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'Home Alive By ‘45’: Operation Magic Carpet
Though lasting only 360 days, Operation Magic Carpet was the largest combined air and sealift ever organized.
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Soldier in a Tinderbox: Ferris LeBlanc, World War II, and the Up Stairs Lounge Fire
Private First Class Ferris LeBlanc served his country honorably during World War II. But the credit due to him was denied thanks to the tragic circumstances of his death in the Up Stairs Lounge fire in 1973.
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"Even the Dead Won't Be Safe": Walter Benjamin's Final Journey
In late September 1940, the German-Jewish intellectual, Walter Benjamin, embarked on a dangerous and ultimately ill-fated journey across the Pyrenees to escape the Nazis.
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Military Intelligence Service (MIS): Using Their Words
International Translation Day is an opportunity to pay tribute to the work of language professionals and their role in bringing about peace. Roughly 6,000 Japanese Americans served as translators and interpreters with the Military Intelligence Service (MIS) in the Pacific, using the language of their parents and grandparents to shorten the war and save lives.
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Sergeant Jose Mendoza Lopez's Medal of Honor
Mexican-born Jose Lopez earned America’s highest military honor for his heroic one- man stand during the Battle of the Bulge.
Past Events
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Victory Belles Matinee Luncheon
09/28/2023 | 11:45 AM - 2:00 PMEnjoy a buffet lunch as the delightful Victory Belles trio perform the popular and patriotic music of the 1940s in rich, three-part harmony.
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Experience the Victory (September 25 – 28, 2023)
09/25/2023 - 09/28/2023 | 12:00 AMTravel to The National WWII Museum in New Orleans to explore, remember, and reflect on World War II through exclusive access to the Museum’s campus.
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Masters of the Air (September 20 to 27, 2023)
09/20/2023 - 09/27/2023 | 12:00 AMMasters of the Air is a story of life in wartime England, in bombed-out London, and in the tiny hamlets these brash young Americans completely transformed. In East Anglia, many airmen fell in love with British girls they met in the local pubs, and over 45,000 American servicemen brought home English brides after the war. The beautiful countryside and stately manor homes give way to the remains of air bases, some of them with their control towers still visible on the skyline.
