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Congressional Medal of Honor Museum is Moving Experience
Located on the hangar deck of the U.S.S. Yorktown, the impressive museum highlights the very best of America’s military bravey and self-sacifice
U.S.S. Laffey is Testament to a Nation’s Naval Fortitude
Docked at the Patriots Point Naval & Maritime Museum in Charleston Harbor, the U.S.S. Laffey is a monument of strength against adversity
Scenes from the U.S.S. Laffey in Mt. Pleasant, S.C.
She survivied a massive attack from a wave of kamikazes during World War II
Paris Police Captain Honors D-Day Veterans with Website
Laurent Lefebvre of Paris has a deep appreciation of the historical significance of World War II and for those who died on the Normandy coast
Interview: Floyd Kirby of Clarksville was a B-17 Bombardier
When he was barely 22 years old, Floyd Kirby logged 35 bombing missions as a B-17 bombardier across the European Theater of World War II
Interview: Les Dillard of South Boston, Witness to Japan’s Surrender
Young U.S. Navy Lt. Les Dillard was a gunnery officer aboard the famed U.S.S. Missouri when officials from Japan formerly surrendered in Tokyo Bay, officially ending World War II
Interview: D-Day Veteran John "Buddy" Thaxton of South Boston
South Boston native John "Buddy" Thaxton participated in one of the most pivotal - and dangerous - events of the 20th Century
Giles Sneed: Fought Across the Pacific to Japan
Giles Sneed was one of millions of freedom-loving "country boys" who helped bring about the defeat of two evil dictatorships during World War II


