROES IN RETAIL BATTLES, NOT LIKE ACTUAL WARS. THIS IS A 21 AIRCRAFT, BUT THE LEADERSHIP OF THE UNITS WOULD RING WALL OF HONOR SEEM TO HAVE RESCUED ONE CASUALTY THAT MIGHT BENEFIT BOTH IN A HISTORICAL SENSE. THAT IS OUR MISSION TO HONOR. REMEMBER EDUCATED HILL. IT'S BEEN MORE THAN 10 YEARS SINCE THE SEARS STORE CLOSED AT OAKWOOD MALL. BUT WE HAVE A 1920, JENNY AIRCRAFT, ELAINE JONES AND HER WOODRING. WALL OF HONOR BOARD DENNIS MOORE HEART. BUT IS BILL SHAW. STEVE, NICE WONDER, TOOK OVER A BIG MILITARY MUSEUM IN KANSAS AND THEY WERE SHUTTING IT DOWN.
BUT THEY NEEDED A PLACE TO PUT ALL THE NEWLY ACQUIRED ARTIFACTS. WE'VE GOT AIRCRAFT WE'VE GOT HELICOPTERS. THAT'S HOW ALL THIS RETAIL SPACE EMPTY FOR YEARS I CAME TO EVEN AS A STUDENT AT ADVANCE AIR FORCE BASE. LAST TIME I WAS HERE WAS WAS SEARS BECAME WHAT THEY HAD PLANNED TO BE A TEMPORARY ARMORY.
A LOT OF MEMORABILIA THAT WE HAVE IN THE BACK. WE HAVEN'T EVEN OPENED UP YET SOMEWHERE BETWEEN PARKING IT IN HERE AND SEEING WHAT A DISPLAY MIGHT LOOK LIKE. THE SHOE DEPARTMENT, AUTOMOTIVE, DRY GOODS AND HARDWARE BECAME A MUSEUM ITSELF THE SEARS AND ROEBUCK MILITARY MUSEUMS. THERE YOU GO. COULD BE THE AND ROEBUCK OF >> WOODRING, WALL OF HONOR. THE OKAY. MILITARY HISTORIC EXHIBIT OPENED IS THE MALL'S NEW ANCHOR TENANT A FEW MONTHS AGO OFFERING JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING YOU COULD THINK OF IN TERMS OF MILITARY HISTORY ARE GUN FROM THE VIETNAM ERA WHERE WAR ONE WORLD WAR 2. >> KOREAN FOR FULL-MOTION SIMULATOR.
THEY WERE ALREADY TRYING TO RAISE MONEY TO BUILD A NEW MUSEUM. BUT ALL THAT'S ON HOLD RIGHT NOW. BECAUSE THIS PLACE SEEMS TO FIT THE BILL SO NICELY. EVERY TIME I COME OUT HERE, I'M AMAZED AT ALL THE STUFF THAT THEY'VE COLLECTED FROM A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE USED TO BE ABLE TO BUY A WHOLE CATALOG FULL OF ITEMS TO A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE CAN LEARN A CATALOG OF HISTORY, 40,000 SQUARE FEET. IT'S MISSION ACCOMPLISHED IN ONE VERY LARGE ROOM. AND WE'RE LOOKING TO GIRL IN ENID GALEN, CULVER, NEWS 4. IS THIS A GREAT STATE OR WHAT? >> AND THAT IS REALLY COOL.
THE OKAY. MILITARY HISTORY EXHIBIT IS OPEN THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY FROM 11 TO 4 INSIDE OAKWOOD MALL .