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George Benton Turner’s Medal of Honor
George Benton Turner joined the US Marine Corps in 1918, but World War I ended before he shipped overseas. When World War II broke out, Turner, now in his early 40s, once again volunteered to fight for his country, this time enlisting in the US Army in October 1942.
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Kenneth Gruennert and Elmer Burr’s Medals of Honor
During the Battle of Buna, two soldiers of the 32nd Infantry Division went above and beyond the call of duty.
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The 1941 NKVD Prison Massacres in Western Ukraine
During the German invasion of the USSR, the Soviet Secret Police (NKVD) brutally murdered between 10,000 and 40,000 political prisoners in Western Ukraine over the course of eight days, which sparked waves of ethnic violence following the German occupation of the region.
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Liberator Sgt. Thomas Sweeney, 71st Infantry Division
Sgt. Thomas Sweeney, 71st Infantry Division, was one of the many American medics and liberators who found themselves woefully underprepared in rendering aid to survivors of Nazi atrocities. At the Gunskirchen Concentration Camp in May 1945, they found thousands of individuals barely clinging to life.
Past Events
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Smithsonian Museum Day
09/18/2021 | 8:30 AM - 5:00 PMThe National WWII Museum joins fellow Smithsonian affiliates in showcasing the history and culture of our community!
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140 Days to Hiroshima: The Story of Japan's Last Chance to Avert Armageddon
08/06/2021 | 11:00 AM - 12:00 PMJoin us for an engaging discussion on the lead up to the dropping of the Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima, 76 years after that historic day, between author David Dean Barrett and the Museum’s Senior Historian Rob Citino, PhD.
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Naturalization Ceremony
07/02/2021 | 10:00 AM - 11:00 AMJoin us to welcome new Americans into citizenship.