Robert Ray Akins
WWII Okinawa veteran and legendary Texas high school football coach dies at age 92.
WWII Okinawa veteran and legendary Texas high school football coach dies at age 92.
Allied intelligence believed that most captured American officers were being held at the Hammelburg prisoner of war camp, Oflag XIII-B. This population likely included Patton’s son-in-law, Lieutenant Colonel John Waters, but there was no way to be sure.
The National WWII Museum today announced the election of Ted Weggeland as Chairman of its national Board of Trustees, as well as its slate of Board Officers and five new Trustees.
Today, The National WWII Museum in New Orleans dedicated the George H.W. Bush Aviation Gallery, featuring a collection of six fully restored, iconic WWII aircraft suspended in the airspace of US Freedom Pavilion: The Boeing Center.
The National WWII Museum is proud to announce the 2022 recipients of the American Spirit Award.