On D-Day, Higgins boats landed thousands of GIs on French shores. Often overlooked in comparison to the LCVP is its "big brother"—the Landing Craft Mechanized.
The Power of Memory and Changing Views of History
Dominic Martello relived traumatic moments of his WWII combat in North Africa for the rest of his life.
One young American's experience during post-war occupation duty in Japan.
Not all wounds are visible at first glance. A look at the psychological strain of combat and its long lasting effects on our nation's warriors.
Join The National WWII Museum for an evening of remembrance and reflection in commemoration of Yom HaShoah, a day dedicated to the approximately six million Jews murdered in the Holocaust.
In commemoration of National Rosie the Riveter Day, join filmmakers Tessa Germaine and Taylor Whittington, along with a WWII Rosie, for a discussion about their historical film, Rosie, as a part of The National WWII Museum’s Reel History Film Series.
Author Lynne Olson and Steph Hinnershitz, PhD, Senior Historian in the Jenny Craig Institute for the Study of War and Democracy, will discuss Olson’s just-released book about a young woman who helped the French Resistance against the occupying Nazis and then spearheaded one of the most important archaeological preservation efforts in the post-war period.