Grant Ichikawa volunteered for US Army service while incarcerated in the Gila River camp. His service as a Japanese translator and interpreter was just the beginning of a long military career.
After World War II 1.2 million Eastern European displaced persons refused to return home, creating a large-scale refugee crisis.
Seventy five years ago, the Allies launched a covert operation targeting Nazi Germany’s mail.
It’s a day for the international community and men and women of good will everywhere to call to mind the six million Jews and all the other victims killed by Adolf Hitler’s Third Reich.
Memory and sorrow: An unforgettable tribute to the suffering of Mother Russia at the Great Patriotic War Museum.
Speaker: Laura S. Jowdy, Director of Archives, Collections & Museum, Congressional Medal of Honor Society
Join The National WWII Museum for this webinar highlighting the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion, a battalion made up of over 800 African American women during World War II.
Join us for a festive Dinner with a Curator with Senior Curator and Director for Curatorial Affairs Kim Guise as we explore the challenges of wartime mail distribution and the important role Christmas packages and other special deliveries played in lifting the spirits of homesick Americans serving far away from home.