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This Memorial Day: Remember Them
Over 400,000 American soldiers lost their lives during WWII. Each of these heroes deserves to be remembered – their stories preserved and cherished for generations. Visit mymemorialday.org to see just a few of these stories which are housed in The National WWII Museum’s exhibits and collections. Look at their photos, see the things they touched and read the letters they wrote home describing the war in their own words.
Find out more about Memorial Day events at The National WWII Museum.
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FEATURED EVENTS:
Mason Lecture |
2012 IBERIABANK Victory Ball |
Victory in Europe
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WHAT'S ON:
May 19, 2012
Armed Forces Day
9:00 am – 5:00 pm
May 19, 2012
SOLD OUT - Family Workshop: Code School
10:00 am – 11:30 am
May 19, 2012
Living History Corps
11:00 am – 3:00 pm
Museum's WWII re-enactors showcase weapons and uniforms of the era
May 19, 2012
On the Air
6:00 pm dinner seating, 8:00 pm performance
Stage Door Canteen
May 19, 2012
Weekend Wargame
10:00 am – 2:00 pm
May 20, 2012
On the Air
11:00 am brunch seating, 1:00 pm performance
Stage Door Canteen
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On 16 May 1942, the Liberty Ship SS Abraham Baldwin, was launched by Delta Shipbuilding Co. in New Orleans. We have two photographs in our collection that form a “before and after” of the launch. Gift of Earl and Elaine Buras, 1999.060.013 Gift of Jack Hirsch, 2003.022.003 Decades after dodging German U-boats in the [...] Read More 
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On this day we remember Chief Radio Operator Louis Taix. Seventy years ago today, on 15 May 1942, twenty-five years old Louis Taix was killed when his ship, the SS Nicarao was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine, U-571. Taix, the Chief Radio operator on the boat was trapped in the radio shack and went down with [...] Read More
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The National WWII Museum would like to acknowledge and honor the contributions and sacrifices of Jewish Americans during World War II. The Jewish American experience during World War II was unique. While most Americans saw the defeat of the Japanese as the primary goal of the war, many Jewish American men and women saw the [...] Read More
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SPECIAL ARTIFACT DISPLAY:
Asian Pacific American Heritage Month
May 1 – May 31, 2012
On view in the Louisiana Memorial Pavilion
In 1992, the US Congress designated May as Asian Pacific American Heritage Month to honor Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders for their contributions to the United States. The involvement of Japanese Americans in WWII was often critical to the war effort. Many Japanese Americans served while their families were being held in internment camps due to Executive Order 9066. Kiyotaka Uchimura was one of these soldiers.
