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Research a Veteran Guide. More than 16 million American men and women served in the US Armed Forces during World War II, and another 3.5 million worked as federal civilian employees during the war. These men and women are our parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, or siblings.
- WWII Research Services
Before you submit your online veteran request form, please...
- WWII Research Services
Inside the Museum, visitors embark on a narrative journey, following exhibits that focus on the people – the Soldier, Sailor, Airman, Marine, Guardian, Coastguardsman, and their families – from answering the call to duty, to life after military service.
- Units
- Oral Histories
- Army Post Office
If you happen to know the veteran’s unit or ship, you can search for their unit, ship history, or the war diaries for the unit activities and daily operations. A couple of unit histories are published online with free access for the public, and others might be available at libraries or sold online. Some unit veteran organizations have research reso...
Another tool you can use are oral histories. They can tell you firsthand accounts of what life was like for a veteran who landed in Normandy or who served as a Tuskegee Airmen and so on. Oral histories may not be available for your veteran, but such histories may feature those who served in the same unit or ship or participated in the same operatio...
Let’s say, for example, the only thing you received back from the National Archives was a final payment. The sheet may have important clues. For instance, if the veteran served overseas, the sheet would have a list of APO (Army Post Office) numbers. These numbers are gold! APO numbers can tell you exactly where the veteran was located, and, along w...
Ghost Army: The Combat Con Artists of World War II, a special exhibition created by the National World War II Museum, explores the story of a top-secret unit — the U.S. Army’s 23rd Headquarters Special Troops — known as the “Ghost Army.”
Aug 26, 2021 · Major events in World War II are represented by sub-sections on the Battle of the Bulge, and on some of those who died in the Normandy invasion. And the section has links to the National World War II Museum in New Orleans and the National Park Service’s Pearl Harbor site.
Watch videos about the D-Day invasion of Normandy and listen to oral histories and firsthand accounts from WWII veterans.
The National Veterans Memorial and Museum takes visitors on a narrative journey telling individual stories and shared experiences of Veterans throughout history. Paying tribute to the sacrifices of servicemen and women and their families.
