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Joe Crain-US Navy LCVP Coxswain
Four months after Pearl Harbor, and at only 15 years old, Joe Crain joined the US Navy. In this Oral History clip, he explains his involvement on Omaha Beach in 1944.
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Robert Capa's Iconic Images from Omaha Beach
Early on the morning of June 6, 1944, photojournalist Robert Capa landed with American troops on Omaha Beach. Before the day was through, he had taken some of the most famous combat photographs of World War II.
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History through the Viewfinder
Keeping the memory alive of those who fought for our freedoms today.
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'A Long Thin Line of Personal Anguish'
This column is the last of three D-Day columns written by war correspondent Ernie Pyle describing the Allied invasion of Normandy.
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Memory and Understanding
The past, present, and future of The National WWII Museum's collection of oral histories.
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In Command of Overlord: Strategic and Operational Leadership in the Great Invasion
06/03/2020 | 11:00 AM - 12:00 PMJoin Rob Havers, PhD, President & CEO of the Pritzker Military Museum & Library, and our very own Rob Citino, PhD, as they discuss the D-Day landing and Normandy campaign through the modern military lenses lenses of strategy—identifying long-term goals and providing the resources to meet them—and operations—plans to dominate the battlefield, foil the enemy, and win at the lowest cost.
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The Meaning of D-Day: A Roundtable Discussion
06/02/2020 | 11:00 AM - 12:00 PMJoin us for a roundtable discussion on the significance of D-Day and its legacy.
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"Time Will Not Dim the Glory of Their Deeds:" The Cemetery at Omaha Beach and the Commemoration of the D-Day War Dead
06/01/2020 | 11:00 AM - 12:00 PMBen Brands, a historian with the American Battle Monuments Commission, will discuss the initial establishment of the cemetery at Omaha Beach, which occurred in the days immediately following D-Day.
