From the Mississippi to Normandy: The National WWII Museum of the USA is in New Orleans—because of a certain Mr. Higgins, “the man who won the war for us.”

 A tribute to the leadership of President Franklin D. Roosevelt at The National WWII Museum.

Learn how this unique field modification came to be.

After the US strategic victories at the Battles of the Coral Sea (May 7–8, 1942) and Midway (June 4–7, 1942), the Japanese Imperial Navy was no longer capable of major offensive campaigns, which permitted the Allies to start their own offensive in the Pacific.

As 1943 turned to 1944, PT-305 departed New Orleans, and she would not be back for more than six decades.