Im senior director of research and history here at the National World War Ii Museum in new orleans. Were standing in the road to berlin, permanent gallery exhibits which opened in december 2014 after several years of development. Our mission here at the National World War Ii Museum is to tell the American Experience in world war ii, why it was fought, how it was won and what it means today. The building were in tells the war part of the story, how it was won. So here we are in the first gallery of the road to berlin and behind me, youll see the large portraits of the political leaders of the axis and allied powers, the lineup, if you will, of the two sides that are going to engage in this great struggle. When our visitors arrive in this gallery, we believe that they will know that pearl harbor has already occurred due to exhibits on the other side of the streets in our museum. So with the country already at war, we have a video that introduces them to the five major Strategic Elements
In world war ii. Whoral mason was a veteran served in the european theater in George Pattons third army and went on to have a long career in the military. Several retiring, held highranking positions in the pentagon, including assistant deputy chief of all operations and special assistant to the deputy chief of logistics. So it is a very special night any time we have a mason lecture at the museum. Thanks to the generosity of general mason and his family, we are proud to host tonights by one, a Public Lecture of the worlds most distinguished holocaust scholars. Museum,to think, at the we tell the story of the entire experience of world war ii and feel that too often the holocaust and world war ii are studied as separate, almost isolated topics. We believe it is our role to help our audiences understand the broader context surrounding the holocaust and the legacies it continues to impact on her world. We have one more exhibition to come. Believe it or not, there is room for one more bui
Part program, we travel to new orleans to visit the National World war ii museums road to berlin exhibit. This Program Continues the story of the American Experience in the european theater beginning with the june 6th, 1944, d day invasion. Within the first hour, the shoreline is littered with men and Wounded Soldiers and the debris of were actually in the normandie landings gallery, d day at normandie. A very special gallery for us here because our museum was originally founded back in the 1990s as the National D Day museum by a congressional charter. We were charged with telling the story of the entire American Experience in world war ii while it was fought, thou how it was and what it means today. So in this gallery, we get to the big moment where the United States and her allies had to win this particular day, d day, june 6th, 1944. Behind me is our film narrated by tom brokaw which gives our visitors the overarching story of d day at normandie. But next to me over here on the left
Director of research and history here at the National National World War Ii Museum. We are standing in the road to berlin permanent gallery exhibits that opened in december 2014 after several years of development. Our mission here at the World War Ii Museum is to tell the American Experience in world war ii how it was fought, where it was won, and what it means today. The building we are in tells what i call the war part of the story, how it was won. Here we are in the first gallery. Behind me, you will see the large portraits of the political leaders of the axis and allied powers, the lineup, if you will, of the two sides engaged in this great struggle. When our visitors arrive in this gallery, we believe they will know that pearl harbor has already occurred due to exhibits on the other side of the street in our museum. With the country already at war, we have a video that introduces them to the five major Strategic Elements that the United States and our allies must master in order t
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