Election Day: Vote. That’s It.
Posted by: Neely Tucker
A 1943 Works Progress Administration urges Americans to remember the sacrifices of veterans and vote.
Posted in: World War II
Category: World War II
A Soundtrack of World War II
Posted by: Mark Hartsell
A Library digitization project reveals parts of World War II as the Marines lived it and heard it.
Posted in: Preservation, Technology, Veterans History Project, World War II
My Job: Andrew Huber — Helping Veterans Tell Their Stories
Posted by: Wendi Maloney
Andrew Huber, a liaison specialist in the Veterans History Project, tells what it's like to help veterans tell their stories.
Posted in: My Job, Veterans History Project, World War II
World War II — The Double V Campaign
Posted by: Neely Tucker
The "double war" of World War II -- segregated units fought fascism abroad and discrimination at home.
Posted in: African American History, World War II
Hiroshima, 75 Years Later: A Survivor’s Account, Now at the Library
Posted by: Neely Tucker
Haruo Shimizu survived the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and gave a harrowing narrative of that day to Bill Floyd, an American soldier stationed in post-war Japan. Floyd's family recently donated his papers, including the manuscript, to the Library.
Posted in: Manuscripts, Today in History, World War II
World War II — Through Patton’s Lens
Posted by: Mark Hartsell
Library collections preserve photos taken by George S. Patton, the brilliant World War II commander on campaigns through North Africa and Europe. His family donated his papers to the Library after his death in 1945.
Posted in: World War II
World War II: Voices of War
Posted by: Mark Hartsell
Diaries, letters and oral histories reveal the hardships and heartbreak of wartime service. They're captured in the Library's Veterans History Project.
Posted in: Veterans History Project, World War II
The Veterans History Project: Remembering V-E Day
Posted by: Neely Tucker
The Library's Veterans History Project marks the 75th anniversary of VE Day -- the end of World War II in Europe -- newest installment of the online exhibit, Experiencing War.
Posted in: Veterans History Project, World War II
Japanese Pilot’s Map of Pearl Harbor Attack Now at Library
Posted by: Neely Tucker
The remarkable story of how the Japanese post-raid assessment of their attack on Pearl Harbor came to be held by the Library of Congress.
Posted in: Geography and Maps Division, History, World War II