We are honored to have actors James Madio, Rick Gomez, Ross McCall, and Frank John Hughes from HBO’s iconic miniseries Band of Brothers join us on this exclusive travel program marking 80 years from Easy Company’s combat in Normandy, the Netherlands, and the Ardennes.

The National WWII Museum’s newest tour brings you to Japan, where World War II ultimately ended. Beginning in Tokyo, guests will investigate the Japanese perspective on the end of the war at the Yushukan War Memorial Museum and also explore the Japanese civilian experience at the National Showa Memorial Museum.

With its position in the South Pacific, Guadalcanal was an ideal location for a Japanese airfield that could threaten vital US sea lanes to Australia.

This fascinating journey starts in Bataan, where tour participants will walk the first kilometer of the Death March, take a boat to Corregidor, 27 miles out in Manila Bay, to see the blasted skeletal remains of the mile-long barracks, theater, hospital, and officers’ quarters, as well as explore the labyrinth of tunnels carved deep in the rock that once sheltered embattled American forces, and discover the details of the Battle of Manila, where it all happened.

The Museum is honored to offer a travel program that provides the unique opportunity to explore Pacific island battlefields and landing beaches in the company of expert historians. The Pacific Campaign journeys to the islands of Saipan, Guam, Iwo Jima, and Tinian, where the Enola Gay departed to drop the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima, August 6, 1945. With exclusive access to the most intriguing battle sites, rich historical context from our expert guides, seldomly seen archival materials from the Museum’s digital collections, and hand-selected oral histories found nowhere else, this tour promises to be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.