The National WWII Museum is proud to announce the 2022 recipients of the American Spirit Award.

The National WWII Museum celebrated the next milestone in its $325 million expansion with a Grand Opening ceremony for the new US Freedom Pavilion: The Boeing Center. An expansive, patriotic and emotional ceremony was matched only by the grandeur and glory of the new pavilion, which opened to the public today.

The Museum lost a beloved member of our volunteer family on July 18, 2020 with the passing of Mrs. Jeannine Burk. Jeannine earned over 357 volunteer hours at the Museum beginning in July 2018. Although Jeannine was a relatively new addition to our volunteer corps, she was an integral member and seemed to have always been a part of the Museum family.

As 1943 turned to 1944, PT-305 departed New Orleans, and she would not be back for more than six decades. 

Be careful about superlatives when you’re discussing military history, until you’re talking about Operation Barbarossa.