Home | The National WWII Museum

<!DOCTYPE html> <html lang="en" dir="ltr" prefix="content: http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/ dc: http://purl.org/dc/terms/ foaf: http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/ og: http://ogp.me/ns# rdfs: http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema# schema: http://schema.org/ sioc: http://rdfs.org/sioc/ns# sioct: http://rdfs.org/sioc/types# skos: http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core# xsd: http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema# "> <head> <meta charset="utf-8" /> <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=UA-4265387-1"></script> <script>window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || [];function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments)};gtag("js", new Date());gtag("set", "developer_id.dMDhkMT", true);ga('require', 'GTM-5C7T34Z');gtag("config", "UA-4265387-1", {"groups":"default","anonymize_ip":true,"page_placeholder":"PLACEHOLDER_page_path","allow_ad_personalization_signals":false});</script> <meta name="description" content="The National WWII Museum in New Orleans tells the story of the American Experience in the war that changed the world - why it was fought, how it was won, and what it means today." /> <meta name="keywords" content="WWII Museum, New Orleans, Louisiana, D-Day Museum" /> <link rel="canonical" href="https://www.nationalww2museum.org/" /> <link rel="shortlink" href="https://www.nationalww2museum.org/" /> <meta property="og:site_name" content="The National WWII Museum | New Orleans" /> <meta property="og:title" content="Home" /> <meta property="og:image" content="https://www.nationalww2museum.org//themes/nwwiim/images/placeholders/placeholder-open-graph.jpg" /> <meta property="og:image:url" content="https://www.nationalww2museum.org//themes/nwwiim/images/placeholders/placeholder-open-graph.jpg" /> <meta name="msvalidate.01" content="C1BA3C5E09C99A8C5CAE355F5DF8D081" /> <meta name="Generator" content="Drupal 10 (https://www.drupal.org)" /> <meta name="MobileOptimized" content="width" /> <meta name="HandheldFriendly" content="true" /> <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" /> <link rel="icon" href="/themes/nwwiim/favicon.ico" type="image/vnd.microsoft.icon" /> <title>Home | The National WWII Museum | New Orleans</title> <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0, maximum-scale=1.0, user-scalable=0" /> <link rel="apple-touch-icon" sizes="180x180" href="/themes/nwwiim/favicons/apple-touch-icon.png"> <link rel="icon" type="image/png" href="/themes/nwwiim/favicons/favicon-32x32.png" sizes="32x32"> <link rel="icon" type="image/png" href="/themes/nwwiim/favicons/favicon-194x194.png" sizes="194x194"> <link rel="icon" type="image/png" href="/themes/nwwiim/favicons/android-chrome-192x192.png" sizes="192x192"> <link rel="icon" type="image/png" href="/themes/nwwiim/favicons/android-chrome-384x384.png" sizes="384x384"> <link rel="icon" type="image/png" href="/themes/nwwiim/favicons/favicon-16x16.png" sizes="16x16"> <link rel="manifest" href="/themes/nwwiim/favicons/manifest.json"> <link rel="mask-icon" href="/themes/nwwiim/favicons/safari-pinned-tab.svg" color="#00396a"> <link rel="shortcut icon" href="/themes/nwwiim/favicons/favicon.ico"> <meta name="msapplication-TileColor" content="#00396a"> <meta name="msapplication-TileImage" content="/themes/nwwiim/favicons/mstile-150x150.png"> <meta name="msapplication-config" content="/themes/nwwiim/favicons/browserconfig.xml"> <meta name="theme-color" content="#ffffff"> <script src="https://use.typekit.net/ajl2pve.js"></script> <script>try{Typekit.load({ async: true });}catch(e){}</script> <script src="/themes/nwwiim/js/vendor/videojs-ie8.min.js"></script> <link rel="stylesheet" media="all" href="/core/themes/stable9/css/system/components/align.module.css?snma8b" /> <link rel="stylesheet" media="all" href="/core/themes/stable9/css/system/components/fieldgroup.module.css?snma8b" /> <link rel="stylesheet" media="all" href="/core/themes/stable9/css/system/components/container-inline.module.css?snma8b" /> <link rel="stylesheet" media="all" href="/core/themes/stable9/css/system/components/clearfix.module.css?snma8b" /> <link rel="stylesheet" media="all" href="/core/themes/stable9/css/system/components/details.module.css?snma8b" /> <link rel="stylesheet" media="all" href="/core/themes/stable9/css/system/components/hidden.module.css?snma8b" /> <link rel="stylesheet" media="all" href="/core/themes/stable9/css/system/components/item-list.module.css?snma8b" /> <link rel="stylesheet" media="all" href="/core/themes/stable9/css/system/components/js.module.css?snma8b" /> <link rel="stylesheet" media="all" href="/core/themes/stable9/css/system/components/nowrap.module.css?snma8b" /> <link rel="stylesheet" media="all" href="/core/themes/stable9/css/system/components/position-container.module.css?snma8b" /> <link rel="stylesheet" media="all" href="/core/themes/stable9/css/system/components/reset-appearance.module.css?snma8b" /> <link rel="stylesheet" media="all" href="/core/themes/stable9/css/system/components/resize.module.css?snma8b" /> <link rel="stylesheet" media="all" href="/core/themes/stable9/css/system/components/system-status-counter.css?snma8b" /> <link rel="stylesheet" media="all" href="/core/themes/stable9/css/system/components/system-status-report-counters.css?snma8b" /> <link rel="stylesheet" media="all" href="/core/themes/stable9/css/system/components/system-status-report-general-info.css?snma8b" /> <link rel="stylesheet" media="all" href="/core/themes/stable9/css/system/components/tablesort.module.css?snma8b" /> <link rel="stylesheet" media="all" href="/modules/contrib/video_embed_field/css/video_embed_field.responsive-video.css?snma8b" /> <link rel="stylesheet" media="all" href="/core/themes/stable9/css/views/views.module.css?snma8b" /> <link rel="stylesheet" media="all" href="/core/themes/stable9/css/filter/filter.caption.css?snma8b" /> <link rel="stylesheet" media="all" href="/modules/contrib/entity_embed/css/entity_embed.filter.caption.css?snma8b" /> <link rel="stylesheet" media="all" href="/modules/contrib/paragraphs/css/paragraphs.unpublished.css?snma8b" /> <link rel="stylesheet" media="all" href="/modules/custom/nwwiim_utility/css/nwwiim_utility.modal.css?snma8b" /> <link rel="stylesheet" media="all" href="/themes/nwwiim/css/style.css?snma8b" /> <link rel="stylesheet" media="all" href="/themes/nwwiim/css/honor-roll.css?snma8b" /> <noscript><link rel="stylesheet" href="/themes/nwwiim/css/no-js.css" media="all"></noscript> </head> <body class="page-museum-opened no-sidebars path-frontpage page-type-landing">  <noscript><iframe src="//www.googletagmanager.com/ns.html?id=GTM-TCRPVQ" height="0" width="0" style="display:none;visibility:hidden"></iframe></noscript> <script>(function(w,d,s,l,i){w[l]=w[l]||[];w[l].push({'gtm.start': new Date().getTime(),event:'gtm.js'});var f=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0], j=d.createElement(s),dl=l!='dataLayer'?'&l='+l:'';j.async=true;j.src= '//www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?id='+i+dl;f.parentNode.insertBefore(j,f); })(window,document,'script','dataLayer','GTM-TCRPVQ');</script>  <a tab-index="-1" class="element-invisible element-focusable bg-grey u-centered-text" href="#main"> <h2>Skip to Main Content of WWII</h2> </a> <div class="dialog-off-canvas-main-canvas" data-off-canvas-main-canvas> <div id="page" role="document" class=""> <header id="header" class="cf"> <div class="header-logo"> <div id="block-sitebranding" class="block block-system block-system-branding-block"> <h1 id="logo"> <a href="/" title="Home" rel="home"></a> </h1> </div> </div> <div class="mobile-nav-teaser"> <nav role="navigation" aria-labelledby="block-headermobilenavigation-menu" id="block-headermobilenavigation"> <div class="block-content"> <ul class="menu"> <li class="menu-item"> <a href="/visit" target="" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/466">Visit</a> </li> <li class="menu-item"> <a href="/visit/museum-campus/higgins-hotel-conference-center" target="">Stay</a> </li> <li class="menu-item"> <a href="/events-programs" target="" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/467">Events</a> </li> </ul> </div> </nav> </div> <div class="mobile-toggle-nav"> <div class="more-btn"> <span>More</span> </div> <div class="overlay"></div> </div> <div class="nav-wrapper"> <div class="header-top"> <nav role="navigation" aria-labelledby="block-headerutilitynavigation-menu" id="block-headerutilitynavigation" class="block-header-utility-menu"> <div class="block-content"> <ul class="menu"> <li class="menu-item"> <a href="/events-programs/educational-travel" class="icon-globe" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/117669">Travel</a> </li> <li class="menu-item"> <a href="https://store.nationalww2museum.org" class="icon-shop">Store</a> </li> <li class="menu-item"> <a href="/visit/museum-campus-guide" class="icon-ticket" target="" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/604">Campus</a> </li> <li class="menu-item"> <a href="/events/events-calendar" class="icon-calendar" target="" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/475">Calendar</a> </li> <li class="menu-item"> <a href="/events-programs/bbs-stage-door-canteen" class="icon-ticket" target="" title="BB's Stage Door Canteen" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/671">BB's Stage Door Canteen</a> </li> </ul> </div> </nav> <div class="search-block-form block block-search block-search-form-block" data-drupal-selector="search-block-form" id="block-nwwiim-search" role="search"> <div class="block-content"> <form action="/search" method="get" id="search-block-form" accept-charset="UTF-8"> <div class="js-form-item form-item form-type-search js-form-type-search form-item-keys js-form-item-keys form-no-label"> <label for="edit-keys" class="visually-hidden">Search</label> <input title="Enter the terms you wish to search for." placeholder="Search" data-drupal-selector="edit-keys" type="search" id="edit-keys" name="keys" value="" size="15" maxlength="128" class="form-search" /> </div> <div data-drupal-selector="edit-actions" class="form-actions js-form-wrapper form-wrapper" id="edit-actions"><input alt="Search Button" data-drupal-selector="edit-submit" type="submit" id="edit-submit" value="Search" class="button js-form-submit form-submit" /> </div> </form> </div> </div> <nav role="navigation" aria-labelledby="block-footersocialnetworksnavigation-2-menu" id="block-footersocialnetworksnavigation-2" class="block block-socials-menu"> <div class="block-content"> <ul class="menu"> <li class="menu-item"> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/WWIIMuseum/" class="icon-facebook" target="_blank">Facebook</a> </li> <li class="menu-item"> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/wwiimuseum/" class="icon-instagram" target="_blank">Instagram</a> </li> <li class="menu-item"> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmTCST8yVyVMctEYY9WeMWw" class="icon-youtube" target="_blank">Youtube</a> </li> <li class="menu-item"> <a href="https://x.com/WWIImuseum" class="icon-x" target="_blank">X (formerly Twitter)</a> </li> <li class="menu-item"> <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@wwiimuseum" class="icon-tiktok">TikTok</a> </li> <li class="menu-item"> <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-national-wwii-museum" class="icon-linkedin">LinkedIn</a> </li> </ul> </div> </nav> </div> <div class="header-bottom"> <div id="block-headerbuyticketsbutton" class="block block-type-button"> <a href="https://www.nationalww2museum.org/buy-tickets" title="Purchase Tickets" class="btn solid ticket" target="_blank"><span>Purchase Tickets</span></a> </div><nav role="navigation" aria-labelledby="block-nwwiim-main-menu-menu" id="block-nwwiim-main-menu" class="block block-header-main-menu"> <div class="block-content"> <ul class="menu"> <li class="menu-item menu-item--expanded"> <a href="/visit" target="" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/466">Visit</a> <div class="sub-menu-toggle"></div> <div class="drop-menu"> <div class="dropdown-block"> <div id="block-dropdownctavisit" class="block block-block-content block-block-content91f3a1e2-f531-4196-805c-4abfd08b29de" onclick="location.href='https://www.nationalww2museum.org/visit/museum-campus-guide/liberation-pavilion'"> <div class="block-content"> <figure class="cb-image"> <div class="img-ratio--wide bg--dark"> <div class="field field--name-field-callout-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> <img loading="lazy" src="/themes/nwwiim/images/loaders/placeholder.gif" width="400" height="290" typeof="foaf:Image" class="b-lazy" data-src="/sites/default/files/styles/wide_small/public/2023-06/3Q9A2879.jpg?h=1dd3cf61" /> <noscript><img src="/sites/default/files/styles/wide_small/public/2023-06/3Q9A2879.jpg?h=1dd3cf61" alt=""/></noscript> </div> <span class="bg-overlay"></span> </div> <figcaption> <div class="u-faux-table"> <div class="u-faux-table--align-middle"> <h4 class="f--secondary f--uppercase">LIBERATION PAVILION</h4> </div> </div> </figcaption> </figure> </div> </div> </div> <div class="menu-container"> <ul class="menu level1"> <li class="menu-item"> <a href="/visit/plan-your-visit" title="Plan your visit to The National WWII Museum" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/117835">Plan Your Visit</a> </li> <li class="menu-item menu-item--collapsed"> <a href="/visit/museum-campus-guide" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/604">Museum Campus Guide</a> </li> <li class="menu-item menu-item--collapsed"> <a href="/visit/exhibits" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/505">Exhibits</a> </li> <li class="menu-item menu-item--collapsed"> <a href="/visit/groups" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/678">Groups</a> </li> <li class="menu-item"> <a href="https://www.nationalww2museum.org/visit/plan-your-visit/accessibility" target="_self">Accessibility</a> </li> <li class="menu-item menu-item--collapsed"> <a href="/visit/museum-tours" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/50167">Museum Tours</a> </li> <li class="menu-item"> <a href="/visit/plan-your-visit#Directions" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/117835">Directions</a> </li> <li class="menu-item"> <a href="https://ticketing.nationalww2museum.org/Webstore/shop/ViewItems.aspx?CG=Tickets&C=GA" target="" title="Purchase Tickets">Purchase Tickets</a> </li> <li class="menu-item"> <a href="/visit/plan-your-visit#Parking" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/117835">Parking</a> </li> <li class="menu-item menu-item--collapsed"> <a href="/visit/plan-your-visit/itineraries" target="" title="View Itineraries" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/546">Itineraries</a> </li> <li class="menu-item menu-item--collapsed"> <a href="/visit/dining" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/589">Dining</a> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </li> <li class="menu-item menu-item--expanded"> <a href="/higgins-hotel-conference-center" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/704">Stay</a> <div class="sub-menu-toggle"></div> <div class="drop-menu"> <div class="dropdown-block"> <div id="block-drowpdownctastay" class="block block-block-content block-block-content4a53602e-4b0a-48c4-b320-6babedefc689" onclick="location.href='https://www.higginshotelnola.com/expressions-of-america'"> <div class="block-content"> <figure class="cb-image"> <div class="img-ratio--wide bg--dark"> <div class="field field--name-field-callout-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> <img loading="lazy" src="/themes/nwwiim/images/loaders/placeholder.gif" width="400" height="290" alt="Expressions of America Bob Hope USO" typeof="foaf:Image" class="b-lazy" data-src="/sites/default/files/styles/wide_small/public/2021-11/expressions-of-america-act-5-scene-1-USO-tour_0.jpeg?h=d5b7ebc5" /> <noscript><img src="/sites/default/files/styles/wide_small/public/2021-11/expressions-of-america-act-5-scene-1-USO-tour_0.jpeg?h=d5b7ebc5" alt="Expressions of America Bob Hope USO"/></noscript> </div> <span class="bg-overlay"></span> </div> <figcaption> <div class="u-faux-table"> <div class="u-faux-table--align-middle"> <h4 class="f--secondary f--uppercase">Expressions of America Package</h4> </div> </div> </figcaption> </figure> </div> </div> </div> <div class="menu-container"> <ul class="menu level1"> <li class="menu-item"> <a href="https://www.higginshotelnola.com/">The Higgins Hotel & Conference Center</a> </li> <li class="menu-item"> <a href="https://www.higginshotelnola.com/new-orleans-restaurants">Hotel Dining</a> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </li> <li class="menu-item menu-item--expanded"> <a