Actor Tom Hanks noted that when it opened in 2000, what is now the National World War II Museum in New Orleans was little more than “two brick warehouses, a Higgins boat and a tank.” This weekend, the ...

Anniversaries have a way of making us reflect on the lessons of the past. On June 6, the world commemorated the 80th anniversary of the largest amphibious invasion in history. On that day in 1944 — ...

Artifacts of American soldiers wounded and captured by the Germans during World War II, are part of the exhibits in the new pavilion which will be opening at the National World War II Museum, in New ...

Eighteen World War II veterans are part of a new exhibit called "Voices From The Front" that opened to the public in March. It allows people to ask questions and get real responses from the veterans — ...

The National World War II Museum officially broke ground on the Floyd Education and Collections Pavilion. The museum claims this new expansion will help produce more exhibits while preserving ...

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The late historian Stephen Ambrose wrote biographies of Presidents Dwight Eisenhower and Richard Nixon, as well as many books about World War II. For histories of the war in Europe, Ambrose ...

The Marine Corps Mechanized Museum will showcase its collection of vehicles and artillery used by the Marine Corps back to ...

Eighty years after the lights were plugged into a humming Army generator, the spirit of the “greatest celebration in American ...