On June 2, 1944, Yeiki Kobashigawa, 100th Infantry Battalion, led an incredible attack on the Germans in Italy. Fifty-six years later, he received the Medal of Honor for this action.

A member of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation, Ernest Childers became the first American Indian to be awarded the Medal of Honor in World War II.

Learn the story of one of the early collections acquired by the Museum.

Jack Lucas saved the lives of three men… just six days after his 17th birthday.

Larry Decuers is a former Curator at The National WWII Museum and veteran of the US Army's 101st Airborne Division.