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Latest VA Projection Reveals Rate of WWII’s Fade from Living Memory
2024 agency numbers estimate fewer than 0.5% of Americans who served in the war still living.
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From Oahu to Guadalcanal: Charles Willis Davis’s Medal of Honor
World War II ripped millions of men and women from their homes and hurled them around the globe. Americans like Charles Willis Davis discovered, though, under the most extreme circumstances, that they possessed incredible courage and ability.
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The National WWII Museum Announces First-of-its-Kind Expressions of America Nighttime Experience
During its tribute to servicemembers on Veterans Day, The National WWII Museum announced a groundbreaking future addition to its campus: Expressions of America, a first-of-its-kind nighttime sound and light experience celebrating the power of individual Americans to impact the world around them during a time of monumental conflict.
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History Through the Viewfinder
A Chinese WWII museum vividly depicts national unity in wartime.
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Tom Brokaw to speak as part of new lecture series at The National World War II Museum
UPDATE: As of November 25, this event is sold out. NEW ORLEANS – On Friday, December 5, 2008 at 6:30 pm, The National World War II...
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Lunchbox Lecture: "World War II Military Service as Civil Rights Activism" by Dr. Marcus Cox, Xavier University
02/17/2021 | 11:00 AM - 12:00 PMMilitary service during World War II and racial integration in the armed forces heightened expectations for social progress.
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Red Tail, WASP and Firefly: The Aviators of WWII
10/08/2020 | 12:00 PM - 1:00 PMIn this session, Sherri L. Smith will talk about her research and the very human stories behind the history of WWII aviation.
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"The Women with Silver Wings: The Inspiring True Story of the Women Airforce Service Pilots of World War II"
05/05/2020 | 11:00 AM - 12:00 PMJoin historian Katherine Sharp Landdeck, associate professor of history at Texas Woman's University (the home of the WASP archives), for a conversation about the thrilling true story of the daring female aviators who helped the United States win World War II, and then ultimate Allied victory.
