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Press ReleaseNEW ORLEANS (August 12, 2024) — The National WWII Museum John E. Kushner Restoration Pavilion has reopened to the public, offering up-clo...
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75th Anniversary of the Battle of Iwo Jima
The Power of Memory and Changing Views of History
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Contributor
Jacob Flaws, PhD
Jacob Flaws, PhD, is an assistant professor of history at Kean University and a Nonresident Fellow at the National World War II Museum.
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Dauntless: A Conversation with WWII Veteran Paul Hilliard
Visitors at the National WWII Museum had the special opportunity to hear from WWII veteran and Museum Trustee Paul Hilliard as he discussed his life story documented in the new biography, Dauntless.
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Secret Agents, Secret Armies: The Short Happy Life of the OSS
In 1942, the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) became the first independent US intelligence agency. It only lasted for three years and three months but it became the basis for the modern Central Intelligence Agency.
Past Events
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Wartime Piano Happy Hour
03/08/2024 | 4:00 PM - 5:00 PMHead to The Higgins Hotel for a live instrumental showcase of wartime piano music.
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Our War Too: Women's History Symposium
02/29/2024 - 03/01/2024The National WWII Museum’s Jenny Craig Institute for the Study of War and Democracy is proud to present its next scholarly symposium in honor of Women’s History Month.
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Dinner with a Curator: “Red Tails Reconsidered: The Tuskegee Airmen at War”
02/27/2024 | 6:30 PM - 8:30 PMThe famous story of the Tuskegee Airmen is often clouded by myth and misunderstanding.