href="/events-programs" target="" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/467">Events</a> <div class="sub-menu-toggle"></div> <div class="drop-menu"> <div class="dropdown-block"> <div id="block-dropdownctaeventsprograms" class="block block-block-content block-block-content9952df3e-5e42-4aaf-9f8d-3637db681ae3" onclick="location.href='/events-programs/events-calendar'"> <div class="block-content"> <figure class="cb-image"> <div class="img-ratio--wide bg--dark"> <div class="field field--name-field-callout-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> <img loading="lazy" src="/themes/nwwiim/images/loaders/placeholder.gif" width="400" height="290" alt="Thumbnail" typeof="foaf:Image" class="b-lazy" data-src="/sites/default/files/styles/wide_small/public/2017-06/distancelearning-home_front-vft.jpg?h=af3cde7e" /> <noscript><img src="/sites/default/files/styles/wide_small/public/2017-06/distancelearning-home_front-vft.jpg?h=af3cde7e" alt="Thumbnail"/></noscript> </div> <span class="bg-overlay"></span> </div> <figcaption> <div class="u-faux-table"> <div class="u-faux-table--align-middle"> <div class="f--label c--white">View Upcoming Programming</div> <h4 class="f--secondary f--uppercase">Events Calendar</h4> </div> </div> </figcaption> </figure> </div> </div> </div> <div class="menu-container"> <ul class="menu level1"> <li class="menu-item"> <a href="/events/events-calendar" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/475">Events Calendar</a> </li> <li class="menu-item menu-item--collapsed"> <a href="/events-programs/educational-travel" title="Travel programs provided by The National WWII Museum" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/117669">Educational Travel</a> </li> <li class="menu-item"> <a href="/events/public-programs/conferences-symposia" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/761">Conferences & Symposia</a> </li> <li class="menu-item"> <a href="/events-programs/event-recaps" target="" data-drupal-link-system-path="events-programs/event-recaps">Event Recaps</a> </li> <li class="menu-item menu-item--collapsed"> <a href="/events/expressions-america" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/117777">Expressions of America</a> </li> <li class="menu-item"> <a href="/events-programs/bbs-stage-door-canteen" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/671">BB's Stage Door Canteen</a> </li> <li class="menu-item menu-item--collapsed"> <a href="/events/special-events" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/769">Special Events</a> </li> <li class="menu-item menu-item--collapsed"> <a href="/events/youth-and-family-programs" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/577">Youth and Family Programs</a> </li> <li class="menu-item menu-item--collapsed"> <a href="/events-programs/public-programs" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/947">Public Programs</a> </li> <li class="menu-item"> <a href="/events-programs/students-and-teachers" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/847">Students and Teachers</a> </li> <li class="menu-item menu-item--collapsed"> <a href="/private-event-rentals" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/542">Private Event Rentals</a> </li> <li class="menu-item menu-item--collapsed"> <a href="/events-programs/educational-travel/student-travel-national-wwii-museum" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/556">Student Educational Experiences</a> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </li> <li class="menu-item menu-item--expanded"> <a href="/the-war" target="" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/464">The War</a> <div class="sub-menu-toggle"></div> <div class="drop-menu"> <div class="dropdown-block"> <div id="block-dropdownctathewar" class="block block-block-content block-block-contentea9191cd-9d1e-4b0c-8b52-8fade6683702" onclick="location.href='https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/research-veteran/wwii-research-services'"> <div class="block-content"> <figure class="cb-image"> <div class="img-ratio--wide bg--dark"> <div class="field field--name-field-callout-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> <img loading="lazy" src="/themes/nwwiim/images/loaders/placeholder.gif" width="400" height="290" typeof="foaf:Image" class="b-lazy" data-src="/sites/default/files/styles/wide_small/public/2023-02/research-header-updated.jpg?h=c12fc1b4" /> <noscript><img src="/sites/default/files/styles/wide_small/public/2023-02/research-header-updated.jpg?h=c12fc1b4" alt=""/></noscript> </div> <span class="bg-overlay"></span> </div> <figcaption> <div class="u-faux-table"> <div class="u-faux-table--align-middle"> <div class="f--label c--white">Learn More</div> <h4 class="f--secondary f--uppercase">WWII Research Services</h4> </div> </div> </figcaption> </figure> </div> </div> </div> <div class="menu-container"> <ul class="menu level1"> <li class="menu-item"> <a href="/topics" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/597">Explore By Topic</a> </li> <li class="menu-item"> <a href="/war/explore-war" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/963">All Articles</a> </li> <li class="menu-item"> <a href="/war/profiles" target="" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/506">Profiles</a> </li> <li class="menu-item"> <a href="/war/from-collection" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/561">From the Collection</a> </li> <li class="menu-item menu-item--collapsed"> <a href="/war/research-veteran" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/844">Research A Veteran</a> </li> <li class="menu-item"> <a href="/war/wwii-veteran-statistics" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/845">WWII Veteran Statistics</a> </li> <li class="menu-item menu-item--collapsed"> <a href="/war/jenny-craig-institute-study-war-and-democracy" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/1889">Jenny Craig Institute for the Study of War and Democracy</a> </li> <li class="menu-item menu-item--collapsed"> <a href="/podcasts" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/53580">Podcasts</a> </li> <li class="menu-item"> <a href="/war/seize-secure-battle-la-fiere" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/51613">Seize & Secure: The Battle for La Fière</a> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </li> <li class="menu-item menu-item--expanded"> <a href="/students-teachers" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/468">Students & Teachers</a> <div class="sub-menu-toggle"></div> <div class="drop-menu"> <div class="dropdown-block"> <div id="block-dropdownctastudentsteachers" class="block block-block-content block-block-content74da355e-1c0d-4bc8-a5ad-a5e61c5e8c15" onclick="location.href='/students-teachers/distance-learning/k-12-distance-learning/electronic-field-trips'"> <div class="block-content"> <figure class="cb-image"> <div class="img-ratio--wide bg--dark"> <div class="field field--name-field-callout-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> <img loading="lazy" src="/themes/nwwiim/images/loaders/placeholder.gif" width="400" height="290" typeof="foaf:Image" class="b-lazy" data-src="/sites/default/files/styles/wide_small/public/2022-09/stem.jpeg?h=4cd29779" /> <noscript><img src="/sites/default/files/styles/wide_small/public/2022-09/stem.jpeg?h=4cd29779" alt=""/></noscript> </div> <span class="bg-overlay"></span> </div> <figcaption> <div class="u-faux-table"> <div class="u-faux-table--align-middle"> <div class="f--label c--white">Learn More</div> <h4 class="f--secondary f--uppercase">Electronic Field Trips</h4> </div> </div> </figcaption> </figure> </div> </div> </div> <div class="menu-container"> <ul class="menu level1"> <li class="menu-item menu-item--collapsed"> <a href="/students-teachers/distance-learning" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/49981">Distance Learning</a> </li> <li class="menu-item"> <a href="/visit/groups/field-trips" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/677">Field Trips</a> </li> <li class="menu-item menu-item--collapsed"> <a href="/students-teachers/educator-resources" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/804">Educator Resources</a> </li> <li class="menu-item menu-item--collapsed"> <a href="/students-teachers/school-programs" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/841">School Programs</a> </li> <li class="menu-item"> <a href="/events-programs/educational-travel/student-travel-national-wwii-museum" target="" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/556">Student Travel</a> </li> <li class="menu-item menu-item--collapsed"> <a href="/students-teachers/student-resources" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/823">Student Resources</a> </li> <li class="menu-item"> <a href="/students-teachers/asu-partnership" target="" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/50160">ASU Partnership</a> </li> <li class="menu-item"> <a href="/visit/museum-campus-guide/hall-democracy/madlyn-and-paul-hilliard-research-library" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/53295">Madlyn and Paul Hilliard Research Library</a> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </li> <li class="menu-item menu-item--expanded"> <a href="/about-us" target="" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/469">About Us</a> <div class="sub-menu-toggle"></div> <div class="drop-menu"> <div class="dropdown-block"> <div id="block-dropdownctaaboutus" class="block block-block-content block-block-content0a267a09-0791-4fc9-b724-c88aba800e3f" onclick="location.href='/about-us/mission-vision-values'"> <div class="block-content"> <figure class="cb-image"> <div class="img-ratio--wide bg--dark"> <div class="field field--name-field-callout-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> <img loading="lazy" src="/themes/nwwiim/images/loaders/placeholder.gif" width="400" height="290" alt="US Freedom Pavilion: The Boeing Center exterior" typeof="foaf:Image" class="b-lazy" data-src="/sites/default/files/styles/wide_small/public/2024-11/USFP%20Exterior%20PREFERRED.jpg?h=d420901f" /> <noscript><img src="/sites/default/files/styles/wide_small/public/2024-11/USFP%20Exterior%20PREFERRED.jpg?h=d420901f" alt="US Freedom Pavilion: The Boeing Center exterior"/></noscript> </div> <span class="bg-overlay"></span> </div> <figcaption> <div class="u-faux-table"> <div class="u-faux-table--align-middle"> <div class="f--label c--white">Explore</div> <h4 class="f--secondary f--uppercase">Our Mission</h4> </div> </div> </figcaption> </figure> </div> </div> </div> <div class="menu-container"> <ul class="menu level1"> <li class="menu-item"> <a href="/about-us/mission-vision-values" target="" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/477">Mission / Vision / Values</a> </li> <li class="menu-item menu-item--collapsed"> <a href="/about-us/our-team" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/838">Our Team</a> </li> <li class="menu-item"> <a href="/about-us/our-partners" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/848">Our Partners</a> </li> <li class="menu-item menu-item--collapsed"> <a href="/about-us/annual-reports-and-financials" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/918">Annual Reports and Financials</a> </li> <li class="menu-item"> <a href="/about-us/notes-museum" target="" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/543">Notes from the Museum</a> </li> <li class="menu-item"> <a href="/employment" target="" title="Join Our Team" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/872">Join Our Team</a> </li> <li class="menu-item"> <a href="/about-us/rights-reproduction" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/117150">Rights & Reproduction</a> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </li> <li class="menu-item menu-item--expanded"> <a href="/give" target="" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/470">Give</a> <div class="sub-menu-toggle"></div> <div class="drop-menu"> <div class="dropdown-block"> <div id="block-dropdownctagive" class="block block-block-content block-block-content75b785fd-52d9-4e0d-b367-dfc45894e3a2" onclick="location.href='https://www.nationalww2museum.org/give/become-member'"> <div class="block-content"> <figure class="cb-image"> <div class="img-ratio--wide bg--dark"> <div class="field field--name-field-callout-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> <img loading="lazy" src="/themes/nwwiim/images/loaders/placeholder.gif" width="400" height="290" alt="Thumbnail" title="Girl with Vet" typeof="foaf:Image" class="b-lazy" data-src="/sites/default/files/styles/wide_small/public/2017-06/Sv-N9ePbWXMxjol4tPxIoDLC-lbF-FCXBBQqFvBldf0.jpg?h=6ff83453" /> <noscript><img src="/sites/default/files/styles/wide_small/public/2017-06/Sv-N9ePbWXMxjol4tPxIoDLC-lbF-FCXBBQqFvBldf0.jpg?h=6ff83453" alt="Thumbnail"/></noscript> </div> <span class="bg-overlay"></span> </div> <figcaption> <div class="u-faux-table"> <div class="u-faux-table--align-middle"> <div class="f--label c--white">Join Today</div> <h4 class="f--secondary f--uppercase">Become a Member</h4> </div> </div> </figcaption> </figure> </div> </div> </div> <div class="menu-container"> <ul class="menu level1"> <li class="menu-item menu-item--collapsed"> <a href="/give/ways-give" target="" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/694">Ways To Give</a> </li> <li class="menu-item"> <a href="/give/10-them" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/693">$10 For Them</a> </li> <li class="menu-item menu-item--collapsed"> <a href="/give/become-member" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/708">Become a Member</a> </li> <li class="menu-item menu-item--collapsed"> <a href="/give/honor-roll-charter-members" data-drupal-link-system-path="give/honor-roll-charter-members">Honor Roll of Charter Members</a> </li> <li class="menu-item"> <a href="/give/honor-your-hero/road-victory" target="" title="Brick and Paver Tributes" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/690">Brick and Paver Tributes</a> </li> <li class="menu-item menu-item--collapsed"> <a href="/give/honor-your-hero" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/802">Honor Your Hero</a> </li> <li class="menu-item menu-item--collapsed"> <a href="/give/capital-campaign" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/699">Capital Campaign</a> </li> <li class="menu-item"> <a href="https://impact.nationalww2museum.org/" target="">Gift Planning</a> </li> <li class="menu-item menu-item--collapsed"> <a href="/give/other-ways-support-museum" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/725">Other Ways to Support the Museum</a> </li> <li class="menu-item"> <a href="/give/donor-privacy-policy" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/714">Donor Privacy Policy</a> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </li> </ul> </div> </nav> </div> </div> </header> <section id="notification"> </section> <main role="main" id="main"> <section id="hero-homepage" class="bg--black cf"> <div id="block-homepagecarousel" class="block block-block-content block-block-content15ff2671-e43b-4594-9ba4-39c4d57e816a"> <ul class="carousel-home carousel-with-overlay cf" class="field field--name-field-hero-carousel-p field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden"> %} <li class="carousel-cell hero-carousel--effect"> <div class="bg-img" style="background-image: url('/sites/default/files/styles/hero_large/public/2024-11/24-0782_Holiday-Homepage-Slider3%281%29.jpg?h=171dc9ff');"></div> <span class="bg-overlay"></span> <div class="carousel-content"> <div class="u-faux-table"> <div class="u-faux-table--align-middle"> <div class="carousel-content-inner l-container--md"> <h1 class="f--secondary f--uppercase"> <a href="https://www.nationalww2museum.org/history-holidays-national-wwii-museum" title="Learn More">History for the Holidays</a> </h2> <div class="f--desc">Closed Thanksgiving; Open Friday, November 29 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.