NEW ORLEANS (September 3, 2009) – Seventy years ago, on Sept. 3, 1939, Great Britain and France, responding to the Nazi invasion of Polan...

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.

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

The National WWII Museum restores a P-51, the plane flown by the Tuskegee Airmen ("Red Tails") in World War II.

The National WWII Museum restores a P-51, the plane flown by the Tuskegee Airmen ("Red Tails") in World War II.