Military Service and the Draft Post-World War II
World War II shaped conversations on the future of service including universal military training and conscription.
World War II shaped conversations on the future of service including universal military training and conscription.
Arthur and Estelle Ishigo navigated post-WWII life in California as an interracial couple after leaving the Heart Mountain “Relocation Center.”
Jazz in the late 1940s moved away from big band jazz and morphed into a new expressive form that reflected social developments and postwar realities.
Just when you thought that most of the stories of the legendary all-black female military unit from World War II had been told, along comes the recent discovery that 14 of the 855 women from the “Six Triple Eight” have a final resting place at America’s most hallowed grounds, Arlington National Cemetery.
American jurists in occupied Germany developed international law with the concept of crimes against humanity, then grappled with its meaning.
Join The National WWII Museum on June 6 in marking the 81st anniversary of D-Day.
Join us to welcome members of the WWII generation to their museum on its 25th anniversary.
Join us to mark the moment the invasion of Normandy began 81 years ago.