The National WWII Museum kicks off Football Frenzy in New Orleans with the Gridiron Glory Exhibition opening on January 26, 2013.

Initially, hell ships moved Allied POWs to areas where their labor was needed, such as the Japanese main islands and other recently conquered regions, but later, they also moved prisoners to prevent them from being liberated by advancing Allied forces.

While Peleliu remains a fixture of Pacific war memory, Morotai is overlooked and virtually forgotten in histories of the Pacific theater.

Commander Howard Gilmore’s story is certainly one of extraordinary valor, dedication, and sacrifice. 

The commemorations on January 27 remind us that the Holocaust was the result of step-by-step decisions by individuals that led to the largest genocide in the history of mankind in a wave of antisemitism, intolerance, and hatred.