Marie Rankart describes the change at General Motors following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, when the assembly lines switched from manufacturing civilian automobiles to military aircraft.
The Canadian offensive on Verrières Ridge, led by the Canadian Black Watch, was a savage "forgotten fight" that helped ensure General Omar Bradley's US Army breakout from Normandy in Operation Cobra.
Adorned with Captains bars and the Ivy Cross of the 4th Infantry Division, the M-1 Helmet of Captain Leonard T. Schroeder has a very unique history associated with it.
How a Signal Corps photographic team took one of the most iconic images of Omaha Beach.
In the summer of 1944, 63 incarcerated Japanese American men were convicted in federal court of violating the Selective Service Act after refusing to participate in the draft.
Join The National WWII Museum's Educational Travel Team and expert historians John C. McManus and James Holland to learn about this luxury voyage along the Seine River to the beaches of Normandy.
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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, Expressions of America.