In 2016, Soskin received The National WWII Museum's Silver Service Medallion, which recognizes veterans and those with a direct connection to World War II who have served our country with distinction and continue to lead by example. 

Although the attack on the USS Panay did not ignite a war between the United States and Japan, it marked a turning point in their relationship. 

Though the Aleutian Tigers have largely faded from public memory of World War II, their legacy lives on in both Alaskan historical sites and in the preserved or restored P-40s of the 343rd that still bear their iconic yellow tigers.

Even though he grew up surrounded by WWII veterans in his small Arkansas town, Rod Fortner knew very little about where his dad served and what he had experienced as a young Marine. 

 Nuremberg and the real Nuremberg Trials illustrate how the Allies sought to end World War II with justice, using law rather than vengeance to rebuild the postwar world.