</div> <a href="https://www.nationalww2museum.org/history-holidays-national-wwii-museum" title="Learn More" class="btn solid"><span>Learn More</span></a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </li> %} <li class="carousel-cell hero-carousel--effect"> <div class="bg-img" style="background-image: url('/sites/default/files/styles/hero_large/public/2024-11/fighting-for-the-right-carousel-image-3600x1700.jpg?h=4cd29779');"></div> <span class="bg-overlay"></span> <div class="carousel-content"> <div class="u-faux-table"> <div class="u-faux-table--align-middle"> <div class="carousel-content-inner l-container--md"> <h1 class="f--secondary f--uppercase"> <a href="https://www.nationalww2museum.org/visit/exhibits/special-exhibits/fighting-right-fight-african-american-experiences-world-war-ii" title="Learn More">Fighting for the Right to Fight </a> </h2> <div class="f--desc">Special Exhibit on African American Experience in World War II Now Open</div> <a href="https://www.nationalww2museum.org/visit/exhibits/special-exhibits/fighting-right-fight-african-american-experiences-world-war-ii" title="Learn More" class="btn solid"><span>Learn More</span></a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </li> %} <li class="carousel-cell hero-carousel--effect"> <div class="bg-img" style="background-image: url('/sites/default/files/styles/hero_large/public/2024-08/3Q9A4769.jpg?h=46fe2957');"></div> <span class="bg-overlay"></span> <div class="carousel-content"> <div class="u-faux-table"> <div class="u-faux-table--align-middle"> <div class="carousel-content-inner l-container--md"> <h1 class="f--secondary f--uppercase"> <a href="https://www.nationalww2museum.org/buy-tickets" title="Buy Tickets">JOHN E. KUSHNER RESTORATION PAVILION</a> </h2> <div class="f--desc">Now Open</div> <a href="https://www.nationalww2museum.org/buy-tickets" title="Buy Tickets" class="btn solid"><span>Buy Tickets</span></a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </li> %} <li class="carousel-cell hero-carousel--effect"> <div class="bg-img" style="background-image: url('/sites/default/files/styles/hero_large/public/2024-11/illuminate-the-night-carousel-image-3600x1700.jpg?h=4cd29779');"></div> <span class="bg-overlay"></span> <div class="carousel-content"> <div class="u-faux-table"> <div class="u-faux-table--align-middle"> <div class="carousel-content-inner l-container--md"> <h1 class="f--secondary f--uppercase"> <a href="https://www.nationalww2museum.org/programs/expressions-america" title="Learn More">Illuminate the Night </a> </h2> <div class="f--desc">With the Victory Belles and Expressions of America!</div> <a href="https://www.nationalww2museum.org/programs/expressions-america" title="Learn More" class="btn solid"><span>Learn More</span></a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </li> %} <li class="carousel-cell hero-carousel--effect"> <div class="bg-img" style="background-image: url('/sites/default/files/styles/hero_large/public/2024-11/accessibility-options-carousel-image-3600x1700.jpg?h=4cd29779');"></div> <span class="bg-overlay"></span> <div class="carousel-content"> <div class="u-faux-table"> <div class="u-faux-table--align-middle"> <div class="carousel-content-inner l-container--md"> <h1 class="f--secondary f--uppercase"> <a href="https://www.nationalww2museum.org/visit/plan-your-visit/accessibility" title="Learn More">Accessibility Options</a> </h2> <div class="f--desc">The National WWII Museum is committed to making its galleries, exhibits, pavilions, and programs accessible to all visitors.</div> <a href="https://www.nationalww2museum.org/visit/plan-your-visit/accessibility" title="Learn More" class="btn solid"><span>Learn More</span></a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </li> %} <li class="carousel-cell hero-carousel--effect"> <div class="bg-img" style="background-image: url('/sites/default/files/styles/hero_large/public/2024-11/museum-store-with-tree.jpg?h=e973a79c');"></div> <span class="bg-overlay"></span> <div class="carousel-content"> <div class="u-faux-table"> <div class="u-faux-table--align-middle"> <div class="carousel-content-inner l-container--md"> <h1 class="f--secondary f--uppercase"> <a href="https://store.nationalww2museum.org/" title="Shop Now">Shop the Museum Store</a> </h2> <div class="f--desc">Proceeds fund the Museum's continuing educational mission</div> <a href="https://store.nationalww2museum.org/" title="Shop Now" class="btn solid"><span>Shop Now</span></a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </li> </ul> <div class="block-museum-hours bg--white"> <div class="museum-hours"> <p><span>Open today</span> 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.</p> </div> <a href="/visit/plan-your-visit" title="Plan Your Visit" class="btn solid teal"><span>Plan Your Visit</span></a> </div> </div> </section> <section id="content" class="cf"> <article id="node-224" class=" cf" about="/home"> <div class="paragraph p-bundle p-bundle--split-callout with-media ani-reveal"> <div class="flex-grid flex-align--center l-container--lg row-inside--md "> <div class="col--first col-flex--1"> <h1 class="f--secondary f--uppercase">Our Mission</h1> <div class="f--desc"><p>The National WWII Museum tells the story of the American experience in <em>the war that changed the world</em>—why it was fought, how it was won, and what it means today—so that all generations will understand the price of freedom and be inspired by what they learn.</p></div> <a href="/about-us/mission-vision-values" title="Learn More" class="btn solid teal" target="_self"><span>Learn More</span></a> </div> <div class="col--second col-flex--1"> <div class="img-ratio--wide bg--black"> <ul class="carousel-basic carousel-with-overlay cf" class="field field--name-field-callout-carousel-p field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-above"> <li class="carousel-cell"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--bundle-callout-carousel paragraph--view-mode--default"> <figure class="cb-image"> <div class="img-ratio--wide bg--black"> <div class="field field--name-field-callout-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> <img loading="lazy" src="/themes/nwwiim/images/loaders/placeholder.gif" width="960" height="700" typeof="foaf:Image" class="b-lazy" data-src="/sites/default/files/styles/wide_medium/public/2017-04/ed-sti-landing-page2.jpg" /> <noscript><img src="/sites/default/files/styles/wide_medium/public/2017-04/ed-sti-landing-page2.jpg" alt=""/></noscript> </div> </div> <span class="bg-overlay"></span> <figcaption> <div class="u-faux-table"> <div class="u-faux-table--align-middle"> <div class="f--label f--uppercase c--white">Discover</div> <h2 class="f--tertiary f--page-title">The Museum</h2> <div class="f--uppercase f--secondary"></div> <div class="btn basic">Explore our exhibits</div> </div> </div> <a href="/visit/exhibits" class="link-whole-area">Explore our exhibits</a> </figcaption> </figure> </div> </li> <li class="carousel-cell"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--bundle-callout-carousel paragraph--view-mode--default"> <figure class="cb-image"> <div class="img-ratio--wide bg--black"> <div class="field field--name-field-callout-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> <img loading="lazy" src="/themes/nwwiim/images/loaders/placeholder.gif" width="960" height="700" typeof="foaf:Image" class="b-lazy" data-src="/sites/default/files/styles/wide_medium/public/2017-04/african-americans-wwii-001.jpg" /> <noscript><img src="/sites/default/files/styles/wide_medium/public/2017-04/african-americans-wwii-001.jpg" alt=""/></noscript> </div> </div> <span class="bg-overlay"></span> <figcaption> <div class="u-faux-table"> <div class="u-faux-table--align-middle"> <div class="f--label f--uppercase c--white">Uncover</div> <h2 class="f--tertiary f--page-title">The History</h2> <div class="f--uppercase f--secondary"></div> <div class="btn basic">Read the latest articles</div> </div> </div> <a href="/the-war" class="link-whole-area">Read the latest articles</a> </figcaption> </figure> </div> </li> <li class="carousel-cell"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--bundle-callout-carousel paragraph--view-mode--default"> <figure class="cb-image"> <div class="img-ratio--wide bg--black"> <div class="field field--name-field-callout-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> <img loading="lazy" src="/themes/nwwiim/images/loaders/placeholder.gif" width="960" height="700" alt="National WWII Museum expansion rendering" typeof="foaf:Image" class="b-lazy" data-src="/sites/default/files/styles/wide_medium/public/2017-04/national_20wwii_20museum_20expansion.0_1.jpg?h=160820ce" /> <noscript><img src="/sites/default/files/styles/wide_medium/public/2017-04/national_20wwii_20museum_20expansion.0_1.jpg?h=160820ce" alt="National WWII Museum expansion rendering"/></noscript> </div> </div> <span class="bg-overlay"></span> <figcaption> <div class="u-faux-table"> <div class="u-faux-table--align-middle"> <div class="f--label f--uppercase c--white">Capital Campaign</div> <h2 class="f--tertiary f--page-title">The Expansion</h2> <div class="f--uppercase f--secondary"></div> <div class="btn basic">See the progress</div> </div> </div> <a href="/give/capital-campaign" class="link-whole-area">See the progress</a> </figcaption> </figure> </div> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="paragraph p-bundle p-bundle--embed-views ani-reveal"> <div class="content-inner row-inside--md l-container--lg border--top-thin "> <div class="bundle--heading"> <h2 class="f--secondary f--uppercase">Latest From Around The Museum</h2> </div> <div class="bundle--items"> <div class="views-element-container"><div class="views views-latest js-view-dom-id-1688b7a6fc6c52c056095a5951f1ef3221b3c56fa111deba120a13f533382f14 flex-grid cf"> <div class="attachment col-flex--1"> <div class="views-element-container"><div class="views views-latest js-view-dom-id-1916b7cca3501f205feea654ad4c6ac63886cdf13edeacaf8416d30417a11b49 flex-grid cf"> <main class="content "> <div class="col-item col-featured"> <article id="node-124750" class="view-mode--teaser-tile effect--view-mode cf view-mode--hover-effect" about="/about-us/notes-museum/2024-international-conference-world-war-ii"> <div class="col-image"> <a href="/about-us/notes-museum/2024-international-conference-world-war-ii" target="_self"> <img loading="lazy" src="/themes/nwwiim/images/loaders/placeholder.gif" width="960" height="700" alt="2024 International Conference Title Slide" typeof="foaf:Image" class="b-lazy" data-src="/sites/default/files/styles/wide_medium/public/2024-11/24-0652_17th%20International%20Conference%20Livestream_Title%20Slide.jpg?h=9cb47cad" /> <noscript><img src="/sites/default/files/styles/wide_medium/public/2024-11/24-0652_17th%20International%20Conference%20Livestream_Title%20Slide.jpg?h=9cb47cad" alt="2024 International Conference Title Slide"/></noscript> </a> </div> <div class="col-content"> <div class="f--label f--uppercase effect--f"> <div class="field field--name-field-blog-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/51" hreflang="en">Event Recap</a></div> </div> <h3 class="f--title f--tertiary"><a href="/about-us/notes-museum/2024-international-conference-world-war-ii" rel="bookmark" target="_self">2024 International Conference on World War II</a></h3> <div class="f--desc"> <p>The 17th International Conference on World War II, a program of the Jenny Craig Institute for the Study of War and Democracy at The National WWII Museum, was presented by the Pritzker Military Foundation on behalf of Pritzker Military Museum & Library, with additional support from the Gen. Raymond E. Mason Jr. Distinguished Lecture Series on World War II Endowment Fund and the George P. Shultz Forum on World Affairs.</p> </div> </div> </article> </div> </main> </div> </div> </div> <main class="content col-flex--1"> <div> <ul class="column-grid cols--2"> <li class="col-item"> <article id="node-124754" class="view-mode--teaser-tile effect--view-mode cf view-mode--hover-effect" about="/war/articles/victory-gardens-world-war-ii"> <div class="col-image"> <a href="/war/articles/victory-gardens-world-war-ii" target="_self"> <img loading="lazy" src="/themes/nwwiim/images/loaders/placeholder.gif" width="650" height="506" alt="Shoot to Kill! Protect Your Victory Garden Propaganda Poster" typeof="foaf:Image" class="b-lazy" data-src="/sites/default/files/styles/max_650x650/public/2024-11/shoottokill.png" /> <noscript><img src="/sites/default/files/styles/max_650x650/public/2024-11/shoottokill.png" alt="Shoot to Kill! Protect Your Victory Garden Propaganda Poster"/></noscript> </a> </div> <div class="col-content"> <div class="f--label f--uppercase effect--f"> <div class="field field--name-field-article-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Article Type</div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/war/articles" hreflang="en">Article</a></div> </div> </div> <h3 class="f--title f--tertiary"><a href="/war/articles/victory-gardens-world-war-ii" rel="bookmark" target="_self">Victory Gardens: Food for the Fight</a></h3> <div class="f--desc"> <p><span style="background-color:white;color:#111111;" lang="EN">Victory gardens became (and remain) an iconic image of life on the Home Front during World War II. </span></p> </div> </div> </article> </li> <li class="col-item"> <article id="node-124747" class="view-mode--teaser-tile effect--view-mode cf view-mode--hover-effect" about="/war/articles/sacrifice-and-survival-tale-two-wickes"> <div class="col-image"> <a href="/war/articles/sacrifice-and-survival-tale-two-wickes" target="_self"> <img loading="lazy" src="/themes/nwwiim/images/loaders/placeholder.gif" width="650" height="506" typeof="foaf:Image" class="b-lazy" data-src="/sites/default/files/styles/max_650x650/public/2024-11/blakeley2.png" /> <noscript><img src="/sites/default/files/styles/max_650x650/public/2024-11/blakeley2.png" alt=""/></noscript> </a> </div> <div class="col-content"> <div class="f--label f--uppercase effect--f"> <div class="field field--name-field-article-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Article Type</div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/war/articles" hreflang="en">Article</a></div> </div> </div> <h3 class="f--title f--tertiary"><a href="/war/articles/sacrifice-and-survival-tale-two-wickes" rel="bookmark" target="_self">Sacrifice and Survival: A Tale of Two Wickes</a></h3> <div class="f--desc"> <p>A tale of sacrifice and survival, the USS <em>Taylor </em>and USS <em>Blakeley</em>, two <em>Wickes</em>-class destroyers, exemplified the bravery and resilience of the US Navy during World War II.</p> </div> </div> </article> </li> <li class="col-item"> <article id="node-124742" class="view-mode--teaser-tile effect--view-mode cf view-mode--hover-effect" about="/war/articles/operation-queen-battle-bulge"> <div class="col-image"> <a href="/war/articles/operation-queen-battle-bulge" target="_self"> <img loading="lazy" src="/themes/nwwiim/images/loaders/placeholder.gif" width="650" height="506" alt="American tanks move up to the front over a narrow muddy road in the Hürtgen Forest" typeof="foaf:Image" class="b-lazy" data-src="/sites/default/files/styles/max_650x650/public/2024-11/hurtgen.png" /> <noscript><img src="/sites/default/files/styles/max_650x650/public/2024-11/hurtgen.png" alt="American tanks move up to the front over a narrow muddy road in the Hürtgen Forest"/></noscript> </a> </div> <div class="col-content"> <div class="f--label f--uppercase effect--f"> <div class="field field--name-field-article-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Article Type</div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/war/articles" hreflang="en">Article</a></div> </div> </div> <h3 class="f--title f--tertiary"><a href="/war/articles/operation-queen-battle-bulge" rel="bookmark" target="_self">Operation Queen: The Battle before the Bulge</a></h3> <div class="f--desc"> <p>If the American forces could break through the Hürtgen Forest, there was a chance they could reach the Rhine near Cologne, threatening the German industrial region along the Ruhr River and possibly even force a crossing. </p> </div> </div> </article> </li> <li class="col-item"> <article id="node-124737" class="view-mode--teaser-tile effect--view-mode cf view-mode--hover-effect" about="/war/articles/korematsu-v-united-states"> <div class="col-image"> <a href="/war/articles/korematsu-v-united-states" target="_self"> <img loading="lazy" src="/themes/nwwiim/images/loaders/placeholder.gif" width="650" height="506" alt="Exclusion Order directing removal of persons of Japanese ancestry " typeof="foaf:Image" class="b-lazy" data-src="/sites/default/files/styles/max_650x650/public/2024-11/20-1477M.png" /> <noscript><img src="/sites/default/files/styles/max_650x650/public/2024-11/20-1477M.png" alt="Exclusion Order directing removal of persons of Japanese ancestry "/></noscript> </a> </div> <div class="col-content"> <div class="f--label f--uppercase effect--f"> <div class="field field--name-field-article-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Article Type</div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/war/articles" hreflang="en">Article</a></div> </div> </div> <h3 class="f--title f--tertiary"><a href="/war/articles/korematsu-v-united-states" rel="bookmark" target="_self"><em>Korematsu v. United States</em>: 80 Years Later</a></h3> <div class="f--desc"> <p>Even 80 years later, <em><span lang="EN">Korematsu v. United States</span></em> still serves as a reminder of the need to protect civil liberties even during times of insecurity.