Travel Webinar: Japan and Okinawa with Jonathan Parshall

Join The National WWII Museum's Educational Travel Team and expert historian Jonathan Parshall to learn about this upcoming journey commemorating the end of the war in the Pacific, just over 80 years later.

Central Time (CT)

February 19, 2025, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Learn More + Add to calendar 2025-02-19 12:00:00 PM 2025-02-19 1:00:00 PM America/Mexico_City Zoom, Online Event 945 Magazine St, New Orleans, LA 70130 Travel Webinar: Japan and Okinawa with Jonathan Parshall Join The National WWII Museum's Educational Travel Team and expert historian Jonathan Parshall to learn about this upcoming journey commemorating the end of the war in the Pacific, just over 80 years later.Central Time (CT)
Location: Zoom, Online Event
945 Magazine St, New Orleans, LA 70130

 

 

Join The National WWII Museum's Educational Travel Team for an overview of Victory in the Pacific: Japan and Okinawa, a unique tour commemorating the end of the war in the Pacific. Featured historian Jonathan Parshall and Senior Director of Educational Travel Sarah Kirksey will discuss this one-of-a-kind journey into both American and Japanese history set for October 1-11, 2025.

Traveling through Japan from Tokyo to Okinawa, explore the history of the brutal final battles and discover the local perspective of the war that changed the world. Explore the Japanese civilian experience at the National Showa Memorial Museum. Board a bullet train south to Hiroshima, the site of the first atomic bombing in 1945. And pay tribute to the fallen at Okinawa, the scene of the largest land battle the Americans experienced in the Pacific theater.

To join this webinar, click here. A recording will be made available after the live broadcast.

Learn more about the tour here.

For tour questions or for more information, the Educational Travel Team is available Monday through Friday, 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. CT. Call 1-877-813-3329 x 257 or email travel@nationalww2museum.org.