greatest generation

Marking the 20th anniversary of its premiere, the "Service on Celluloid" podcast examines the landmark WWII film. Listen and subscribe.

The FDR Memorial reflects his radiant calm and leadership through the crashing storm of war. Learn more. 

A Navajo code talker turns his language and culture into battlefield weapons. Learn more. 

Sustained mobility was the game-changer of 20th-century warfare, and it gave Adolf Hitler the confidence to wage the greatest war in human history. Learn more.

WWII leadership lessons from the Museum’s Institute for the Study of War and Democracy. Learn more. 

WWII naval aviator Dusty Kleiss helps secure victory at Midway—and in his life. Learn more. 

A memorial depicts FDR’s special relationship with ordinary Americans in a world verging on war. Read more. 

How a forceful German counterattack in February 1944 could not push back the Allied Anzio landing. Read more. 

Now on SoundCloud and iTunes: A "Service on Celluloid" minisode following up on our "The Best Years of Our Lives" episode, in which WWII veterans Francis Resta and John “J.J.” Witmeyer (pictured) discuss their return to civilian life after the war. Listen and subscribe. 

The personal cost of a great victory is brought home to a young pilot. Read more. 

From the Manhattan Project to Hiroshima and atomic diplomacy. Read the poll results. 

A single teardrop symbolizes FDR’s tumultuous first term.

How the strategic location of the diamond-shaped peninsula proved too much for the Germans. Read more.  

Families with unrecovered loved ones should never give up. Read more.

The unforgettable sight of three Japanese carriers burning on the blue Pacific, described by a pilot who was there.

The spirit of democracy in wartime connects two great presidential memorials. Read more here. 

Marsha Gordon and Nicholas Cull examine screen depictions of the Normandy invasion. Watch it here.