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The ‘Band of Brothers’ That Wasn’t
Though the 52 men inducted with Company I in 1940 rendered excellent service, their “band of brothers” did not endure much past their first months in combat.
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Soldier Who Died in Japanese POW Camp Accounted for 80 Years Later
The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced that 20-year-old US Army Private First Class Joseph C. Murphy of Bogalusa, Louisiana, was considered accounted for on April 1, 2024.
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American Soldiers Uncover Medical Mass Murder at Hadamar
A week before American units liberated their first concentration camp, the US 2nd Infantry Division uncovered one of the killing centers of the Nazi regime's so-called "euthanasia" program at Hadamar, Germany.
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Sergeant Darrell S. Cole's Medal of Honor
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.
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Warsaw Burning: The German Response to the Warsaw Uprising
The German response to the Warsaw Uprising was characterized by ruthless terror and unrelenting bloodshed, which caused civilian support to drastically diminish.
Past Events
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Megastructures: Forced Labor and Massive Works in the Third Reich (July 6 to 17, 2023)
07/06/2023 - 07/17/2023 | 12:00 AMJoin Dr. Alexandra Richie on a poignant tour of Poland to discover the remnants of the vast construction projects initiated by the Third Reich and hear the stories of those who were forced to build them.
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Easy Company Tour: England to the Eagle's Nest (June 25 - July 7, 2023)
06/25/2023 - 07/07/2023 | 12:00 AMIn 1992, Museum founder and award-winning author Stephen E. Ambrose published the New York Times bestseller Band of Brothers—which became not only a successful HBO miniseries, but also a cultural phenomenon that continues today. Join staff from America's official WWII museum and notable historians for the real-life epic journey across Europe. This exclusive travel opportunity includes tour stops and special guests not featured anywhere else.
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Lunchbox Lecture: “Sicily 1943: Patton vs. Montgomery vs. the Wehrmacht”
07/05/2023 | 12:00 PM - 1:00 PMJoin Captain Rick Jacobs as he discusses the three-sided battle in Sicily between the US Seventh Army, the British Eighth Army and the German XIV Panzer Corps in July 1943.
