Bussel spent a year as a prisoner of war after his plane was shot down over Germany—a traumatic experience that would fuel his work on behalf of veterans and former POWs later in life.
The True Glory chronicles the Allied liberation of Western Europe, from the preparations for Operation Overlord to the fall of Berlin.
While Rosie the Riveter manned the wartime industries, the Annie Oakleys patrolled prisons as the first female guards.
The vestige of a peculiar tradition, short snorters served as both wartime souvenir and membership certificate to a special club.
One of the best fighters of World War II, the F4U Corsair tormented the Japanese from Guadalcanal until the end of the war.
Before the killing centers opened at Birkenau, Treblinka, Sobibor, Belzec, and Majdanek, Jews were already being murdered by the Germans, their Axis allies, and local collaborators in Ukraine, Belarus, and other USSR republics.
The National WWII Museum is honored to present a special documentary screening and filmmaker conversation in commemoration of the dedication of its George H.W. Bush Aviation Gallery in the US Freedom Pavilion: The Boeing Center.
Join us live and in person for a Meet the Author event! Local reporter Tyler Bridges joins Rob Citino on stage to discuss Bridges latest book about his father’s harrowing experiences in World War II.