The National World War II Museum launches a new Facebook initiative to celebrate World War II love stories.

The National World War II Museum releases a letter from its archives that Major Dick Winters had written to Museum founder and author of "Band of Brothers" Stephen Ambrose.

The Education Department of The National World War II Museum announces its 2011 Student Essay Contest theme: "Why Should We Remember Pearl Harbor?" Winners get cash prizes. Contest open to high school and middle school students.

NEW ORLEANS, LA (November 24, 2010) –The National World War II Museum is decking the halls and dishing out double rations of Yuletide cheer with a new holiday show debuting November 26 at the Stage Door Canteen featuring the institution’s famed Victory Belles..

November 24, 2010 (New Orleans, LA) – The Museum of Jewish Heritage’s award-winning exhibition, Ours to Fight For: American Jews in the Second World War, is now on display at The National World War II Museum in New Orleans through April 24, 2011.

On Veterans Day 2010, New Orleans schoolchildren sat down with World War II vets to ask questions and listen to stories at The National World War II Museum.

The National World War II Museum advocates talking to veterans as a way to learn about WWII history this Veterans Day.

National World War II Museum dedicates U.S. Freedom Pavilion

On August 14, 1945 the world learned that Japan had surrendered, effectively ending World War II, a war that Americans thought would go on indefinitely. No newsflash in modern history has ever been greeted with such overwhelming celebration. The iconic images of happy throngs holding up the newspapers that would go into countless scrapbooks and frames, the impromptu parades, hands in the air forming a “V” for victory, and the iconic images from Times-Square – including one very famous kiss between a nurse and a sailor.

When Vernon J. Baker died on July 13, 2010, America lost another of the great heroes of World War II. “Vernon was an extraordinary soldier and an extraordinary American,” said Dr. Gordon “Nick” Mueller, President and CEO of The National World War II Museum in New Orleans. “Over the years, he was an integral part of helping our Museum fulfill its mission to bring the history and values of World War II to all generations. It has been a privilege to know him and work with him.”

No newsflash in modern history has ever been greeted with such overwhelming celebration as the announcement that Japan had surrendered, effectively ending World War II, a war that Americans thought would go on indefinitely. Of all the iconic images from that day, the one that still continues to embody the spirit of the nation was of one very famous kiss between a nurse and a sailor.

The National World War II Museum is officially going to the
dogs (and horses, mules and birds!) with the newest exhibit Loyal Forces: The Animals of World
War II. On display July 22 – October 17, 2010, the exhibit focuses on the animals employed and
encountered throughout World War II, from the Home Front to the Pacific. Loyal Forces will explore
another side of the war, and demonstrate how lessons learned then continue to help us today in the
utilization of animals and their unique abilities.