Men and women who fought and won this great conflict are now in their 90s or older; according to US Department of Veterans Affairs statistics, 119,550 of the 16.1 million Americans who served in World War II are alive as of 2023.
With less than 1 percent of the 16.1 million Americans who served during World War II still with us today, The National WWII Museum’s mission to tell the story of the American experience in the war that changed the world is more crucial than ever.
Emily Smith was nineteen, living in Napa Valley, when her family’s winery teetered on the edge of ruin. Debts had piled up, threatening to erase generations of…
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She was mopping the lobby floor until the CEO heard her speak Mandarin, Spanish, and French like a native. What happened next shocked the entire company. Most…
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Window seat, noise-canceling headphones, maybe a nap if the turbulence played nice. I barely noticed the guy sliding into the row across from me, until I saw…
I brought my family under one roof to uncover their secrets, but the past had its own plans. The more I watched them, the more I realized—mine…