Medal of Honor recipient 1st Lt. Vernon Baker discusses the details of the valorous action that earned him this recognition.

In this clip, Roland Chaisson talks about his experiences during the Sicilian Campaign and encounters he had with local civilians and their German occupiers.

World War II shaped the kind of person, musician, and composer Dave Brubeck became.

Opal Grapes was one of more than 59,000 nurses in the Army Nurse Corps. Her recollections highlight the highs and lows of nursing wounded men.

For Jack Vessey, the march through Rome following that city’s liberation was one of the greatest days of the war.

Colonel Jimmie Kanaya, 442nd Regimental Combat Team medic, became a prisoner of war in Germany after his family had been put behind barbed wire at home in the States. He went on to be a decorated three-war veteran and friend of The National WWII Museum who passed away November 7, 2019.

A look back at some of our best past programs covering the Liberation of concentration camps.

In this clip, George Wichterich describes his experiences on Hill 314 during the Battle of Mortain in August 1944.

As the world celebrated victory over Nazi Germany and the boys eventually did come home, the war they fought thousands of miles from American shores came home with them. It came home with them in their wounds, in their memories, in their daily life…in their nightmares.

Joe Boitnott served on a machine gun crew in the Army’s 34th Infantry Division in North Africa and Italy.

General Dwight D. Eisenhower and General Douglas MacArthur were men with very different personalities and yet both used the same brand of pen for the surrender documents in 1945. Each pen represents their owners’ personalities.

An interview with Band of Brothers actor James Madio on filming Episode 9, "Why We Fight."