Volunteer Stories
VeteransJAMES NERISONVETERAN OF PT-305, SQUADRON 22Jim Nerison joined the US Navy on November 2, 1942, at the age of 17. After boot camp ...
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Harry Stewart Jr., Decorated Tuskegee Fighter Pilot, Dies at 100
The Tuskegee Airmen National Historical Museum confirmed retired Lieutenant Colonel Harry Stewart Jr.'s death, saying he passed away peacefully at his home in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.
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Private Joseph Pantillion Martinez's Medal of Honor
The first Medal of Honor awarded to a Hispanic American in World War II was also the first awarded for actions on the North American continent since 1898.
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SHOP TALK: I See Stars
Although the star was used as the main identification for Allied vehicles in World War II, its design changed over time.
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Forgotten Fights: The Free French at Bir Hacheim, May 1942
The courageous Free French defense of the remote desert fortress of Bir Hacheim in May 1942 helped turn the tide of the war in North Africa.
Past Events
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Student Leadership Academy (June 20 - 26, 2021)
06/20/2021 - 06/26/2021 | 12:00 AMStudent Leadership Academy is the Museum’s premier leadership-training program for high school and undergraduate students, The Academy's experiential learning activities are based on leadership qualities defined by Dwight D. Eisenhower, Commander of the Allied Forces in Europe during World War II and President of the United States.
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Normandy & the Seine River: From the D-Day Beaches to the Liberation of Paris
10/13/2019 - 10/21/2019 | 12:00 AMFeaturing an exclusive lecture series by internationally recognized historians James Holland and John McManus, PhD, this land tour and ri... -
Easy Company Tour: England to the Eagle's Nest (September 28 - October 10, 2019 start)
09/28/2019 - 10/10/2019 | 12:00 AMThe National WWII Museum provides vivid insight into the war that changed the world. But nothing can tell the story of that war more dram...
