Seventy-five years after the Germans began their attack on Stalingrad, a look at the Volga from atop Mamayev Kurgan.

The past, present, and future of The National WWII Museum's collection of oral histories. 

Made of precisely machined cast brass, PT-305's Mark 31 torpedo director was built by Bristol and Martin Inc. of New York City, prewar a manufacturer of vending machines and fruit juicers.

“It was too much death to contemplate, too much savagery and suffering; and in August 1945 no one was counting. For those who had seen the face of battle and been in the camps and under the bombs—and had lived—there was a sense of immense relief.”

Alone, the bell is a small gift. But in the context of a global, world-changing moment, it becomes invaluable.