</p> </div> </div> </article> </li> </ul> </div> </main> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="content-border l-container--lg "></div> </div> <div class="paragraph p-bundle p-bundle--cta-butons row-outside--md"> <div class="l-container--sm text-align--center"> <a href="/war/explore-war" title="Explore WWII History" class="btn solid teal"><span>Explore WWII History</span></a> <a href="/about-us/notes-museum" title="Explore Updates from the Museum " class="btn solid teal"><span>Explore Updates from the Museum </span></a> </div> </div> <div class="paragraph p-bundle p-bundle--embed-views bg--very-light-grey ani-reveal"> <div class="content-inner row-inside--md l-container--lg "> <div class="bundle--heading"> <h2 class="f--secondary f--uppercase">Events & Public Programs</h2> <a href="/events/events-calendar" class="btn basic more">See All Upcoming Events</a> </div> <div class="bundle--items"> <div class="views-element-container"><div class="views views-events js-view-dom-id-5160bc3a04bb452206ad8170a52e9ce068f2c2b2f6a29ac07c8513025df92653 cf"> <main> <div class="views-view-grid horizontal cols-2 clearfix"> <div class="flex-grid gutter--sm"> <div class="col-item col-flex--1 bg--white"> <article id="node-123511" class="view-mode--teaser flex-grid effect--view-mode effect--no-border view-mode--sr-from-left cf" about="/events-programs/events/135518-victory-belles-illuminate-night"> <div class="col-first col-image col-flex--1 gap--sm"> <div class="img-ratio--wide bg--very-light-grey"> <a href="/events-programs/events/135518-victory-belles-illuminate-night" target="_self"> <img loading="lazy" src="/themes/nwwiim/images/loaders/placeholder.gif" width="400" height="290" alt="Expressions of America" typeof="foaf:Image" class="b-lazy" data-src="/sites/default/files/styles/wide_small/public/2024-03/BbYipHYw-scaled.jpeg?h=7eabb7da" /> <noscript><img src="/sites/default/files/styles/wide_small/public/2024-03/BbYipHYw-scaled.jpeg?h=7eabb7da" alt="Expressions of America"/></noscript> </a> </div> </div> <div class="col-second col-flex--2"> <div class="f--label f--uppercase"> <div class="field field--name-field-program-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"><a href="/events-programs/programs/bbs-stage-door-canteen" hreflang="en">BB's Stage Door Canteen</a></div> </div> <h3 class="f--title f--tertiary"><a href="/events-programs/events/135518-victory-belles-illuminate-night" rel="bookmark" target="_self">The Victory Belles Illuminate the Night</a></h3> <div class="f--date"> 11/29/2024 | 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM </div> <div class="f--desc"> <p>Join our signature vocal trio the Victory Belles for an evening of 1940s tunes paired with our state-of-the-art outdoor sound and light show, <em>Expressions of America</em>.</p> </div> <div class="tickets-info"> <a href="https://ticketing.nationalww2museum.org/webstore/shop/viewItems.aspx?cg=Tickets&c=VBITN" title="Buy Tickets" class="btn solid teal wow" target="_blank"><span>Buy Tickets</span></a> <a href="/events-programs/events/135518-victory-belles-illuminate-night" target="_self" class="btn basic more"><span>Learn More</span></a> </div> </div> </article></div> <div class="col-item col-flex--1 bg--white"> <article id="node-123533" class="view-mode--teaser flex-grid effect--view-mode effect--no-border view-mode--sr-from-left cf" about="/events-programs/events/135540-storytime-museum"> <div class="col-first col-image col-flex--1 gap--sm"> <div class="img-ratio--wide bg--very-light-grey"> <a href="/events-programs/events/135540-storytime-museum" target="_self"> <img loading="lazy" src="/themes/nwwiim/images/loaders/placeholder.gif" width="400" height="290" typeof="foaf:Image" class="b-lazy" data-src="/sites/default/files/styles/wide_small/public/2024-08/24-0686%20_%20Storytime%20Program%20Promotional%20Imagery_960x700.jpg?h=864d3346" /> <noscript><img src="/sites/default/files/styles/wide_small/public/2024-08/24-0686%20_%20Storytime%20Program%20Promotional%20Imagery_960x700.jpg?h=864d3346" alt=""/></noscript> </a> </div> </div> <div class="col-second col-flex--2"> <div class="f--label f--uppercase"> <div class="field field--name-field-program-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"><a href="/events-programs/programs/kids-families" hreflang="en">Kids & Families</a></div> </div> <h3 class="f--title f--tertiary"><a href="/events-programs/events/135540-storytime-museum" rel="bookmark" target="_self">Storytime at the Museum</a></h3> <div class="f--date"> 11/30/2024 | 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM </div> <div class="f--desc"> <p>Spark your child's love of history with our WWII-themed storytime experience.</p> </div> <div class="tickets-info"> <a href="https://www.nationalww2museum.org/buy-tickets" title="Buy Tickets" class="btn solid teal wow" target="_blank"><span>Buy Tickets</span></a> <a href="/events-programs/events/135540-storytime-museum" target="_self" class="btn basic more"><span>Learn More</span></a> </div> </div> </article></div> </div> <div class="flex-grid gutter--sm"> <div class="col-item col-flex--1 bg--white"> <article id="node-123512" class="view-mode--teaser flex-grid effect--view-mode effect--no-border view-mode--sr-from-left cf" about="/events-programs/events/135520-expressions-america-family-night-belles-pre-show"> <div class="col-first col-image col-flex--1 gap--sm"> <div class="img-ratio--wide bg--very-light-grey"> <a href="/events-programs/events/135520-expressions-america-family-night-belles-pre-show" target="_self"> <img loading="lazy" src="/themes/nwwiim/images/loaders/placeholder.gif" width="400" height="290" typeof="foaf:Image" class="b-lazy" data-src="/sites/default/files/styles/wide_small/public/2022-11/expressions-of-america-uncle-sam-960x700.png?h=07f9aabd" /> <noscript><img src="/sites/default/files/styles/wide_small/public/2022-11/expressions-of-america-uncle-sam-960x700.png?h=07f9aabd" alt=""/></noscript> </a> </div> </div> <div class="col-second col-flex--2"> <div class="f--label f--uppercase"> <div class="field field--name-field-program-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"><a href="/events-programs/programs/special-events" hreflang="en">Special Events</a></div> </div> <h3 class="f--title f--tertiary"><a href="/events-programs/events/135520-expressions-america-family-night-belles-pre-show" rel="bookmark" target="_self">"Expressions of America" Family Night with Belles Pre-Show</a></h3> <div class="f--date"> 11/30/2024 | 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM </div> <div class="f--desc"> <div class="f--desc row-outside--top-xs"><div class="wrapper-width--md"><p>The Museum's outdoor sound and light show features incredible music, stunning imagery, festive food and beverages, and 90-foot-tall projections.</p></div></div> </div> <div class="tickets-info"> <a href="https://ticketing.nationalww2museum.org/webstore/shop/viewItems.aspx?cg=tickets&c=EOAFN" title="Buy Tickets" class="btn solid teal wow" target="_blank"><span>Buy Tickets</span></a> <a href="/events-programs/events/135520-expressions-america-family-night-belles-pre-show" target="_self" class="btn basic more"><span>Learn More</span></a> </div> </div> </article></div> <div class="col-item col-flex--1 bg--white"> <article id="node-123514" class="view-mode--teaser flex-grid effect--view-mode effect--no-border view-mode--sr-from-left cf" about="/events-programs/events/135522-victory-belles-illuminate-night"> <div class="col-first col-image col-flex--1 gap--sm"> <div class="img-ratio--wide bg--very-light-grey"> <a href="/events-programs/events/135522-victory-belles-illuminate-night" target="_self"> <img loading="lazy" src="/themes/nwwiim/images/loaders/placeholder.gif" width="400" height="290" alt="Expressions of America" typeof="foaf:Image" class="b-lazy" data-src="/sites/default/files/styles/wide_small/public/2024-03/BbYipHYw-scaled.jpeg?h=7eabb7da" /> <noscript><img src="/sites/default/files/styles/wide_small/public/2024-03/BbYipHYw-scaled.jpeg?h=7eabb7da" alt="Expressions of America"/></noscript> </a> </div> </div> <div class="col-second col-flex--2"> <div class="f--label f--uppercase"> <div class="field field--name-field-program-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"><a href="/events-programs/programs/bbs-stage-door-canteen" hreflang="en">BB's Stage Door Canteen</a></div> </div> <h3 class="f--title f--tertiary"><a href="/events-programs/events/135522-victory-belles-illuminate-night" rel="bookmark" target="_self">The Victory Belles Illuminate the Night</a></h3> <div class="f--date"> 12/02/2024 | 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM </div> <div class="f--desc"> <p>Join our signature vocal trio the Victory Belles for an evening of 1940s tunes paired with our state-of-the-art outdoor sound and light show, <em>Expressions of America</em>.</p> </div> <div class="tickets-info"> <a href="https://ticketing.nationalww2museum.org/webstore/shop/viewItems.aspx?cg=Tickets&c=VBITN" title="Buy Tickets" class="btn solid teal wow" target="_blank"><span>Buy Tickets</span></a> <a href="/events-programs/events/135522-victory-belles-illuminate-night" target="_self" class="btn basic more"><span>Learn More</span></a> </div> </div> </article></div> </div> </div> </main> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="content-border l-container--lg "></div> </div> <div class="paragraph p-bundle p-bundle--block-carousel"> <div class="content-inner l-container--lg row-inside--md effect--with-border "> <div class="bundle--heading"> <h2 class="f--secondary f--uppercase">Trending Topics</h2> <a href="/war/explore-war" class="btn basic more">Explore The War</a> </div> <ul class="carousel-group cf" class="field field--name-field-callout-items-p field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden"> <li class="carousel-cell effect--carousel-cell"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--bundle-callout-image-items paragraph--view-mode--default"> <figure class="cb-image"> <div class="img-ratio--tall bg--dark"> <div class="field field--name-field-callout-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> <img loading="lazy" src="/themes/nwwiim/images/loaders/placeholder.gif" width="580" height="690" typeof="foaf:Image" class="b-lazy" data-src="/sites/default/files/styles/narrow_medium/public/2024-05/Into_the_Jaws_of_Death_23-0455M_edit.jpg?h=35db0da9" /> <noscript><img src="/sites/default/files/styles/narrow_medium/public/2024-05/Into_the_Jaws_of_Death_23-0455M_edit.jpg?h=35db0da9" alt=""/></noscript> </div> <span class="bg-overlay"></span> </div> <figcaption> <div class="u-faux-table"> <div class="u-faux-table--align-middle effect--u-faux-table"> <h3 class="f--secondary f--uppercase">D-Day and the Normandy Campaign</h3> <span class="icon-arrow-right"></span> </div> </div> <a href="https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/topics/d-day-and-normandy-campaign" class="link-whole-area">Learn More</a> </figcaption> </figure> </div> </li> <li class="carousel-cell effect--carousel-cell"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--bundle-callout-image-items paragraph--view-mode--default"> <figure class="cb-image"> <div class="img-ratio--tall bg--dark"> <div class="field field--name-field-callout-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> <img loading="lazy" src="/themes/nwwiim/images/loaders/placeholder.gif" width="580" height="690" typeof="foaf:Image" class="b-lazy" data-src="/sites/default/files/styles/narrow_medium/public/2023-11/342-FH_000923.png?h=be648a1b" /> <noscript><img src="/sites/default/files/styles/narrow_medium/public/2023-11/342-FH_000923.png?h=be648a1b" alt=""/></noscript> </div> <span class="bg-overlay"></span> </div> <figcaption> <div class="u-faux-table"> <div class="u-faux-table--align-middle effect--u-faux-table"> <h3 class="f--secondary f--uppercase">Masters of the Air</h3> <span class="icon-arrow-right"></span> </div> </div> <a href="https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/topics/masters-air" class="link-whole-area">Learn More</a> </figcaption> </figure> </div> </li> <li class="carousel-cell effect--carousel-cell"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--bundle-callout-image-items paragraph--view-mode--default"> <figure class="cb-image"> <div class="img-ratio--tall bg--dark"> <div class="field field--name-field-callout-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> <img loading="lazy" src="/themes/nwwiim/images/loaders/placeholder.gif" width="580" height="690" typeof="foaf:Image" class="b-lazy" data-src="/sites/default/files/styles/narrow_medium/public/2022-02/%2522Line_up_of_some_of_women_welders_including_the_women%27s_welding_champion_of_Ingalls_%28Shipbuilding_Corp.%2C_Pascagoula%2C_MS%29_-_NARA_-_522890.jpg?h=07f9aabd" /> <noscript><img src="/sites/default/files/styles/narrow_medium/public/2022-02/%2522Line_up_of_some_of_women_welders_including_the_women%27s_welding_champion_of_Ingalls_%28Shipbuilding_Corp.%2C_Pascagoula%2C_MS%29_-_NARA_-_522890.jpg?h=07f9aabd" alt=""/></noscript> </div> <span class="bg-overlay"></span> </div> <figcaption> <div class="u-faux-table"> <div class="u-faux-table--align-middle effect--u-faux-table"> <h3 class="f--secondary f--uppercase">Women of World War II</h3> <span class="icon-arrow-right"></span> </div> </div> <a href="https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/topics/women-world-war-ii" class="link-whole-area">Learn More</a> </figcaption> </figure> </div> </li> <li class="carousel-cell effect--carousel-cell"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--bundle-callout-image-items paragraph--view-mode--default"> <figure class="cb-image"> <div class="img-ratio--tall bg--dark"> <div class="field field--name-field-callout-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> <img loading="lazy" src="/themes/nwwiim/images/loaders/placeholder.gif" width="580" height="690" alt="Thumbnail" typeof="foaf:Image" class="b-lazy" data-src="/sites/default/files/styles/narrow_medium/public/2021-06/Primary%20Image_0.jpg" /> <noscript><img src="/sites/default/files/styles/narrow_medium/public/2021-06/Primary%20Image_0.jpg" alt="Thumbnail"/></noscript> </div> <span class="bg-overlay"></span> </div> <figcaption> <div class="u-faux-table"> <div class="u-faux-table--align-middle effect--u-faux-table"> <h3 class="f--secondary f--uppercase">WWII Medal of Honor Recipients</h3> <span class="icon-arrow-right"></span> </div> </div> <a href="https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/topics/wwii-medal-honor-recipients" class="link-whole-area">Learn More</a> </figcaption> </figure> </div> </li> <li class="carousel-cell effect--carousel-cell"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--bundle-callout-image-items paragraph--view-mode--default"> <figure class="cb-image"> <div class="img-ratio--tall bg--dark"> <div class="field field--name-field-callout-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> <img loading="lazy" src="/themes/nwwiim/images/loaders/placeholder.gif" width="580" height="690" typeof="foaf:Image" class="b-lazy" data-src="/sites/default/files/styles/narrow_medium/public/2022-02/Sailors%20from%20USS%20Rutland.jpg?h=07f9aabd" /> <noscript><img src="/sites/default/files/styles/narrow_medium/public/2022-02/Sailors%20from%20USS%20Rutland.jpg?h=07f9aabd" alt=""/></noscript> </div> <span class="bg-overlay"></span> </div> <figcaption> <div class="u-faux-table"> <div class="u-faux-table--align-middle effect--u-faux-table"> <h3 class="f--secondary f--uppercase">African Americans in World War II</h3> <span class="icon-arrow-right"></span> </div> </div> <a href="https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/topics/african-americans-world-war-ii" class="link-whole-area">Learn More</a> </figcaption> </figure> </div> </li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="paragraph p-bundle p-bundle--block-carousel"> <div class="content-inner l-container--lg row-inside--md "> <div class="bundle--heading"> <h2 class="f--secondary f--uppercase">Event Recaps</h2> <a href="/events-programs/event-recaps" class="btn basic more">Explore More Event Recaps</a> </div> <ul class="carousel-group gutter--md cf" class="field field--name-field-related-items field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"> <li class="carousel-cell"> <article id="node-120381" class="view-mode--teaser-tile effect--view-mode cf view-mode--hover-effect" about="/about-us/notes-museum/meet-author-stephen-o-sears-sunniland"> <div class="col-image"> <a href="/about-us/notes-museum/meet-author-stephen-o-sears-sunniland" target="_self"> <img loading="lazy" src="/themes/nwwiim/images/loaders/placeholder.gif" width="960" height="700" typeof="foaf:Image" class="b-lazy" data-src="/sites/default/files/styles/wide_medium/public/2024-07/960x700_Event%20Header%281%29.jpg?h=0bec7728" /> <noscript><img src="/sites/default/files/styles/wide_medium/public/2024-07/960x700_Event%20Header%281%29.jpg?h=0bec7728" alt=""/></noscript> </a> </div> <div class="col-content"> <div class="f--label f--uppercase effect--f"> <div class="field field--name-field-blog-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/51" hreflang="en">Event Recap</a></div> </div> <h3 class="f--title f--tertiary"><a href="/about-us/notes-museum/meet-author-stephen-o-sears-sunniland" rel="bookmark" target="_self">Meet the Author: Stephen O. Sears, 'Sunniland'</a></h3> <div class="f--desc"> <p>The novel Sunniland follows a young geologist in Florida monitoring the development of a new oil well while facing a German U-boat rampage taking place in the nearby Gulf of Mexico in the spring of 1943.