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. 

Operation Rashness, a major fall offensive intended to seize a port on China’s southeast coast, would open sea lines of communication into China for the first time in several years while providing a base of operations for the invasion of southern Japan.

Alberta Hunter was already a seasoned performer when she and the “Rhythm Rascals” traveled to the “forgotten” China-Burma-India (CBI) theater as the first African American entertainers to visit there, and she later sang for Eisenhower himself. Her service in World War II, however, is but one of many extraordinary stories of this highly regarded woman’s life.

In 1945, members of the American "Deer Team," part of the OSS, worked with Vietnamese guerrilla fighters to throw Japanese troops out of Indochina. As the war ended, the people of Vietnam looked to the United States to support their dreams of independence.

Building a Collection of World War II aircraft 60 years after the war has been a challenging aspect of building the Museum collection.

As international tensions increased around the globe in the spring of 1938, Americans were most disturbed by the brutal Japanese invasion of China.

OSS Operation Black Mail: One Woman’s Covert War Against the Imperial Japanese Army: The story of "black propaganda" warrior Elizabeth “Betty” P. McIntosh. 

A Road to Tokyo gallery takes shape around a striking WWII macro-artifact. 

A Chinese WWII museum vividly depicts national unity in wartime.  

The Shadow Tiger: Billy McDonald—Wingman to Chennault  

Dr. Rana Mitter depicts how China held a critical role in the Pacific theater during the war as a key ally for the United States. The war's end, however, brought a devastating blow to American diplomacy as China ultimately fell to communism, forever changing the global balance of power in the emerging Cold War.