Jackie Robinson is best known for breaking Major League Baseball’s color barrier. Less well known, but just as pivotal, is his 1944 court-martial after refusing to move to the back of a military bus.
Reconnaissance Marines visit exhibits and get a behind-the-scenes tour of WWII artifacts.
This unique artifact tells a one-of-a-kind story from the day that irrevocably changed the world.
World War II saw more women serving than any conflict in history. Many Americans know about their own women’s organizations, such as the Women’s Army Corps. Across the pond in England, many women served in the WRNS, or the Women’s Royal Navy Service.
On June 2, 1944, Yeiki Kobashigawa, 100th Infantry Battalion, led an incredible attack on the Germans in Italy. Fifty-six years later, he received the Medal of Honor for this action.