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Showing posts with label war. Show all posts

Before they made the Eames Chair, one of the most iconic lounge chairs in contemporary furniture design created in the 1950s, designers Charles and Ray Eames worked on creating innovative solutions for items used by our troops during World War II.

One of their war effort contributions was this leg splint which was commissioned by the US Navy in 1942. This design used ground-breaking technology to mold and shape lightweight plywood, replacing bulky and uncomfortable metal splints and was modeled after Charles’s own leg.

Visitors will be able to see this artifact on display in our exhibit Road to Tokyo opening this Saturday, December 12. Learn more about what you’ll find in this immersive exhibit on the Pacific Theater here: http://bit.ly/1N68xaz

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An unidentified US serviceman with native children on Guadalcanal in 1942. Gift of Irene Moran, from the collection of The National WWII Museum.

A hand shake and presentation of a plaque to native islanders on the Solomon Islands. 4 April 1944. U.S. Navy Official photograph, Gift of Charles Ives, from the collection of The National WWII Museum

Women in beaded clothing possibly in Accra, Ghana in the 1940s. Gift of Jason Sloan, from the collection of The National WWII Museum.

Guamanian child riding water buffalo on road; child holds a rope lead for the animal as well. Guam, circa 1945. Gift of Delores Libby, from the collection of The National WWII Museum.

In a time before the internet and easier means of travel, going to serve in World War II took many young Americans far away from home exposing them to new cultures completely foreign to them for the first time.

Uncover these unique glimpses into life around the world during the 1940s taken by the American men and women who were there serving in World War II: http://bit.ly/ww2online

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Paving the way for ‪#‎RosaParks‬, African American men and women spoke out against our nation’s discriminatory practices and made prominent steps towards equality during the WWII-era.

Learn about the progress and setbacks they faced during this time across the Home Front and the battlefields in our award-winning special exhibit Fighting for the Right to Fight: African American Experiences in WWII on view through May 30, 2016.

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Just 2 years ago this month, we launched our Digital Collections that houses over 500 hours of oral histories and over 10,000 photographs from WWII for free browsing among the public. Uncover more stories from the war-era. Browse our online collection: http://bit.ly/ww2online

See how we’ve grown in the past 15 years as a Museum: http://bit.ly/1Jrjqoo

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Since the opening of our immersive exhibit Road to Berlin: European Theater Galleries last December, we’ve been full steam ahead in bringing the Pacific Theater to life in our upcoming exhibit Road to Tokyo. Take a peek at this unfinished glimpse in the Pacific Theater Galleries, opening in two weeks on December 12!

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Jack Tucker enlisted in the Navy in 1942 at age 17, stationed on SC-505 (a “submarine chaser”) and later various submarines. His diary, including notes on his wartime experiences as well as sketches in his hand, features a unique cover made from aluminum salvaged from a downed Japanese plane.

In less than three weeks, this journal will be on display in our upcoming exhibit Road to Tokyo, which tells the stories of the Pacific Theater beginning December 12.

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German Pz.III Ausf. L Medium Tank

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Merchant mariners played a critical role in World War II by carrying supplies, weapons, and troops from the United States to support American forces abroad. This December the Museum will open a long awaited exhibit honoring their often forgotten contribution to the war effort.

Learn more about the Merchant Marine efforts in the LTJG Ralph E. Crump Merchant Marine Gallery opening this December 12.

Image: Gift In Memory “Ham” Hamilton, from the collection of The National WWII Museum.

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American Browning M2HB anti-aircraft machine gun

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Many Nazi war criminals escaped the justice they deserved. Hear from our times’ chief Nazi hunter Dr. Efraim Zuroff tonight about how he identifies, locates, and prosecutes these individuals 70 years later.

Watch his presentation “Operation Last Chance: One Man’s Quest to bring Nazi Criminals to Justice” during The George P. Shultz Forum on World Affairs at the International Conference on World War II for free here tonight at 8:15 p.m. CST: http://bit.ly/1KDEG7p

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Who were the major players in the decision to use the atomic bombs against Japan? When did the Cold War truly begin—at Yalta or Potsdam? Where were countless Italian masterpieces hidden, by the Germans and the Italians themselves, at the end of the war? How did military leaders/American troops navigate ethical questions surrounding the strategic bombing campaigns over Germany and Japan?

Hear about the decisions made to end the war, the Monuments Men, the forgotten theaters of war, and more during today’s closing lectures of the International Conference on World War II.

Watch today’s panels and discussions for free on #livestream, and join the conversation using #ww2conf: http://bit.ly/1KDEG7p

Today’s Panels:

8:00 a.m. – 9:10 a.m. CST - “Finishing the War”

Introduction - Dr. Gunter Bischof
“The Myths of Yalta” - Dr. Mark Stoler
“Potsdam” - Dr. Michael Neiberg

9:35 a.m. – 10:50 a.m. CST - “The Battle of Berlin: An Epic Conclusion to an Epic War”

Introduction - Dr. Keith Huxen
“The Collapse of the 1,000 Year Reich” - Antony Beevor
“The Battle from the Berliners’ Perspective” - Dr. Alexandra Richie

11:15 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. CST - “Secret Negotiations and the Monuments Men in Italy”

Introduction - Dr. Nick Mueller
“Saving Italy: The Race to Rescue a Nation’s Treasures from the Nazis” - Robert Edsel

12:55 p.m. – 2:15 p.m. CST - “Forgotten Theaters at the End of the War: A Panel Discussion”

