The world’s unusual military museums

White Sands Missile Range Museum may not fall in the world's unusual military museum, but it does have the most unusual artifact on display there: Darth Vader's Helmet.
Here's what's written on the card:

"This Darth Vader helmet was given to the White Sands Missile Range by Ben Burtt of Lucas Films in appreciation for the assistance he received in collecting sounds for the studio's sound library. He visited the range twice in 1978 to collect the sounds of various missiles being test fired including a HAWK missile, a Lance and a Nike Tomahawk. He also recorded the sound of a sound wave traveling up and down a tight guy wire on a radio tower. Some of these sounds were used in the movie "Star Wars", for which Burtt won an Academy Award."

The "1978" on this card appears to be a typo as "Star Wars"was filmed in 1976 and released in 1977; Ben Burt received a Special Achievement Award for Sound Effects Editing at the 1977 Academy Awards.

Lots in Vietnam and Egypt, very cool!