Knitting allows Knit Your Bit donor to honor veterans in her family.

Allied troops race to Berchtesgaden for a chance to drink from the biggest liquor cabinet in Europe.

Entertainer Bob Hope performed his regular radio show in front of a military audience at the US Naval Training Facility in Oceanside, California on May 8, 1945. The next day he played a central role in the Victory broadcast on the Armed Forces Radio Service. These performances both took a more somber tone than usual.

Charles Drew led the Blood for Britain program, and developed the National Blood Bank. 

The experiences of Pilot Teresa James exemplify the dedicated service of WASP women in World War II. 

The horrors of World War I led to research that resulted in two antibiotics that saved thousands of lives in World War II, and many millions since.

From the Collection: The EE-8 Field Telephone

The creation of a G.I. Army in 1941 required planning, hard work, and a little good luck. And it helped America win the war.

As Americans unite to defeat the Coronavirus, here are five great books that cover how Americans on the home front united to achieve victory in World War II.

The Museum’s collection has over 250,000 objects, but only one night to host the greatest fashion show in history.

In 1943, a Mexican artist in New Orleans sculpted a statue of a Woman Reservist (United States Marine Corps) named Molly Marine. Displayed on Canal Street, she can still be found in the city today.

Before he took office and faced the challenges of the Great Depression and World War II, FDR faced the challenge of Polio. This disease was sometimes deadly and always feared in the US during the first half of the twentieth century. Part of FDR's legacy is the Polio vaccine, released in 1955.