In July 1946, the fourth and fifth atomic bombs to explode tore into a fleet of 84 ships anchored at Bikini Atoll in the name of science.

When the troop ship he was aboard in the North Atlantic began sinking, Rabbi Alexander Goode and his fellow chaplains sacrificed themselves so that others could live.

The National World War II Museum launches a new Facebook initiative to celebrate World War II love stories.

Haley Guepet, PhD, is the Research Historian at The National WWII Museum’s Jenny Craig Institute for the Study of War and Democracy. 

Read excerpts from some of the winning essays, which contemplate what the duty of art and artists should be during times of war and conflict.