As the war wound down, Allied soldiers scavenged any Nazi loot they could find, often with dire consequences. A solider named Larry Hirschbach uncovered what is now one of the Museum's most prized possessions.

A US Navy sailor survives off of Guadalcanal thanks to a life belt with a remarkable connection to home. 

A man of faith and a talented cook, Bronder became a vital part of the PT-305 crew.

The idea of using American Indians who were fluent in both their traditional tribal language and in English to send secret messages in battle was first put to the test in World War I with the Choctaw Telephone Squad and other Native communications experts and messengers. However, it wasn’t until World War II that the US military developed a specific policy to recruit and train American Indian speakers to become code talkers.

Richard Tregaskis’s account of the first seven weeks of fighting is a classic of war literature.