Our Mission
The Jenny Craig Institute for the Study of War and Democracy is a community of scholars forming a national center for research, higher education, publications, and public programming, dedicated to promoting the history of World War II, the relationship between the war and America’s democratic system, and the war’s continued relevance for the world.
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About the Institute
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Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
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Research A Veteran
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Online Master's in World War II Studies
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Historian Speakers Bureau
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Conferences & Symposia
The Jenny Craig Institute for the Study of War and Democracy
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Signing the UN Charter and 'Preparing the Way' for Peace
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First American Pope Is the Son of a D-Day Veteran
Louis M. Prevost, the father of newly elected Pope Leo XIV, participated in the landings in Normandy and Southern France during World War II.
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Over-the-Shore Logistics of D-Day
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‘Rome Taken!’: The Liberation of Rome, 1944
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Robert Capa's Iconic Images from Omaha Beach
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