</p> </div> </div> </article> </li> <li class="carousel-cell"> <article id="node-117983" class="view-mode--teaser-tile effect--view-mode cf view-mode--hover-effect" about="/about-us/notes-museum/meet-author-mark-t-calhoun-general-lesley-j-mcnair"> <div class="col-image"> <a href="/about-us/notes-museum/meet-author-mark-t-calhoun-general-lesley-j-mcnair" target="_self"> <img loading="lazy" src="/themes/nwwiim/images/loaders/placeholder.gif" width="960" height="700" typeof="foaf:Image" class="b-lazy" data-src="/sites/default/files/styles/wide_medium/public/2024-06/960x700_Event%20Header.jpg?h=0bec7728" /> <noscript><img src="/sites/default/files/styles/wide_medium/public/2024-06/960x700_Event%20Header.jpg?h=0bec7728" alt=""/></noscript> </a> </div> <div class="col-content"> <div class="f--label f--uppercase effect--f"> <div class="field field--name-field-blog-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/51" hreflang="en">Event Recap</a></div> </div> <h3 class="f--title f--tertiary"><a href="/about-us/notes-museum/meet-author-mark-t-calhoun-general-lesley-j-mcnair" rel="bookmark" target="_self">Meet the Author: Mark T. Calhoun, "General Lesley J. McNair"</a></h3> <div class="f--desc"> <p>Mark Calhoun, PhD, offered a detailed examination of General Lesley J. McNair, a man so instrumental to America’s military preparedness and Army modernization but remains little-known today. </p> </div> </div> </article> </li> <li class="carousel-cell"> <article id="node-117903" class="view-mode--teaser-tile effect--view-mode cf view-mode--hover-effect" about="/about-us/notes-museum/beyond-beaches-d1-and-battle-normandy"> <div class="col-image"> <a href="/about-us/notes-museum/beyond-beaches-d1-and-battle-normandy" target="_self"> <img loading="lazy" src="/themes/nwwiim/images/loaders/placeholder.gif" width="960" height="700" alt="Beyond the Beaches" typeof="foaf:Image" class="b-lazy" data-src="/sites/default/files/styles/wide_medium/public/2024-06/24-0480%20Beyond%20the%20Beaches%20D-Day%20Symposium%20Livestream%20Graphics_Symposium_0.jpg?h=37a4c5f6" /> <noscript><img src="/sites/default/files/styles/wide_medium/public/2024-06/24-0480%20Beyond%20the%20Beaches%20D-Day%20Symposium%20Livestream%20Graphics_Symposium_0.jpg?h=37a4c5f6" alt="Beyond the Beaches"/></noscript> </a> </div> <div class="col-content"> <div class="f--label f--uppercase effect--f"> <div class="field field--name-field-blog-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/51" hreflang="en">Event Recap</a></div> </div> <h3 class="f--title f--tertiary"><a href="/about-us/notes-museum/beyond-beaches-d1-and-battle-normandy" rel="bookmark" target="_self">Beyond the Beaches: D+1 and the Battle for Normandy</a></h3> <div class="f--desc"> <p>At this free daylong public symposium, guests heard from leading historians on the challenges, battles, and victories that followed the June 6 Allied landings and made the liberation of Europe from Nazi oppression possible.</p> </div> </div> </article> </li> <li class="carousel-cell"> <article id="node-117893" class="view-mode--teaser-tile effect--view-mode cf view-mode--hover-effect" about="/about-us/notes-museum/museum-celebrates-2024-american-spirit-awards-new-orleans"> <div class="col-image"> <a href="/about-us/notes-museum/museum-celebrates-2024-american-spirit-awards-new-orleans" target="_self"> <img loading="lazy" src="/themes/nwwiim/images/loaders/placeholder.gif" width="960" height="700" alt="American Spirit Awards 2024" typeof="foaf:Image" class="b-lazy" data-src="/sites/default/files/styles/wide_medium/public/2024-06/1%20AMERICAN%20SPIRIT%20AWARDS%202024_287.JPG?h=591a005c" /> <noscript><img src="/sites/default/files/styles/wide_medium/public/2024-06/1%20AMERICAN%20SPIRIT%20AWARDS%202024_287.JPG?h=591a005c" alt="American Spirit Awards 2024"/></noscript> </a> </div> <div class="col-content"> <div class="f--label f--uppercase effect--f"> <div class="field field--name-field-blog-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/51" hreflang="en">Event Recap</a></div> </div> <h3 class="f--title f--tertiary"><a href="/about-us/notes-museum/museum-celebrates-2024-american-spirit-awards-new-orleans" rel="bookmark" target="_self">Museum Celebrates 2024 American Spirit Awards in New Orleans</a></h3> <div class="f--desc"> <p>Tuskegee Airmen, Four-Star General Ann E. Dunwoody, and Acclaimed Filmmaker Steven Spielberg Bestowed with Museum’s Highest Honor</p> </div> </div> </article> </li> <li class="carousel-cell"> <article id="node-117818" class="view-mode--teaser-tile effect--view-mode cf view-mode--hover-effect" about="/about-us/notes-museum/dauntless-conversation-wwii-veteran-paul-hilliard"> <div class="col-image"> <a href="/about-us/notes-museum/dauntless-conversation-wwii-veteran-paul-hilliard" target="_self"> <img loading="lazy" src="/themes/nwwiim/images/loaders/placeholder.gif" width="960" height="700" typeof="foaf:Image" class="b-lazy" data-src="/sites/default/files/styles/wide_medium/public/2024-04/24-0229-mason-lecture-hilliard-960x700-web-cal-entry.jpg?h=6328b48a" /> <noscript><img src="/sites/default/files/styles/wide_medium/public/2024-04/24-0229-mason-lecture-hilliard-960x700-web-cal-entry.jpg?h=6328b48a" alt=""/></noscript> </a> </div> <div class="col-content"> <div class="f--label f--uppercase effect--f"> <div class="field field--name-field-blog-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/51" hreflang="en">Event Recap</a></div> </div> <h3 class="f--title f--tertiary"><a href="/about-us/notes-museum/dauntless-conversation-wwii-veteran-paul-hilliard" rel="bookmark" target="_self">Dauntless: A Conversation with WWII Veteran Paul Hilliard</a></h3> <div class="f--desc"> <p>Visitors at the National WWII Museum had the special opportunity to hear from WWII veteran and Museum Trustee Paul Hilliard as he discussed his life story documented in the new biography, <em>Dauntless</em>. </p> </div> </div> </article> </li> <li class="carousel-cell"> <article id="node-117758" class="view-mode--teaser-tile effect--view-mode cf view-mode--hover-effect" about="/about-us/notes-museum/our-war-too-womens-history-symposium"> <div class="col-image"> <a href="/about-us/notes-museum/our-war-too-womens-history-symposium" target="_self"> <img loading="lazy" src="/themes/nwwiim/images/loaders/placeholder.gif" width="960" height="700" alt="Our War Too Women's History Symposium" typeof="foaf:Image" class="b-lazy" data-src="/sites/default/files/styles/wide_medium/public/2024-03/Z6A_8045.jpg?h=af64fd07" /> <noscript><img src="/sites/default/files/styles/wide_medium/public/2024-03/Z6A_8045.jpg?h=af64fd07" alt="Our War Too Women&#039;s History Symposium"/></noscript> </a> </div> <div class="col-content"> <div class="f--label f--uppercase effect--f"> <div class="field field--name-field-blog-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/51" hreflang="en">Event Recap</a></div> </div> <h3 class="f--title f--tertiary"><a href="/about-us/notes-museum/our-war-too-womens-history-symposium" rel="bookmark" target="_self">Our War Too: Women's History Symposium</a></h3> <div class="f--desc"> <p>The symposium, which took place from February 29 to March 1, 2024, featured topics expanding upon the Museum’s special exhibit, <em>Our War Too: Women in Service</em>.</p> </div> </div> </article> </li> <li class="carousel-cell"> <article id="node-117718" class="view-mode--teaser-tile effect--view-mode cf view-mode--hover-effect" about="/about-us/notes-museum/meet-author-james-b-conroy-devils-will-get-no-rest"> <div class="col-image"> <a href="/about-us/notes-museum/meet-author-james-b-conroy-devils-will-get-no-rest" target="_self"> <img loading="lazy" src="/themes/nwwiim/images/loaders/placeholder.gif" width="960" height="700" typeof="foaf:Image" class="b-lazy" data-src="/sites/default/files/styles/wide_medium/public/2023-11/23-0959%20MTA%20-%20The%20Devil%20Will%20Get%20No%20Rest_Website%20Calendar%20Entry%20960x700.jpg?h=6328b48a" /> <noscript><img src="/sites/default/files/styles/wide_medium/public/2023-11/23-0959%20MTA%20-%20The%20Devil%20Will%20Get%20No%20Rest_Website%20Calendar%20Entry%20960x700.jpg?h=6328b48a" alt=""/></noscript> </a> </div> <div class="col-content"> <div class="f--label f--uppercase effect--f"> <div class="field field--name-field-blog-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/51" hreflang="en">Event Recap</a></div> </div> <h3 class="f--title f--tertiary"><a href="/about-us/notes-museum/meet-author-james-b-conroy-devils-will-get-no-rest" rel="bookmark" target="_self">Meet the Author: James B. Conroy, 'The Devils Will Get No Rest'</a></h3> <div class="f--desc"> <p>Conroy discussed his unique perspective of the Anglo-American clash over military strategy in January 1943 that ultimately produced the Allied plan for victory in World War II.</p> </div> </div> </article> </li> <li class="carousel-cell"> <article id="node-117698" class="view-mode--teaser-tile effect--view-mode cf view-mode--hover-effect" about="/about-us/notes-museum/2023-international-conference-world-war-ii"> <div class="col-image"> <a href="/about-us/notes-museum/2023-international-conference-world-war-ii" target="_self"> <img loading="lazy" src="/themes/nwwiim/images/loaders/placeholder.gif" width="960" height="700" typeof="foaf:Image" class="b-lazy" data-src="/sites/default/files/styles/wide_medium/public/2024-01/2023_IntlConf_May2023_eComm%20%281%29.jpg?h=63d2fa23" /> <noscript><img src="/sites/default/files/styles/wide_medium/public/2024-01/2023_IntlConf_May2023_eComm%20%281%29.jpg?h=63d2fa23" alt=""/></noscript> </a> </div> <div class="col-content"> <div class="f--label f--uppercase effect--f"> <div class="field field--name-field-blog-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/51" hreflang="en">Event Recap</a></div> </div> <h3 class="f--title f--tertiary"><a href="/about-us/notes-museum/2023-international-conference-world-war-ii" rel="bookmark" target="_self">2023 International Conference on World War II</a></h3> <div class="f--desc"> <p>The 16th International Conference on World War II, a program of the Jenny Craig Institute for the Study of War and Democracy at The National WWII Museum, was presented by the Pritzker Military Foundation on behalf of Pritzker Military Museum & Library, with additional support from The Gen. Raymond E. Mason Jr. Distinguished Lecture Series on World War II Endowment Fund.<o:p></o:p></p> </div> </div> </article> </li> <li class="carousel-cell"> <article id="node-116485" class="view-mode--teaser-tile effect--view-mode cf view-mode--hover-effect" about="/about-us/notes-museum/pearl-harbor-commemorative-ceremony"> <div class="col-image"> <a href="/about-us/notes-museum/pearl-harbor-commemorative-ceremony" target="_self"> <img loading="lazy" src="/themes/nwwiim/images/loaders/placeholder.gif" width="960" height="700" typeof="foaf:Image" class="b-lazy" data-src="/sites/default/files/styles/wide_medium/public/2022-12/22-0906%20PearlHarbor_PromotionalPackage_960x700.png?h=864d3346" /> <noscript><img src="/sites/default/files/styles/wide_medium/public/2022-12/22-0906%20PearlHarbor_PromotionalPackage_960x700.png?h=864d3346" alt=""/></noscript> </a> </div> <div class="col-content"> <div class="f--label f--uppercase effect--f"> <div class="field field--name-field-blog-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/51" hreflang="en">Event Recap</a></div> </div> <h3 class="f--title f--tertiary"><a href="/about-us/notes-museum/pearl-harbor-commemorative-ceremony" rel="bookmark" target="_self">Pearl Harbor Commemorative Ceremony</a></h3> <div class="f--desc"> <p>During this year’s commemorative ceremony, pay tribute to those who lost their lives on December 7, 1941, through a moving program that brings to life the enduring significance and legacy of this day, its heroic Medal of Honor actions, and its relevance today.</p> </div> </div> </article> </li> <li class="carousel-cell"> <article id="node-116431" class="view-mode--teaser-tile effect--view-mode cf view-mode--hover-effect" about="/about-us/notes-museum/keep-touch-letters-hope"> <div class="col-image"> <a href="/about-us/notes-museum/keep-touch-letters-hope" target="_self"> <img loading="lazy" src="/themes/nwwiim/images/loaders/placeholder.gif" width="960" height="700" typeof="foaf:Image" class="b-lazy" data-src="/sites/default/files/styles/wide_medium/public/2022-10/22-0710%20EoA_StudentWebinar_PromotionalGraphics_960x700.jpeg?h=864d3346" /> <noscript><img src="/sites/default/files/styles/wide_medium/public/2022-10/22-0710%20EoA_StudentWebinar_PromotionalGraphics_960x700.jpeg?h=864d3346" alt=""/></noscript> </a> </div> <div class="col-content"> <div class="f--label f--uppercase effect--f"> <div class="field field--name-field-blog-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/51" hreflang="en">Event Recap</a></div> </div> <h3 class="f--title f--tertiary"><a href="/about-us/notes-museum/keep-touch-letters-hope" rel="bookmark" target="_self"><em>Keep in Touch: Letters of Hope</em></a></h3> <div class="f--desc"> <p>During this webinar, Linda Hope, daughter of Bob Hope, and The National WWII Museum will discuss her father’s legacy by examining some of the letters he received, emphasizing how this translates to current classrooms and how letter writing can still make an impact on active military communities today.</p> </div> </div> </article> </li> <li class="carousel-cell"> <article id="node-116432" class="view-mode--teaser-tile effect--view-mode cf view-mode--hover-effect" about="/about-us/notes-museum/why-did-kristallnacht-happen-teaching-history-european-antisemitism"> <div class="col-image"> <a href="/about-us/notes-museum/why-did-kristallnacht-happen-teaching-history-european-antisemitism" target="_self"> <img loading="lazy" src="/themes/nwwiim/images/loaders/placeholder.gif" width="960" height="700" typeof="foaf:Image" class="b-lazy" data-src="/sites/default/files/styles/wide_medium/public/2022-09/Oct.%2022%20Webinar_Event%20Page%20Image.jpg?h=07f9aabd" /> <noscript><img src="/sites/default/files/styles/wide_medium/public/2022-09/Oct.%2022%20Webinar_Event%20Page%20Image.jpg?h=07f9aabd" alt=""/></noscript> </a> </div> <div class="col-content"> <div class="f--label f--uppercase effect--f"> <div class="field field--name-field-blog-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/51" hreflang="en">Event Recap</a></div> </div> <h3 class="f--title f--tertiary"><a href="/about-us/notes-museum/why-did-kristallnacht-happen-teaching-history-european-antisemitism" rel="bookmark" target="_self">Why Did "Kristallnacht" Happen? Teaching the History of European Antisemitism</a></h3> <div class="f--desc"> <p>Learn about <em>Kristallnacht </em>or the “Night of Broken Glass” and how the history of European antisemitism helped lead to this event.</p> </div> </div> </article> </li> <li class="carousel-cell"> <article id="node-115694" class="view-mode--teaser-tile effect--view-mode cf view-mode--hover-effect" about="/about-us/notes-museum/meet-author-borderlands-biography-z-anthony-kruszewski-wartime-europe-and"> <div class="col-image"> <a href="/about-us/notes-museum/meet-author-borderlands-biography-z-anthony-kruszewski-wartime-europe-and" target="_self"> <img loading="lazy" src="/themes/nwwiim/images/loaders/placeholder.gif" width="960" height="700" typeof="foaf:Image" class="b-lazy" data-src="/sites/default/files/styles/wide_medium/public/2022-09/Kruszewski%20and%20Halicka%20photo.jpeg?h=158ec70b" /> <noscript><img src="/sites/default/files/styles/wide_medium/public/2022-09/Kruszewski%20and%20Halicka%20photo.jpeg?h=158ec70b" alt=""/></noscript> </a> </div> <div class="col-content"> <div class="f--label f--uppercase effect--f"> <div class="field field--name-field-blog-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/51" hreflang="en">Event Recap</a></div> </div> <h3 class="f--title f--tertiary"><a href="/about-us/notes-museum/meet-author-borderlands-biography-z-anthony-kruszewski-wartime-europe-and" rel="bookmark" target="_self">Meet the Author—<em>Borderlands Biography: Z. Anthony Kruszewski in Wartime Europe and Postwar America</em></a></h3> <div class="f--desc"> <p>Join us for an engaging evening with Z. Anthony Kruszewski—an eyewitness to the war in Europe, an extraordinary man, and leading intellectual in the Polish-American community.