Follow American citizen soldiers through World War II in this exclusive small-group guided tour of the  immersive, interactive Campaigns of Courage: European and Pacific Theaters pavilion.

After 80 years, the remains of Private First Class John Henry Newstrom, a US Marine killed during the Battle of Peleliu in 1944, have been identified and will be returned home thanks to a joint recovery effort by the US and Japanese governments.

Victory in the largest battle of the Pacific War came 82 days after it began, and the costs were high.

In the bloodiest battle in Marine Corps history, 27 Marines and sailors were awarded the Medal of Honor for action on Iwo Jima. No other campaign surpassed that number.

Cities, birds, and denizens of the deep. Three items which on the surface have nothing in common, yet they were all conventions for naming US warships in the WWII era.