Introduction - Dr. Mark Stoler
“The War North of Rome” - Dr. Douglas Porch
“Slim and Burma” - Dr. Allan Millett
“Chiang and China” - Dr. Jay Taylor
“Manchuria” - Dr. Reina Pennington

2:40 p.m. – 3:55 p.m. CST - “Why We Fight”

Introduction - Dr. Donald Miller
“The Liberator: Lt. Col. Felix Sparks – Saving Lives and Souls” - Alex Kershaw
“Bringing Hell on Earth to Life: The Holocaust on the Screen” - John Orloff

4:25 p.m. – 5:45 p.m. CST - “They have been Repaid many Fold: A Debate on the Use of the Atomic Bombs”

Introduction - Dr. Conrad Crane
“The Race For and Decision to use the Atomic Bombs” – Dr. Robert Norris and Richard Frank

8:15 p.m. – 9:10 p.m. CST- The George P. Shultz Forum on World Affairs

“Operation Last Chance: One Man’s Quest to bring Nazi Criminals to Justice” - Dr. Efraim Zuroff

Watch today’s panels here: http://bit.ly/1Smloc9

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Nuremberg Trials. Looking down on defendants dock, circa 1945-1946.

Series: Photographs relating to Major Nuremberg Trials, 1945 - 1946. Record Group 238: National Archives Collection of World War II War Crimes Records, 1933 - 1949

Allied governments began the Nuremberg War Crimes Trials seventy years ago on November 20, 1945, prosecuting 23 of the top military and political leaders from the Nazi regime for war crimes during World War II, including Hermann Göring, Rudolf Hess, Alfred Jodl, Albert Speer, and Joachim von Ribbentrop.

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Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, 1945

Watchers lean from windows in 1945 as a mammoth pumpkin passes by in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.

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What factors influenced plans to invade the enemy homeland of Germany and Japan?

Go from the Battle of the Bulge to the islands of the Pacific today learning about the events of 1945 that concluded World War II. Watch today’s panels and discussions from the International Conference on World War II for free on ‪#‎livestream‬, and join the conversation using ‪#‎ww2conf‬: http://bit.ly/1KDEG7p

Today’s Panels:

8:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. CST - “The Battle of the Bulge: Hitler’s Last Gamble”

Introduction - Dr. Keith Huxen
Oral History Showcase “Halting Hitler’s Hopes”
“Ardennes 1944: The Battle of the Bulge” - Antony Beevor
“A Review of Antony Beevor’s The Ardennes” - Dr. Harold Winton and Dr. Jens Westemeier

10:45 a.m. – 12:45 p.m. CST - “Hell in the Pacific: Manila, Iwo Jima and Okinawa”

Introduction - Dr. Keith Huxen
Oral History Showcase “Liberating Manila”
“Manila: From Pearl of the Orient to “The Warsaw of Asia” - Dr. Richard Meixsel
Oral History Showcase “The Emperor’s Front Door”
“Do Not Plan on My Return: Fighting to the Last Man on Iwo Jima” – Dr. Haruo Tohmatsu
“The Hellish Harbinger: Kamikaze attacks at Okinawa” - Jonathan Parshall

1:45 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. CST - “The Air War in 1945: Effectiveness and Ethics in the Skies over Germany”

Introduction - Dr. Nick Mueller
Oral History Showcase “Unleashing Hell from Above
“Finishing off the Reich” - Dr. Donald Miller
“The ‘Cigar’ who Brought the ‘Firewind’” - Dr. Conrad Crane

3:45 p.m. – 5:15 p.m. CST - “Invading the Enemy Homeland: A Comparison and Contrast”

Introduction - Dr. Keith Huxen
Oral History Showcase “Fighting on Their Soil”
“The Leap across the Rhine: Plans and Operations into Germany” – Rick Atkinson
“Codename: DOWNFALL: The Plans to Invade Japan” - Richard Frank

Watch today’s panels here: http://bit.ly/1Smloc9

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Personal accounts are some the most valuable pieces of history we can learn from. Today two people who witnessed the Holocaust took stage at the International Conference on World War II’s Holocaust Symposium and presented their poignant accounts of this history.

T. Moffatt Burriss (top) served with the 3rd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment of the 82nd Airborne Division when he was a part of the liberation of Wobbelin Concentration Camp in Germany in May 1945. Watch the accounts he presented today.

David Wisnia (bottom) turned 13 on August 31, 1939. One day later, his country Poland was invaded and his life changed forever. He spent two and half years in Auschwitz. He survived a prisoner death march to Dachau and managed to escape from his German captors, finding the famed 101st Airborne Division, where he served as a translator. Watch his interview “One Voice, Two Lives: From Auschwitz Prisoner to 101st Airborne Trooper."

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“Panther” №215 medium tank in France

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Why did both Germany and Japan insist upon fighting To the Bitter End in 1945, despite their wars being lost? Gerhard Weinberg will set the stage for the 2015 International Conference on World War II with his opening keynote address tonight! Watch for free on #livestream beginning at 6 p.m. CST tonight: http://bit.ly/1KDEG7p

Image: 607. Photograph “File Number: 316968 Released: June 6, 1945 Death to Okinawa!—A tremendous blanket of smoke billows out from the guns of a U. S. Navy warship as it pounds Jap positions on Okinawa.” April 1945. U.S. Navy Official photograph, Gift of Charles Ives, from the collection of The National World War II Museum: http://bit.ly/1ORjFxy

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Captured Japanese soldiers on Tarawa Atoll

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Buddha statue in Burma and the Japanese soldiers

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Sikh soldier - Radio Operator

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