In the bloodiest  battle in Marine Corps history, 27 Marines and sailors were awarded the Medal of Honor for action on Iwo Jima. No other campaign surpassed that number.

Alan Turing helped the British government pioneer the technology to decrypt Nazi Germany’s secret communications during World War II. In 1952, Alan Turing was forced to endure chemical castration by the same government after being prosecuted for homosexual acts.

James Carrington discusses his experiences of being hidden by Filipino guerillas after escaping from Bilibid Prison where he had been a POW of the Japanese for two years.

When the United States entered World War II, it also declared total war on New Orleans most sinful reputation.

Ben Bederson discusses his time at Los Alamos developing components for the plutonium bomb that that was dropped on Nagasaki on August 9, 1945.

Once Hitler declared a place a "stronghold," his men had no choice but to fight to the death.

In early June 1942, Japanese forces attacked the American military facilities at Dutch Harbor, Alaska, kicking off the 13 month Aleutian Islands Campaign.

The Museum’s archives contains many examples of letters written to children and the tones struck in the letters are as varied as the paper they’re written on. How did those in service help children understand what was happening in World War II while still trying to make sense of it themselves?

After becoming a prisoner of war of the Japanese, Ben Skardon survived the Bataan Death March and the sinking of two hell ships during the crossing from the Philippines to Japan.

The origins of an iconic movie line and the refinement of rules for the treatment of prisoners of war.

Robert Rankin discusses the mission during which he became an ace in a day by downing five German aircraft, including one that was moving to attack his group commander, Colonel Hubert “Hub” Zemke.

The men of the African American 761st Tank Battalion entered combat at Morville-les-Vic on November 7, 1944. In an "inferno" of battle, they proved their worth in the first of a series of hard fought battles.