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Interview with James M. Scott, Author of Rampage: MacArthur, Yamashita, and the Battle of Manila
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Museum Acquires Item Related to the First African American Unit in Normandy
Museum adds rare barrage balloon equipment to Collection.
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Audie Murphy Single-handedly Stopped a German Attack
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Kampfgruppe Peiper at Stoumont: Drawing the Noose
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Mail Call: Wendell Wiley Wolfenbarger, January 4-18, 1945
In 1944 and 1945, postal worker turned soldier Wendell Wiley Wolfenbarger wrote his wife Ruby and children frequent letters. Sometimes they were postcards, sometimes V-mails, and others were written "sitting on a box by a wood fire, outside of course, writing on my knee."
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The Malmedy Massacre
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Mail Call: Wendell Wiley Wolfenbarger, January 1, 1945
In 1944 and 1945, postal worker turned soldier, Wendell Wiley Wolfenbarger, wrote his wife Ruby and children frequent letters. Sometimes they were postcards, sometimes V-mails, and others were written "sitting on a box by a wood fire, outside of course, writing on my knee."
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Victory Salad and Snowflake Potatoes: Wartime Christmas Menus
The Museum’s collection contains hundreds of menus from holiday meals shared while in service. The fact that so many of these were saved and mailed or brought home tells us just how important these meals were.
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The Battle of the Bulge Gallery at The National WWII Museum
Follow the largest battle in the history of the US Army as experienced on the Road to Berlin permanent exhibit gallery.
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The Fall of the Golden Lions
For the 106th Infantry Division, the Opening of the Bulge was a Death Blow.