</p> </div> </div> </article> </li> <li class="carousel-cell"> <article id="node-115658" class="view-mode--teaser-tile effect--view-mode cf view-mode--hover-effect" about="/about-us/notes-museum/lunchbox-lecture-unconditional-extermination-operation-reinhard-and-ss-camps"> <div class="col-image"> <a href="/about-us/notes-museum/lunchbox-lecture-unconditional-extermination-operation-reinhard-and-ss-camps" target="_self"> <img loading="lazy" src="/themes/nwwiim/images/loaders/placeholder.gif" width="960" height="700" typeof="foaf:Image" class="b-lazy" data-src="/sites/default/files/styles/wide_medium/public/2022-08/22-0539-lbl-unconditional-extermination-event-graphic-960x700-r1.jpeg?h=6328b48a" /> <noscript><img src="/sites/default/files/styles/wide_medium/public/2022-08/22-0539-lbl-unconditional-extermination-event-graphic-960x700-r1.jpeg?h=6328b48a" alt=""/></noscript> </a> </div> <div class="col-content"> <div class="f--label f--uppercase effect--f"> <div class="field field--name-field-blog-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/51" hreflang="en">Event Recap</a></div> </div> <h3 class="f--title f--tertiary"><a href="/about-us/notes-museum/lunchbox-lecture-unconditional-extermination-operation-reinhard-and-ss-camps" rel="bookmark" target="_self">Lunchbox Lecture: Unconditional Extermination: Operation Reinhard and the SS Camps at Belzec, Sobibor, and Treblinka</a></h3> <div class="f--desc"> <p>This presentation will offer a detailed history of the Operation Reinhard camps Belzec, Sobibor, and Treblinka in 1942–1943 and where they might fit in the larger history of the Holocaust.</p> </div> </div> </article> </li> <li class="carousel-cell"> <article id="node-110682" class="view-mode--teaser-tile effect--view-mode cf view-mode--hover-effect" about="/about-us/notes-museum/lunchbox-lecture-mealtime-mess-halls-food-japanese-american-incarceration"> <div class="col-image"> <a href="/about-us/notes-museum/lunchbox-lecture-mealtime-mess-halls-food-japanese-american-incarceration" target="_self"> <img loading="lazy" src="/themes/nwwiim/images/loaders/placeholder.gif" width="960" height="700" typeof="foaf:Image" class="b-lazy" data-src="/sites/default/files/styles/wide_medium/public/2022-07/22-0462%20LBL%20Japanese%20Incarceration_WebsiteCalendarEntry.jpeg?h=864d3346" /> <noscript><img src="/sites/default/files/styles/wide_medium/public/2022-07/22-0462%20LBL%20Japanese%20Incarceration_WebsiteCalendarEntry.jpeg?h=864d3346" alt=""/></noscript> </a> </div> <div class="col-content"> <div class="f--label f--uppercase effect--f"> <div class="field field--name-field-blog-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/51" hreflang="en">Event Recap</a></div> </div> <h3 class="f--title f--tertiary"><a href="/about-us/notes-museum/lunchbox-lecture-mealtime-mess-halls-food-japanese-american-incarceration" rel="bookmark" target="_self">Lunchbox Lecture: Mealtime in the Mess Halls: Food in the Japanese American Incarceration Camps of World War II</a></h3> <div class="f--desc"> <p>During World War II, 120,000 Japanese Americans attempted to adjust to their lives behind barbed wire at one of 10 incarceration camps—and this included encountering new food served in the mess halls.</p> </div> </div> </article> </li> <li class="carousel-cell"> <article id="node-110010" class="view-mode--teaser-tile effect--view-mode cf view-mode--hover-effect" about="/about-us/notes-museum/lunchbox-lecture-holocaust-bullets"> <div class="col-image"> <a href="/about-us/notes-museum/lunchbox-lecture-holocaust-bullets" target="_self"> <img loading="lazy" src="/themes/nwwiim/images/loaders/placeholder.gif" width="960" height="700" typeof="foaf:Image" class="b-lazy" data-src="/sites/default/files/styles/wide_medium/public/2022-06/22-0432-lbl-holocaust-by-bullets-event-graphic-960x700-r1.jpeg?h=6328b48a" /> <noscript><img src="/sites/default/files/styles/wide_medium/public/2022-06/22-0432-lbl-holocaust-by-bullets-event-graphic-960x700-r1.jpeg?h=6328b48a" alt=""/></noscript> </a> </div> <div class="col-content"> <div class="f--label f--uppercase effect--f"> <div class="field field--name-field-blog-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/51" hreflang="en">Event Recap</a></div> </div> <h3 class="f--title f--tertiary"><a href="/about-us/notes-museum/lunchbox-lecture-holocaust-bullets" rel="bookmark" target="_self">Lunchbox Lecture: Holocaust By Bullets</a></h3> <div class="f--desc"> <p>Before the killing centers opened at Birkenau, Treblinka, Sobibor, Belzec, and Majdanek, Jews were already being murdered by the Germans, their Axis allies, and local collaborators in Ukraine, Belarus, and other USSR republics.</p> </div> </div> </article> </li> <li class="carousel-cell"> <article id="node-108646" class="view-mode--teaser-tile effect--view-mode cf view-mode--hover-effect" about="/about-us/notes-museum/black-soldiers-letters-home"> <div class="col-image"> <a href="/about-us/notes-museum/black-soldiers-letters-home" target="_self"> <img loading="lazy" src="/themes/nwwiim/images/loaders/placeholder.gif" width="960" height="700" typeof="foaf:Image" class="b-lazy" data-src="/sites/default/files/styles/wide_medium/public/2022-06/22-0424-killion-family-letters-event-graphic-960x700-r1.jpg?h=6328b48a" /> <noscript><img src="/sites/default/files/styles/wide_medium/public/2022-06/22-0424-killion-family-letters-event-graphic-960x700-r1.jpg?h=6328b48a" alt=""/></noscript> </a> </div> <div class="col-content"> <div class="f--label f--uppercase effect--f"> <div class="field field--name-field-blog-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/51" hreflang="en">Event Recap</a></div> </div> <h3 class="f--title f--tertiary"><a href="/about-us/notes-museum/black-soldiers-letters-home" rel="bookmark" target="_self">A Black Soldier's Letters Home</a></h3> <div class="f--desc"> <p>Join us for a special program highlighting wartime correspondence from James Killion, Jr.</p> </div> </div> </article> </li> <li class="carousel-cell"> <article id="node-107434" class="view-mode--teaser-tile effect--view-mode cf view-mode--hover-effect" about="/about-us/notes-museum/chinas-war-chinas-memories"> <div class="col-image"> <a href="/about-us/notes-museum/chinas-war-chinas-memories" target="_self"> <img loading="lazy" src="/themes/nwwiim/images/loaders/placeholder.gif" width="960" height="700" typeof="foaf:Image" class="b-lazy" data-src="/sites/default/files/styles/wide_medium/public/2022-06/chinas-good-war-website.jpg?h=4fa54830" /> <noscript><img src="/sites/default/files/styles/wide_medium/public/2022-06/chinas-good-war-website.jpg?h=4fa54830" alt=""/></noscript> </a> </div> <div class="col-content"> <div class="f--label f--uppercase effect--f"> <div class="field field--name-field-blog-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/51" hreflang="en">Event Recap</a></div> </div> <h3 class="f--title f--tertiary"><a href="/about-us/notes-museum/chinas-war-chinas-memories" rel="bookmark" target="_self">China's War, China's Memories</a></h3> <div class="f--desc"> <p>Join us for an engaging conversation about Sir Rana Mitter's two masterful works, <em>Forgotten Ally</em> and <em>China’s Good War: How World War II Is Shaping a New Nationalism</em>.</p> </div> </div> </article> </li> <li class="carousel-cell"> <article id="node-106649" class="view-mode--teaser-tile effect--view-mode cf view-mode--hover-effect" about="/about-us/notes-museum/meet-author-old-breed-general-how-marine-corps-general-william-h-rupertus"> <div class="col-image"> <a href="/about-us/notes-museum/meet-author-old-breed-general-how-marine-corps-general-william-h-rupertus" target="_self"> <img loading="lazy" src="/themes/nwwiim/images/loaders/placeholder.gif" width="960" height="700" typeof="foaf:Image" class="b-lazy" data-src="/sites/default/files/styles/wide_medium/public/2022-06/22-0405-old-breed-general-mta-book-cover-960x700-ar.jpg?h=4fa54830" /> <noscript><img src="/sites/default/files/styles/wide_medium/public/2022-06/22-0405-old-breed-general-mta-book-cover-960x700-ar.jpg?h=4fa54830" alt=""/></noscript> </a> </div> <div class="col-content"> <div class="f--label f--uppercase effect--f"> <div class="field field--name-field-blog-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/51" hreflang="en">Event Recap</a></div> </div> <h3 class="f--title f--tertiary"><a href="/about-us/notes-museum/meet-author-old-breed-general-how-marine-corps-general-william-h-rupertus" rel="bookmark" target="_self">Meet the Author--"Old Breed General: How Marine Corps General William H. Rupertus Broke the Back of the Japanese in World War II From Guadalcanal to Peleliu"</a></h3> <div class="f--desc"> <p><em>Old Breed General</em> is the biography of Rupertus and the story of the Marines at war in the Pacific.</p> </div> </div> </article> </li> <li class="carousel-cell"> <article id="node-55379" class="view-mode--teaser-tile effect--view-mode cf view-mode--hover-effect" about="/about-us/notes-museum/orlin-russell-corey-memorial-lecture-mary-churchills-war-wartime-diaries"> <div class="col-image"> <a href="/about-us/notes-museum/orlin-russell-corey-memorial-lecture-mary-churchills-war-wartime-diaries" target="_self"> <img loading="lazy" src="/themes/nwwiim/images/loaders/placeholder.gif" width="960" height="700" typeof="foaf:Image" class="b-lazy" data-src="/sites/default/files/styles/wide_medium/public/2022-05/22-0359-ww2-museum-emma-soames-vimeo-graphic-960x700-r1.jpg?h=fb236b82" /> <noscript><img src="/sites/default/files/styles/wide_medium/public/2022-05/22-0359-ww2-museum-emma-soames-vimeo-graphic-960x700-r1.jpg?h=fb236b82" alt=""/></noscript> </a> </div> <div class="col-content"> <div class="f--label f--uppercase effect--f"> <div class="field field--name-field-blog-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/51" hreflang="en">Event Recap</a></div> </div> <h3 class="f--title f--tertiary"><a href="/about-us/notes-museum/orlin-russell-corey-memorial-lecture-mary-churchills-war-wartime-diaries" rel="bookmark" target="_self">The Orlin Russell Corey Memorial Lecture--Mary Churchill's War: The Wartime Diaries of Churchill's Youngest Daughter</a></h3> <div class="f--desc"> <p>Join us for a conversation on a unique and evocative portrait of World War II—and a charming coming-of-age story—from the private diaries of Winston Churchill's youngest daughter, Mary.</p> </div> </div> </article> </li> <li class="carousel-cell"> <article id="node-55377" class="view-mode--teaser-tile effect--view-mode cf view-mode--hover-effect" about="/about-us/notes-museum/dr-hal-baumgarten-d-day-commemoration-ceremony-1"> <div class="col-image"> <a href="/about-us/notes-museum/dr-hal-baumgarten-d-day-commemoration-ceremony-1" target="_self"> <img loading="lazy" src="/themes/nwwiim/images/loaders/placeholder.gif" width="960" height="700" typeof="foaf:Image" class="b-lazy" data-src="/sites/default/files/styles/wide_medium/public/2022-05/22-0353-dday-ww2-museum-bday-primary-image-960x700-r12.jpeg?h=6328b48a" /> <noscript><img src="/sites/default/files/styles/wide_medium/public/2022-05/22-0353-dday-ww2-museum-bday-primary-image-960x700-r12.jpeg?h=6328b48a" alt=""/></noscript> </a> </div> <div class="col-content"> <div class="f--label f--uppercase effect--f"> <div class="field field--name-field-blog-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/51" hreflang="en">Event Recap</a></div> </div> <h3 class="f--title f--tertiary"><a href="/about-us/notes-museum/dr-hal-baumgarten-d-day-commemoration-ceremony-1" rel="bookmark" target="_self">Dr. Hal Baumgarten D-Day Commemoration Ceremony</a></h3> <div class="f--desc"> <p>The National WWII Museum marked the 78th anniversary of D-Day and 22nd birthday of the Museum on Monday, June 6, 2022, highlighted by the Dr. Hal Baumgarten D-Day Commemoration Ceremony.</p> </div> </div> </article> </li> <li class="carousel-cell"> <article id="node-55362" class="view-mode--teaser-tile effect--view-mode cf view-mode--hover-effect" about="/about-us/notes-museum/lunchbox-lecture-accounting-d-day-fallen"> <div class="col-image"> <a href="/about-us/notes-museum/lunchbox-lecture-accounting-d-day-fallen" target="_self"> <img loading="lazy" src="/themes/nwwiim/images/loaders/placeholder.gif" width="960" height="700" typeof="foaf:Image" class="b-lazy" data-src="/sites/default/files/styles/wide_medium/public/2022-05/22-0349-LBL-D-DayFallen-960x700-01.jpg?h=6328b48a" /> <noscript><img src="/sites/default/files/styles/wide_medium/public/2022-05/22-0349-LBL-D-DayFallen-960x700-01.jpg?h=6328b48a" alt=""/></noscript> </a> </div> <div class="col-content"> <div class="f--label f--uppercase effect--f"> <div class="field field--name-field-blog-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/51" hreflang="en">Event Recap</a></div> </div> <h3 class="f--title f--tertiary"><a href="/about-us/notes-museum/lunchbox-lecture-accounting-d-day-fallen" rel="bookmark" target="_self">Lunchbox Lecture: Accounting for the D-Day Fallen</a></h3> <div class="f--desc"> <p>Join us to learn more about the complex research project and hear the stories of recently uncovered D-Day fatalities—and why, ultimately, there may never be a complete register of all those killed on one of the most important days of the 20th century.</p> </div> </div> </article> </li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="paragraph p-bundle p-bundle--block-carousel"> <div class="content-inner l-container--lg row-inside--md border--top-thin"> <div class="bundle--heading"> <h2 class="f--secondary f--uppercase">Oral History Profiles</h2> <a href="/war/profiles" class="btn basic more">Explore More Oral History Profiles</a> </div> <ul class="carousel-group gutter--md cf" class="field field--name-field-related-items field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"> <li class="carousel-cell"> <article id="node-54278" class="view-mode--teaser-tile effect--view-mode cf view-mode--hover-effect" about="/war/articles/mark-gordon-hazard-79th-infantry-division"> <div class="col-image"> <a href="/war/articles/mark-gordon-hazard-79th-infantry-division" target="_self"> <img loading="lazy" src="/themes/nwwiim/images/loaders/placeholder.gif" width="650" height="474" typeof="foaf:Image" class="b-lazy" data-src="/sites/default/files/styles/max_650x650/public/2020-10/20-0419-national-ww2-gordon-hazard-blog-post-header-970x600-r1.jpg" /> <noscript><img src="/sites/default/files/styles/max_650x650/public/2020-10/20-0419-national-ww2-gordon-hazard-blog-post-header-970x600-r1.jpg" alt=""/></noscript> </a> </div> <div class="col-content"> <div class="f--label f--uppercase effect--f"> <div class="field field--name-field-article-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Article Type</div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/war/profiles-0" hreflang="en">Profile</a></div> </div> </div> <h3 class="f--title f--tertiary"><a href="/war/articles/mark-gordon-hazard-79th-infantry-division" rel="bookmark" target="_self">Mark Gordon Hazard, 79th Infantry Division</a></h3> <div class="f--desc"> <p>Mark Hazard discusses a patrol he led behind German lines just before the assault on Hagenau with the objective of capturing a German soldier to interrogate for information about enemy strength in the area.</p> </div> </div> </article> </li> <li class="carousel-cell"> <article id="node-54229" class="view-mode--teaser-tile effect--view-mode cf view-mode--hover-effect" about="/war/articles/benjamin-carson-2nd-marine-raider-battalion"> <div class="col-image"> <a href="/war/articles/benjamin-carson-2nd-marine-raider-battalion" target="_self"> <img loading="lazy" src="/themes/nwwiim/images/loaders/placeholder.gif" width="650" height="474" typeof="foaf:Image" class="b-lazy" data-src="/sites/default/files/styles/max_650x650/public/2020-09/20-0404-national-ww2-ben-carson-blog-post-header-970x600-r1.jpg" /> <noscript><img src="/sites/default/files/styles/max_650x650/public/2020-09/20-0404-national-ww2-ben-carson-blog-post-header-970x600-r1.jpg" alt=""/></noscript> </a> </div> <div class="col-content"> <div class="f--label f--uppercase effect--f"> <div class="field field--name-field-article-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Article Type</div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/war/profiles-0" hreflang="en">Profile</a></div> </div> </div> <h3 class="f--title f--tertiary"><a href="/war/articles/benjamin-carson-2nd-marine-raider-battalion" rel="bookmark" target="_self">Benjamin Carson, 2nd Marine Raider Battalion</a></h3> <div class="f--desc"> <p>Benjamin Carson talks about volunteering for the 2nd Marine Raider Battalion and the brutally realistic training they received in San Diego to prepare for combat in the Pacific.