When World War II ended, British and American leaders were unsure how to continue their nation’s grand alliance.

During World War II, a new program gave young men who refused to wear a uniform other ways to serve their country.

On February 3, 1945, the US Army sent over 800 Black women overseas to England aboard the SS Ile de France. Their mission was unknown to them.

Controlling the Ryukyu Islands would allow the Americans to finally sever Japan from its South Asian empire. 

A dozen years after the opening of the institution that would become The National WWII Museum, President and CEO Nick Mueller spoke to a Junior Achievement Hall of Fame banquet on “The American Spirit: What Does It Mean?”