Private Joseph Pantillion Martinez's Medal of Honor
The first Medal of Honor awarded to a Hispanic American in World War II was also the first awarded for actions on the North American continent since 1898.
The first Medal of Honor awarded to a Hispanic American in World War II was also the first awarded for actions on the North American continent since 1898.
Absentee ballots gave American citizens in uniform a voice in their nation’s government during World War II.
There is insufficient attention paid to the long history of the Roma within European culture.
Mexican American US Army medic Corporal Anthony Acevedo suffered unimaginable horrors as a POW of the Germans. He survived Stalag IXB and then the Berga slave labor camp as well as the trauma and stigma of having been a prisoner of war.
Benjamin Carson talks about volunteering for the 2nd Marine Raider Battalion and the brutally realistic training they received in San Diego to prepare for combat in the Pacific.
Presented by Priddy Family Foundation
Historian John Monsky joins The National WWII Museum and the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra to bring you a musically driven multimedia experience capturing the dramatic final months of World War II in Europe.
Pay tribute to the 2,510 Americans who gave their lives during the D-Day invasion of Normandy through a moving visual display of luminaria.
Head to BB's Stage Door Canteen for a FREE live instrumental showcase of wartime piano music.