In 1945 the American intellectual, Norman Cousins, was one of the first to raise terrifying questions for humanity about the successful splitting of the atom.
Winston Churchill called it "one of the most melancholy naval episodes in the whole of the war.”
The surprise Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, forever known as a "day of infamy," plunged the United States into World War II. Each year, The National WWII Museum commemorates the lives lost on December 7, 1941.
On June 6, 1944, two brothers from Kansas landed at Omaha Beach in Normandy, France. They promised to meet on the beach after the fighting was done—a promise that would remain unfulfilled.
The making of Final Mission: USS Tang Experience: Part Seven.
Presented by The National WWII Museum and Louisiana Public Broadcasting, Seize & Secure: The Battle for La Fière will make its Shreveport premiere on June 14 at Robinson Film Center.
Presented by The National WWII Museum and Louisiana Public Broadcasting, Seize & Secure: The Battle for La Fière will make its worldwide premiere in Solomon Victory Theater.
Join author Alex Kershaw for a presentation about his new book The First Wave: The D-Day Warriors Who Led the Way to Victory in World War II.