</p> </div> </div> </article> </li> <li class="carousel-cell"> <article id="node-54205" class="view-mode--teaser-tile effect--view-mode cf view-mode--hover-effect" about="/war/articles/jack-glass-uss-enterprise-cv-6"> <div class="col-image"> <a href="/war/articles/jack-glass-uss-enterprise-cv-6" target="_self"> <img loading="lazy" src="/themes/nwwiim/images/loaders/placeholder.gif" width="650" height="474" typeof="foaf:Image" class="b-lazy" data-src="/sites/default/files/styles/max_650x650/public/2020-09/20-0344-national-ww2-jack-glass-blog-post-header-970x600-r1.jpg" /> <noscript><img src="/sites/default/files/styles/max_650x650/public/2020-09/20-0344-national-ww2-jack-glass-blog-post-header-970x600-r1.jpg" alt=""/></noscript> </a> </div> <div class="col-content"> <div class="f--label f--uppercase effect--f"> <div class="field field--name-field-article-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Article Type</div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/war/profiles-0" hreflang="en">Profile</a></div> </div> </div> <h3 class="f--title f--tertiary"><a href="/war/articles/jack-glass-uss-enterprise-cv-6" rel="bookmark" target="_self">Jack Glass, USS <em>Enterprise</em> (CV-6)</a></h3> <div class="f--desc"> <p>Jack Glass describes his experiences aboard the USS <em>Enterprise</em> (CV-6) during the Battle of the Eastern Solomons in August 1942.</p> </div> </div> </article> </li> <li class="carousel-cell"> <article id="node-54192" class="view-mode--teaser-tile effect--view-mode cf view-mode--hover-effect" about="/war/articles/frank-buschmeier-100th-bomb-group"> <div class="col-image"> <a href="/war/articles/frank-buschmeier-100th-bomb-group" target="_self"> <img loading="lazy" src="/themes/nwwiim/images/loaders/placeholder.gif" width="650" height="474" typeof="foaf:Image" class="b-lazy" data-src="/sites/default/files/styles/max_650x650/public/2020-09/20-0328-national-ww2-frank-buschmeier-blog-post-header-970x600-r1%20%281%29.jpg" /> <noscript><img src="/sites/default/files/styles/max_650x650/public/2020-09/20-0328-national-ww2-frank-buschmeier-blog-post-header-970x600-r1%20%281%29.jpg" alt=""/></noscript> </a> </div> <div class="col-content"> <div class="f--label f--uppercase effect--f"> <div class="field field--name-field-article-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Article Type</div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/war/profiles-0" hreflang="en">Profile</a></div> </div> </div> <h3 class="f--title f--tertiary"><a href="/war/articles/frank-buschmeier-100th-bomb-group" rel="bookmark" target="_self">Frank Buschmeier, 100th Bomb Group</a></h3> <div class="f--desc"> <p>Frank Buschmeier discusses his capture and subsequent imprisonment after his B-17 was shot down during a mission to Merseberg, Germany in July 1944.</p> </div> </div> </article> </li> <li class="carousel-cell"> <article id="node-54174" class="view-mode--teaser-tile effect--view-mode cf view-mode--hover-effect" about="/war/articles/james-horse-collar-smith-1st-marine-raider-battalion"> <div class="col-image"> <a href="/war/articles/james-horse-collar-smith-1st-marine-raider-battalion" target="_self"> <img loading="lazy" src="/themes/nwwiim/images/loaders/placeholder.gif" width="650" height="474" typeof="foaf:Image" class="b-lazy" data-src="/sites/default/files/styles/max_650x650/public/2020-09/20-0343-national-ww2-james-smith-blog-post-header-970x600-r2.jpg" /> <noscript><img src="/sites/default/files/styles/max_650x650/public/2020-09/20-0343-national-ww2-james-smith-blog-post-header-970x600-r2.jpg" alt=""/></noscript> </a> </div> <div class="col-content"> <div class="f--label f--uppercase effect--f"> <div class="field field--name-field-article-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Article Type</div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/war/profiles-0" hreflang="en">Profile</a></div> </div> </div> <h3 class="f--title f--tertiary"><a href="/war/articles/james-horse-collar-smith-1st-marine-raider-battalion" rel="bookmark" target="_self">James “Horse Collar” Smith, 1st Marine Raider Battalion</a></h3> <div class="f--desc"> <p>James “Horse Collar” Smith describes his experiences during the Battle of Bloody Ridge on Guadalcanal in September 1942.</p> </div> </div> </article> </li> <li class="carousel-cell"> <article id="node-54161" class="view-mode--teaser-tile effect--view-mode cf view-mode--hover-effect" about="/war/articles/walter-jacobs-77th-infantry-division"> <div class="col-image"> <a href="/war/articles/walter-jacobs-77th-infantry-division" target="_self"> <img loading="lazy" src="/themes/nwwiim/images/loaders/placeholder.gif" width="650" height="474" typeof="foaf:Image" class="b-lazy" data-src="/sites/default/files/styles/max_650x650/public/2020-08/20-0342-national-ww2-walter-jacobs-blog-post-header-970x600-r3.jpg" /> <noscript><img src="/sites/default/files/styles/max_650x650/public/2020-08/20-0342-national-ww2-walter-jacobs-blog-post-header-970x600-r3.jpg" alt=""/></noscript> </a> </div> <div class="col-content"> <div class="f--label f--uppercase effect--f"> <div class="field field--name-field-article-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Article Type</div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/war/profiles-0" hreflang="en">Profile</a></div> </div> </div> <h3 class="f--title f--tertiary"><a href="/war/articles/walter-jacobs-77th-infantry-division" rel="bookmark" target="_self">Walter Jacobs, 77th Infantry Division</a></h3> <div class="f--desc"> <p>Walter Jacobs talks about encountering a wounded Japanese soldier during the fighting on Ie Shima and how he believes that his sparing of an enemy soldier’s life resulted in him surviving the fighting there and later on Okinawa.</p> </div> </div> </article> </li> <li class="carousel-cell"> <article id="node-54137" class="view-mode--teaser-tile effect--view-mode cf view-mode--hover-effect" about="/war/articles/florence-reynolds-wasp"> <div class="col-image"> <a href="/war/articles/florence-reynolds-wasp" target="_self"> <img loading="lazy" src="/themes/nwwiim/images/loaders/placeholder.gif" width="650" height="474" typeof="foaf:Image" class="b-lazy" data-src="/sites/default/files/styles/max_650x650/public/2020-08/20-0336-national-ww2-museum-oral-history-name-blog-post-header-970x600-r1.jpg" /> <noscript><img src="/sites/default/files/styles/max_650x650/public/2020-08/20-0336-national-ww2-museum-oral-history-name-blog-post-header-970x600-r1.jpg" alt=""/></noscript> </a> </div> <div class="col-content"> <div class="f--label f--uppercase effect--f"> <div class="field field--name-field-article-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Article Type</div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/war/profiles-0" hreflang="en">Profile</a></div> </div> </div> <h3 class="f--title f--tertiary"><a href="/war/articles/florence-reynolds-wasp" rel="bookmark" target="_self">Florence Reynolds, WASP</a></h3> <div class="f--desc"> <p>Florence Reynolds describes a negative encounter she had with an Army Air Forces maintenance officer when she questioned the condition of an aircraft she was ordered to fly.</p> </div> </div> </article> </li> <li class="carousel-cell"> <article id="node-54126" class="view-mode--teaser-tile effect--view-mode cf view-mode--hover-effect" about="/war/articles/william-s-jones-7th-infantry-division-attu"> <div class="col-image"> <a href="/war/articles/william-s-jones-7th-infantry-division-attu" target="_self"> <img loading="lazy" src="/themes/nwwiim/images/loaders/placeholder.gif" width="650" height="474" typeof="foaf:Image" class="b-lazy" data-src="/sites/default/files/styles/max_650x650/public/2020-08/20-0333-national-ww2-william-jones-blog-post-header-970x600-r1.jpg" /> <noscript><img src="/sites/default/files/styles/max_650x650/public/2020-08/20-0333-national-ww2-william-jones-blog-post-header-970x600-r1.jpg" alt=""/></noscript> </a> </div> <div class="col-content"> <div class="f--label f--uppercase effect--f"> <div class="field field--name-field-article-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Article Type</div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/war/profiles-0" hreflang="en">Profile</a></div> </div> </div> <h3 class="f--title f--tertiary"><a href="/war/articles/william-s-jones-7th-infantry-division-attu" rel="bookmark" target="_self">William S. Jones, 7th Infantry Division, Attu</a></h3> <div class="f--desc"> <p>William S. Jones describes his experiences during the fight to recapture Attu in the Aleutian Islands in May 1943.</p> </div> </div> </article> </li> <li class="carousel-cell"> <article id="node-54113" class="view-mode--teaser-tile effect--view-mode cf view-mode--hover-effect" about="/war/articles/mike-iron-mike-mervosh-4th-marine-division"> <div class="col-image"> <a href="/war/articles/mike-iron-mike-mervosh-4th-marine-division" target="_self"> <img loading="lazy" src="/themes/nwwiim/images/loaders/placeholder.gif" width="650" height="474" typeof="foaf:Image" class="b-lazy" data-src="/sites/default/files/styles/max_650x650/public/2020-08/20-0325-national-ww2-mike-mervosh-blog-post-header-970x600-r1.jpg" /> <noscript><img src="/sites/default/files/styles/max_650x650/public/2020-08/20-0325-national-ww2-mike-mervosh-blog-post-header-970x600-r1.jpg" alt=""/></noscript> </a> </div> <div class="col-content"> <div class="f--label f--uppercase effect--f"> <div class="field field--name-field-article-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Article Type</div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/war/profiles-0" hreflang="en">Profile</a></div> </div> </div> <h3 class="f--title f--tertiary"><a href="/war/articles/mike-iron-mike-mervosh-4th-marine-division" rel="bookmark" target="_self">Mike “Iron Mike” Mervosh, 4th Marine Division</a></h3> <div class="f--desc"> <p>Mike Mervosh describes his experience with the flag raising on Iwo Jima.</p> </div> </div> </article> </li> <li class="carousel-cell"> <article id="node-54112" class="view-mode--teaser-tile effect--view-mode cf view-mode--hover-effect" about="/war/articles/herbert-helibrun-301st-bomb-group"> <div class="col-image"> <a href="/war/articles/herbert-helibrun-301st-bomb-group" target="_self"> <img loading="lazy" src="/themes/nwwiim/images/loaders/placeholder.gif" width="650" height="474" typeof="foaf:Image" class="b-lazy" data-src="/sites/default/files/styles/max_650x650/public/2020-08/20-0324-national-ww2-herbert-helibrun-blog-post-header-970x600-r1.jpg" /> <noscript><img src="/sites/default/files/styles/max_650x650/public/2020-08/20-0324-national-ww2-herbert-helibrun-blog-post-header-970x600-r1.jpg" alt=""/></noscript> </a> </div> <div class="col-content"> <div class="f--label f--uppercase effect--f"> <div class="field field--name-field-article-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Article Type</div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/war/profiles-0" hreflang="en">Profile</a></div> </div> </div> <h3 class="f--title f--tertiary"><a href="/war/articles/herbert-helibrun-301st-bomb-group" rel="bookmark" target="_self">Herbert Helibrun, 301st Bomb Group</a></h3> <div class="f--desc"> <p>Herbert Heilbrun describes the Christmas 1944 mission he took part in to bomb the oil refineries at Brux, Czechoslovakia and how well defended the area was.</p> </div> </div> </article> </li> <li class="carousel-cell"> <article id="node-54111" class="view-mode--teaser-tile effect--view-mode cf view-mode--hover-effect" about="/war/articles/stanley-wolczyk-7th-infantry-division-attu"> <div class="col-image"> <a href="/war/articles/stanley-wolczyk-7th-infantry-division-attu" target="_self"> <img loading="lazy" src="/themes/nwwiim/images/loaders/placeholder.gif" width="650" height="474" typeof="foaf:Image" class="b-lazy" data-src="/sites/default/files/styles/max_650x650/public/2020-08/20-0323-national-ww2-stanley-wolczyk-blog-post-header-970x600-r1.jpg" /> <noscript><img src="/sites/default/files/styles/max_650x650/public/2020-08/20-0323-national-ww2-stanley-wolczyk-blog-post-header-970x600-r1.jpg" alt=""/></noscript> </a> </div> <div class="col-content"> <div class="f--label f--uppercase effect--f"> <div class="field field--name-field-article-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Article Type</div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/war/profiles-0" hreflang="en">Profile</a></div> </div> </div> <h3 class="f--title f--tertiary"><a href="/war/articles/stanley-wolczyk-7th-infantry-division-attu" rel="bookmark" target="_self">Stanley Wolczyk, 7th Infantry Division, Attu</a></h3> <div class="f--desc"> <p>Stanley Wolczyk discusses his experiences on Attu in May 1943 and being wounded late in the fight, a wound which ended his Army service.</p> </div> </div> </article> </li> <li class="carousel-cell"> <article id="node-54110" class="view-mode--teaser-tile effect--view-mode cf view-mode--hover-effect" about="/war/articles/charles-mcgee-332nd-fighter-group"> <div class="col-image"> <a href="/war/articles/charles-mcgee-332nd-fighter-group" target="_self"> <img loading="lazy" src="/themes/nwwiim/images/loaders/placeholder.gif" width="650" height="474" typeof="foaf:Image" class="b-lazy" data-src="/sites/default/files/styles/max_650x650/public/2020-08/20-0322-national-ww2-charles-mcgee-blog-post-header-970x600-r1.jpg" /> <noscript><img src="/sites/default/files/styles/max_650x650/public/2020-08/20-0322-national-ww2-charles-mcgee-blog-post-header-970x600-r1.jpg" alt=""/></noscript> </a> </div> <div class="col-content"> <div class="f--label f--uppercase effect--f"> <div class="field field--name-field-article-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Article Type</div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/war/profiles-0" hreflang="en">Profile</a></div> </div> </div> <h3 class="f--title f--tertiary"><a href="/war/articles/charles-mcgee-332nd-fighter-group" rel="bookmark" target="_self">Charles McGee, 332nd Fighter Group</a></h3> <div class="f--desc"> <p>Charles McGee discusses flying bomber escort for 15th Air Force heavy bombardment groups and downing a German Focke Wulf Fw 190 during one of those missions.</p> </div> </div> </article> </li> <li class="carousel-cell"> <article id="node-54109" class="view-mode--teaser-tile effect--view-mode cf view-mode--hover-effect" about="/war/articles/george-peto-1st-marine-division"> <div class="col-image"> <a href="/war/articles/george-peto-1st-marine-division" target="_self"> <img loading="lazy" src="/themes/nwwiim/images/loaders/placeholder.gif" width="650" height="474" typeof="foaf:Image" class="b-lazy" data-src="/sites/default/files/styles/max_650x650/public/2020-08/20-0321-national-ww2-george-peto-blog-post-header-970x600-r1.jpg" /> <noscript><img src="/sites/default/files/styles/max_650x650/public/2020-08/20-0321-national-ww2-george-peto-blog-post-header-970x600-r1.jpg" alt=""/></noscript> </a> </div> <div class="col-content"> <div class="f--label f--uppercase effect--f"> <div class="field field--name-field-article-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Article Type</div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/war/profiles-0" hreflang="en">Profile</a></div> </div> </div> <h3 class="f--title f--tertiary"><a href="/war/articles/george-peto-1st-marine-division" rel="bookmark" target="_self">George Peto, 1st Marine Division</a></h3> <div class="f--desc"> <p>George Peto describes an uphill assault he took part in on Okinawa that ended up being his proudest day in the Marine Corps, despite the tremendous casualties his company suffered.</p> </div> </div> </article> </li> <li class="carousel-cell"> <article id="node-54078" class="view-mode--teaser-tile effect--view-mode cf view-mode--hover-effect" about="/war/articles/maynard-david-504th-bomb-group"> <div class="col-image"> <a href="/war/articles/maynard-david-504th-bomb-group" target="_self"> <img loading="lazy" src="/themes/nwwiim/images/loaders/placeholder.gif" width="650" height="474" typeof="foaf:Image" class="b-lazy" data-src="/sites/default/files/styles/max_650x650/public/2020-07/20-0319-national-ww2-david-maynard-blog-post-header-970x600-r1.jpg" /> <noscript><img src="/sites/default/files/styles/max_650x650/public/2020-07/20-0319-national-ww2-david-maynard-blog-post-header-970x600-r1.jpg" alt=""/></noscript> </a> </div> <div class="col-content"> <div class="f--label f--uppercase effect--f"> <div class="field field--name-field-article-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Article Type</div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/war/profiles-0" hreflang="en">Profile</a></div> </div> </div> <h3 class="f--title f--tertiary"><a href="/war/articles/maynard-david-504th-bomb-group" rel="bookmark" target="_self">Maynard David, 504th Bomb Group</a></h3> <div class="f--desc"> <p>Maynard David talks about a particularly harrowing mission he and his crew flew to Tokyo, Japan in May 1945.