National Veterans Memorial and Museum

Category: World War II

July 18, 2024

The “Ghost Army:” World War II’s Secret Weapon

July 8, 2024

NVMM Reads: “Victor Dowd and the World War II Ghost Army”

June 6, 2024

80 Years Later: D-Day

June 5, 2024

80th Anniversary of D-Day: Meet John Gleeson

June 4, 2024

NVMM Reads: “How Easy Company Became a Band of Brothers”

April 11, 2024

U.S. Navy Submarines: “The Silent Service”

April 2, 2024

NVMM Reads: “Oscar Goes to the Vet”

March 13, 2024

The Role of K9s in the Military: A Powerful Partnership

March 7, 2024

NVMM Reads: “The Fearless Flights of Hazel Ying Lee”

February 16, 2024

Jon Schueler: World War II B-17 Navigator

February 15, 2024

Celebrating Black History: Sgt. Thomas W. Newton

February 5, 2024

NVMM Reads: “Infinite Hope”

January 30, 2024

The Most Daring Raid of World War II

January 19, 2024

Battle of the Bulge Heroes

January 8, 2024

NVMM Reads: “Wind Flyers”

November 20, 2023

Native American Voices: Colonel Gregory “Pappy” Boyington

September 22, 2023

Service Before Self: Heroism in the U.S. Air Force

August 9, 2023

NVMM Reads: “The Rifle” and “What War Did to Us”

August 4, 2023

U.S. Coast Guard: “Always Ready” since 1790

July 24, 2023

Korean War Hero: Staff Sergeant Hiroshi Miyamura

June 14, 2023

“This We’ll Defend:” 248 Years of the U.S. Army

May 30, 2023

Marine Corps Trailblazer: Major Kurt Chew-Een Lee

March 17, 2023

A Journey of Women in the Marines

March 9, 2023

Women in Uniform: Serving at Sea

February 16, 2023

Pioneering Black Army Units in World War II

February 9, 2023

Presidents who served in the Military

February 3, 2023

Discovering Black History

February 1, 2023

NVMM Reads: “Tuskegee’s Heroes featuring the Aviation Art of Roy LaGrone”

January 9, 2023

NVMM Reads: “Ski Soldier: A World War II Biography”

December 8, 2022

NVMM Reads: “Voices of Pearl Harbor”

December 7, 2022

Pearl Harbor Heroes

November 28, 2022

Native American Voices: First Sergeant Pascal Poolaw

November 10, 2022

“Always Faithful:” Celebrating 247 Years of the U.S. Marine Corps

October 13, 2022

U.S. Navy: On Watch for 247 Years

October 4, 2022

Honor and Fidelity: “The Borinqueneers”

September 15, 2022

NVMM Reads: “Vanished: The Sixty-Year Search for the Missing Men of World War II”

September 15, 2022

Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month

August 12, 2022

Who were the Navajo Code Talkers?

August 11, 2022

NVMM Reads: “Chester Nez and the Unbreakable Code: A Navajo Code Talker’s Story”

July 15, 2022

Museum Visionary: John Glenn

June 9, 2022

Innovator in Aerial Combat: Admiral John Thach, U.S. Navy

June 8, 2022

NVMM Reads: “Never Call Me a Hero”

May 9, 2022

“Go For Broke:” Stories from the 442nd Regimental Combat Team

April 11, 2022

Bonds of Service: Father and Son Medal of Honor Recipients

March 10, 2022

Pioneering Women: Lieutenant Colonel Charity Adams Earley, U.S. Army

February 25, 2022

NVMM Reads: “Keep Your Airspeed Up: The Story of a Tuskegee Airman”

February 9, 2022

African American Heroism in World War II

February 8, 2022

The Red Tails: African American Pioneers

January 19, 2022

Popcorn throughout the World Wars

January 6, 2022

NVMM Reads: “The Correspondents”

December 4, 2021

Remembering Pearl Harbor: 80 Years Later [Rally Point]

November 9, 2021

Coast Guard Veteran Member Spotlight: Martha Cook

November 8, 2021

NVMM Reads: “Shadows in the Jungle: The Alamo Scouts Behind Japanese Lines in World War II”

April 12, 2021

Truman-MacArthur Controversy

March 14, 2021

World War II Pioneer: Lieutenant Colonel Harriet West Waddy, U.S. Army

March 9, 2021

World War II Pioneer: Dorothy Baroch

February 18, 2021

The Tuskegee Airmen at Selfridge Field, Michigan | Images by Gordon Parks

February 17, 2021

Battle of Monte Cassino

February 6, 2021

A Conversation with a Tuskegee Airman [Rally Point]

January 26, 2021

Reflection on the Battle of the Bulge: 76 Years Later

December 16, 2020

Battle of the Bulge: The Greatest American Battle of the War

December 7, 2020

Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day

September 2, 2020

75th Anniversary of V-J Day

August 13, 2020

National Navajo Code Talkers Day

August 6, 2020

Remembering the Battle of Guadalcanal

May 21, 2020

Lessons from Our Greatest Generation

May 10, 2020

75th Anniversary of Victory in Europe Day

April 21, 2020

World War II Veteran Strong

March 26, 2020

75th Anniversary of the Battle of Iwo Jima

D-Day Presenter Panel

June 10, 2019

Remembering D-Day: 75 Years Later

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