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Press Release
The National WWII Museum Launches Rides Aboard Restored, Operational Higgins Patrol-Torpedo Boat
Beginning April 1, The National WWII Museum will offer the public the opportunity to tour and ride restored patrol-torpedo (PT) boat 305 on her home waters of Lake Pontchartrain, where she was originally tested by Higgins Industries more than 70 years ago. For the first time ever, visitors will be able to see and feel the PT boat experience, and learn about the service of the men who called this incredible vessel home. The public launch of PT-305 is the culmination of the Museum’s decade-long effort to restore her, as well as more than 130,000 hours of work from a dedicated corps of over 200 volunteers.
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Press ReleaseThe National WWII Museum Unveils New Special Exhibit Operation Finale: The Capture & Trial of Adolf Eichmann
The National WWII Museum today announced the opening of its newest special exhibit, Operation Finale: The Capture & Trial of Adolf Eichmann.
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Lunchbox Lecture: "Operation: Magic Carpet" by Collin Makamson
Join us for a digital Lunchbox Lecture about the last great troop movement of World War II—Operation: Magic Carpet.
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Press Release
The National WWII Museum Announces Plan to Return Restored, Operational Higgins Patrol-Torpedo Boat to Lake Pontchartrain
The National WWII Museum today announced plans to return restored patrol-torpedo (PT) boat PT-305 to her home waters of Lake Pontchartrain, where she was originally tested by Higgins Industries more than 70 years ago. The Museum launched the first phase of the plan this morning: a Kickstarter campaign to raise funds necessary to move PT-305 to the water, test her for passenger use and, for the first time, offer civilians the chance to take a ride on a fully restored combat-veteran PT boat – the fastest US naval ship in World War II.
Past Events
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Meet the Author--"Nazis on the Potomac: The Top-Secret Intelligence Operation that Helped Win World War II"
10/18/2022 | 6:00 PM - 7:00 PMAuthor Robert K. Sutton will be joined in conversation with Michael Bell, PhD, Executive Director of the Jenny Craig Institute for the Study of War and Democracy to discuss his book Nazis on the Potomac: The Top-Secret Intelligence Operation that Helped Win World War II.
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Lunchbox Lecture: Unconditional Extermination: Operation Reinhard and the SS Camps at Belzec, Sobibor, and Treblinka
09/07/2022 | 12:00 PM - 1:00 PMThis presentation will offer a detailed history of the Operation Reinhard camps Belzec, Sobibor, and Treblinka in 1942–1943 and where they might fit in the larger history of the Holocaust.
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Normandy Academy (College) (July 18 - 29, 2022)
07/18/2022 - 07/29/2022 | 12:00 AMThis course examines leadership and decision-making scenarios during the Battle of Normandy. Through readings, battlefield visits in Normandy, and online discussion forums, students analyze the decisions made during the planning and implementation of Operation Overlord.