</p> </div> </div> </article> </li> <li class="carousel-cell"> <article id="node-54077" class="view-mode--teaser-tile effect--view-mode cf view-mode--hover-effect" about="/war/articles/theodore-dutch-van-kirk-navigator-enola-gay"> <div class="col-image"> <a href="/war/articles/theodore-dutch-van-kirk-navigator-enola-gay" target="_self"> <img loading="lazy" src="/themes/nwwiim/images/loaders/placeholder.gif" width="650" height="474" typeof="foaf:Image" class="b-lazy" data-src="/sites/default/files/styles/max_650x650/public/2020-07/20-0318-national-ww2-theodore-van-kirk-blog-post-header-970x600-r1.jpg" /> <noscript><img src="/sites/default/files/styles/max_650x650/public/2020-07/20-0318-national-ww2-theodore-van-kirk-blog-post-header-970x600-r1.jpg" alt=""/></noscript> </a> </div> <div class="col-content"> <div class="f--label f--uppercase effect--f"> <div class="field field--name-field-article-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Article Type</div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/war/profiles-0" hreflang="en">Profile</a></div> </div> </div> <h3 class="f--title f--tertiary"><a href="/war/articles/theodore-dutch-van-kirk-navigator-enola-gay" rel="bookmark" target="_self">Theodore “Dutch” Van Kirk, Navigator on the Enola Gay</a></h3> <div class="f--desc"> <p>Theodore “Dutch” Van Kirk, navigator on the Enola Gay, describes arriving at Wendover Field, Utah and figuring out that he would be taking part in a mission to drop an atomic bomb.</p> </div> </div> </article> </li> <li class="carousel-cell"> <article id="node-54076" class="view-mode--teaser-tile effect--view-mode cf view-mode--hover-effect" about="/war/articles/joseph-sasser-50th-engineers-attu"> <div class="col-image"> <a href="/war/articles/joseph-sasser-50th-engineers-attu" target="_self"> <img loading="lazy" src="/themes/nwwiim/images/loaders/placeholder.gif" width="650" height="474" typeof="foaf:Image" class="b-lazy" data-src="/sites/default/files/styles/max_650x650/public/2020-07/20-0317-national-ww2-joseph-sasser-blog-post-header-970x600-r1.jpg" /> <noscript><img src="/sites/default/files/styles/max_650x650/public/2020-07/20-0317-national-ww2-joseph-sasser-blog-post-header-970x600-r1.jpg" alt=""/></noscript> </a> </div> <div class="col-content"> <div class="f--label f--uppercase effect--f"> <div class="field field--name-field-article-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Article Type</div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/war/profiles-0" hreflang="en">Profile</a></div> </div> </div> <h3 class="f--title f--tertiary"><a href="/war/articles/joseph-sasser-50th-engineers-attu" rel="bookmark" target="_self">Joseph Sasser, 50th Engineers, Attu</a></h3> <div class="f--desc"> <p>Joseph Sasser discusses his experiences on Engineer Hill during the final hours of the Battle of Attu in May 1943.</p> </div> </div> </article> </li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="paragraph p-bundle p-bundle--full-width-callout bg-black ani-reveal"> <div class="bg-img parallax" style="background-image: url('/sites/default/files/styles/hero_large/public/2024-01/vEjtgzDg.jpeg?h=4cd29779');"></div> <span class="bg-overlay overlay--dark"></span> <div class="l-container--sm"> <div class="content-inner"> <div class="f--label f--uppercase">A PODCAST SERIES FROM THE NATIONAL WWII MUSEUM</div> <h2 class="f--secondary f--uppercase"><em>Making Masters of the Air</em></h2> <div class="f--desc"><p>Join hosts Kirk Saduski and Donald Miller each week for The National WWII Museum's <em>Making Masters of the Air </em>podcast presented by Boeing to dive deeper into the making of <em>Masters of the Air</em> and explore the history behind the Apple TV+ series. New podcast episodes available Fridays.</p></div> <a href="https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/podcasts/making-masters-air" title="Learn More" class="btn solid"><span>Learn More</span></a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="paragraph p-bundle p-bundle--block-carousel"> <div class="content-inner l-container--lg row-inside--md effect--with-border "> <div class="bundle--heading"> <h2 class="f--secondary f--uppercase">"Service on Celluloid" Podcasts</h2> <a href="/war/podcasts/service-celluloid-podcast" class="btn basic more">Browse all episodes</a> </div> <ul class="carousel-group cf" class="field field--name-field-callout-items-p field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden"> <li class="carousel-cell effect--carousel-cell"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--bundle-callout-image-items paragraph--view-mode--default"> <figure class="cb-image"> <div class="img-ratio--tall bg--dark"> <div class="field field--name-field-callout-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> <img loading="lazy" src="/themes/nwwiim/images/loaders/placeholder.gif" width="580" height="690" alt="Thumbnail" typeof="foaf:Image" class="b-lazy" data-src="/sites/default/files/styles/narrow_medium/public/2020-04/artworks-000722233663-mzp16l-t500x500.jpg" /> <noscript><img src="/sites/default/files/styles/narrow_medium/public/2020-04/artworks-000722233663-mzp16l-t500x500.jpg" alt="Thumbnail"/></noscript> </div> <span class="bg-overlay"></span> </div> <figcaption> <div class="u-faux-table"> <div class="u-faux-table--align-middle effect--u-faux-table"> <h3 class="f--secondary f--uppercase">Stalag 17</h3> <span class="icon-arrow-right"></span> </div> </div> <a href="/war/podcasts/service-celluloid-podcast#stalag-17" class="link-whole-area">Learn More</a> </figcaption> </figure> </div> </li> <li class="carousel-cell effect--carousel-cell"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--bundle-callout-image-items paragraph--view-mode--default"> <figure class="cb-image"> <div class="img-ratio--tall bg--dark"> <div class="field field--name-field-callout-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> <img loading="lazy" src="/themes/nwwiim/images/loaders/placeholder.gif" width="580" height="690" alt="Thumbnail" typeof="foaf:Image" class="b-lazy" data-src="/sites/default/files/styles/narrow_medium/public/2020-04/artworks-000716225023-pxzjgc-t500x500.jpg" /> <noscript><img src="/sites/default/files/styles/narrow_medium/public/2020-04/artworks-000716225023-pxzjgc-t500x500.jpg" alt="Thumbnail"/></noscript> </div> <span class="bg-overlay"></span> </div> <figcaption> <div class="u-faux-table"> <div class="u-faux-table--align-middle effect--u-faux-table"> <h3 class="f--secondary f--uppercase">Minisode To Flags of Our Fathers</h3> <span class="icon-arrow-right"></span> </div> </div> <a href="/war/podcasts/service-celluloid-podcast#minisode-flags-of-our-fathers" class="link-whole-area">Learn More</a> </figcaption> </figure> </div> </li> <li class="carousel-cell effect--carousel-cell"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--bundle-callout-image-items paragraph--view-mode--default"> <figure class="cb-image"> <div class="img-ratio--tall bg--dark"> <div class="field field--name-field-callout-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> <img loading="lazy" src="/themes/nwwiim/images/loaders/placeholder.gif" width="580" height="690" alt="Thumbnail" typeof="foaf:Image" class="b-lazy" data-src="/sites/default/files/styles/narrow_medium/public/2020-04/artworks-000710662084-berqui-t500x500.jpg" /> <noscript><img src="/sites/default/files/styles/narrow_medium/public/2020-04/artworks-000710662084-berqui-t500x500.jpg" alt="Thumbnail"/></noscript> </div> <span class="bg-overlay"></span> </div> <figcaption> <div class="u-faux-table"> <div class="u-faux-table--align-middle effect--u-faux-table"> <h3 class="f--secondary f--uppercase">Flags of Our Fathers</h3> <span class="icon-arrow-right"></span> </div> </div> <a href="/war/podcasts/service-celluloid-podcast#flags-of-our-fathers" class="link-whole-area">Learn More</a> </figcaption> </figure> </div> </li> <li class="carousel-cell effect--carousel-cell"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--bundle-callout-image-items paragraph--view-mode--default"> <figure class="cb-image"> <div class="img-ratio--tall bg--dark"> <div class="field field--name-field-callout-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> <img loading="lazy" src="/themes/nwwiim/images/loaders/placeholder.gif" width="580" height="690" alt="Thumbnail" typeof="foaf:Image" class="b-lazy" data-src="/sites/default/files/styles/narrow_medium/public/2020-04/artworks-000705858865-vnk66o-t500x500.jpg" /> <noscript><img src="/sites/default/files/styles/narrow_medium/public/2020-04/artworks-000705858865-vnk66o-t500x500.jpg" alt="Thumbnail"/></noscript> </div> <span class="bg-overlay"></span> </div> <figcaption> <div class="u-faux-table"> <div class="u-faux-table--align-middle effect--u-faux-table"> <h3 class="f--secondary f--uppercase">Minisode To Guadalcanal Diary</h3> <span class="icon-arrow-right"></span> </div> </div> <a href="/war/podcasts/service-celluloid-podcast#minisode-guadalcanal-diary" class="link-whole-area">Learn More</a> </figcaption> </figure> </div> </li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="cookie-banner"> <div> <p>This website uses cookies to provide you with a great user experience. By using this website, you accept our <a href="https://www.nationalww2museum.org/privacy-policy"><strong>use of cookies</strong></a>.</p><p><style type="text/css">.close-banner.btn.solid.red{margin-left: 4em;} </style></p> <a class="close-banner btn solid red"> Accept </a> </div> </div> </article> </section> </main> </div> <footer id="footer" role="contentinfo"> <div id="block-donatecalloutblock" class="block p-bundle p-bundle--full-width-callout bg--light-grey"> <div class="bg-img parallax" style="background-image: url('/sites/default/files/styles/hero_large/public/2017-07/media-dday-anniversary-lg03.jpg');"></div> <span class="bg-overlay overlay--dark"></span> <div class="l-container--sm"> <div class="content-inner"> <h2 class="f--secondary f--uppercase">Every day, memories of World War II—its sights and sounds, its terrors and triumphs—disappear.</h2> <a href="https://secure3.convio.net/nw2m/site/Donation2?df_id=8047&mfc_pref=T&8047_donation=form1&_ga=2.197693999.1013023893.1499027539-1310154821.1499027539" title="Give Today" class="btn solid"><span>Give Today</span></a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="footer-content row-inside--sm cf"> <div class="l-faux-table l-container--md"> <div class="footer-top col-third"> <div id="block-blockfooteraddress" class="block-footer-address block block-block-content block-block-content70a391e4-61ef-45fa-9843-4672b2772891"> <div class="block-content"> <div class="museum-hours"> <p><span>Open today</span> 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.</p> </div> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>945 Magazine Street, New Orleans, LA 70130<br> <a href="mailto:info@nationalww2museum.org">info@nationalww2museum.org</a><br> 504-528-1944</p> </div> </div> </div><nav role="navigation" aria-labelledby="block-nwwiim-footer-menu" id="block-nwwiim-footer" class="block-footer-main-menu"> <div class="block-content"> <ul class="menu"> <li class="menu-item"> <a href="/about-us" target="" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/469">About the Museum</a> </li> <li class="menu-item menu-item--collapsed"> <a href="/media-resources" target="">Media</a> </li> <li class="menu-item"> <a href="/employment" target="" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/872">Join Our Team</a> </li> <li class="menu-item"> <a href="/about-us/contact-us" target="" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/929">Contact Us</a> </li> <li class="menu-item"> <a href="/volunteer" target="" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/803">Volunteer</a> </li> <li class="menu-item"> <a href="/private-event-rentals" target="" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/542">Rentals</a> </li> <li class="menu-item"> <a href="/privacy-policy" target="" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/932">Privacy Policy</a> </li> <li class="menu-item"> <a href="https://www.nationalww2museum.org/visit/plan-your-visit#FAQ">FAQs</a> </li> <li class="menu-item"> <a href="/accessibility" target="" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/53281">Accessibility</a> </li> </ul> </div> </nav> </div> <div class="footer-bottom col-two-thirds"> <nav role="navigation" aria-labelledby="block-footerutilitynavigation-menu" id="block-footerutilitynavigation" class="block block-footer-utility-menu"> <div class="block-content"> <ul class="menu"> <li class="menu-item"> <a href="https://ticketing.nationalww2museum.org/Webstore/shop/ViewItems.aspx?CG=Tickets&C=GA" target="">Buy Tickets</a> </li> <li class="menu-item"> <a href="/give/become-member" target="" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/708">Become a Member</a> </li> <li class="menu-item"> <a href="/give/ways-give" target="" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/694">Donate</a> </li> <li class="menu-item"> <a href="https://store.nationalww2museum.org/">Museum Store</a> </li> </ul> </div> </nav> <nav role="navigation" aria-labelledby="block-footersocialnetworksnavigation-menu" id="block-footersocialnetworksnavigation" class="block block-socials-menu"> <h2 class="block-title" >Follow Us Today</h2> <div class="block-content"> <ul class="menu"> <li class="menu-item"> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/WWIIMuseum/" class="icon-facebook" target="_blank">Facebook</a> </li> <li class="menu-item"> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/wwiimuseum/" class="icon-instagram" target="_blank">Instagram</a> </li> <li class="menu-item"> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmTCST8yVyVMctEYY9WeMWw" class="icon-youtube" target="_blank">Youtube</a> </li> <li class="menu-item"> <a href="https://x.com/WWIImuseum" class="icon-x" target="_blank">X (formerly Twitter)</a> </li> <li class="menu-item"> <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@wwiimuseum" class="icon-tiktok">TikTok</a> </li> <li class="menu-item"> <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-national-wwii-museum" class="icon-linkedin">LinkedIn</a> </li> </ul> </div> </nav> <div id="block-footernewsletterbutton" class="block block-type-button"> <a href="http://support.nationalww2museum.org/site/Survey?ACTION_REQUIRED=URI_ACTION_USER_REQUESTS&SURVEY_ID=1162" title="Sign Up for our Newsletter" class="btn solid navy" target="_blank"><span>Sign Up for our Newsletter</span></a> </div> <div id="block-blockfooterranking" class="block-footer-ranking block block-block-content block-block-contentc36ceb83-988b-4929-862d-8fb7a319beb5"> <div class="block-content"> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>#1 Attraction in New Orleans</p> </div> </div> </div> <div id="block-blockfootermap" class="block-footer-map block block-block-content block-block-contentb0f26388-9c1d-4ea3-8377-15ada9983184"> <div class="block-content"> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p><a class="btn solid" href="/visit/museum-campus"><span>View Campus Map</span></a></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </footer> </div> <div id="js-mediaQueryReference"></div> <script type="application/json" data-drupal-selector="drupal-settings-json">{"path":{"baseUrl":"\/","pathPrefix":"","currentPath":"node\/224","currentPathIsAdmin":false,"isFront":true,"currentLanguage":"en"},"pluralDelimiter":"\u0003","suppressDeprecationErrors":true,"google_analytics":{"account":"UA-4265387-1","trackOutbound":true,"trackMailto":true,"trackTel":true,"trackDownload":true,"trackDownloadExtensions":"7z|aac|arc|arj|asf|asx|avi|bin|csv|doc(x|m)?|dot(x|m)?|exe|flv|gif|gz|gzip|hqx|jar|jpe?g|js|mp(2|3|4|e?g)|mov(ie)?|msi|msp|pdf|phps|png|ppt(x|m)?|pot(x|m)?|pps(x|m)?|ppam|sld(x|m)?|thmx|qtm?|ra(m|r)?|sea|sit|tar|tgz|torrent|txt|wav|wma|wmv|wpd|xls(x|m|b)?|xlt(x|m)|xlam|xml|z|zip"},"ajaxTrustedUrl":{"\/search":true},"user":{"uid":0,"permissionsHash":"4454116b0692ac40c0963c110a180302b12879cc367d7c0a4c3babbaf1614e08"}}</script> <script src="/core/assets/vendor/jquery/jquery.min.js?v=3.7.1"></script> <script src="/core/misc/drupalSettingsLoader.js?v=10.3.10"></script> <script src="/core/misc/drupal.js?v=10.3.10"></script> <script src="/core/misc/drupal.init.js?v=10.3.10"></script> <script src="/themes/nwwiim/js/vendor/modernizr.min.js?v=10.3.10"></script> <script src="/modules/contrib/google_analytics/js/google_analytics.js?v=10.3.10"></script> <script src="/themes/nwwiim/js/vendor/plugins.min.js?v=10.3.10"></script> <script src="/themes/nwwiim/js/functionality.min.js?v=10.3.10"></script> </body> </html>

CINXE.COM

Home | The National WWII Museum | New Orleans