The 1945 San Francisco Conference and the Creation of the United Nations
In April 1945, fifty nations gathered in San Francisco, California and created The United Nations.
In April 1945, fifty nations gathered in San Francisco, California and created The United Nations.
"Today’s agenda really centered on the idea of honoring the legacy, contributions, and memory of those who have served in the armed services."
Jacob Flaws, PhD, is an assistant professor of history at Kean University and a Nonresident Fellow at the National World War II Museum.
Pan-American Life Insurance Group has donated $1 million to The National WWII Museum in New Orleans to support the institution’s Virtual Field Trip “Los Veteranos: Latinos in World War II.
The origins of an iconic movie line and the refinement of rules for the treatment of prisoners of war.
Fly tells the story of four African American Tuskegee Airmen and their fight on two fronts to achieve Double Victory during World War II.
Fly tells the story of four African American Tuskegee Airmen and their fight on two fronts to achieve Double Victory during World War II.
America's WWII military was a force of unalloyed good. While saving the world from Nazism, it also managed to unify a famously fractious American people. At least that's the story many Americans have long told themselves.
Divisions offers a decidedly different view.