This Mother's Day, we're thankful for all the mother figures in our lives. In this image from the Museum's Digital Collections, Private First Class John Kistel's mother builds a wheelchair ramp to their home after Kistel lost his legs serving in the European theater.

On May 11, 1943, American forces landed on Attu, kicking off a nearly three-week battle to retake the strategic island in the Aleutian chain from the Japanese. Learn more in our new special exhibit, On American Shores: The Aleutian Islands Campaign. nationalww2museum.org/visit/exhibits…

Nothing says leadership like a man who breaks his ankle parachuting into Normandy on D-Day and still leads his battalion during the fighting in Sainte-Mère-Église. 🪂

On this day in 1846, the United States declares war on Mexico after both countries raise armies to defend competing claims over Texas. The fighting continues for 649 days and ultimately nets the U.S. 529,000 square miles of new territory stretching from Colorado to California.

On this 'take-me-back-Tuesday,' join #CSPAN as we visit the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library & Museum (FDR Library) for a glimpse at the specially modified 1936 Ford Phaeton car that allowed the disabled FDR to drive himself: c-span.org/classroom/docu…. #FDR #Ford #APUSH

Panzer IV fitted with Winterketten in 1944

Despite their service in World War II, the civilian Women Airforce Service Pilots, or WASP, was the only women’s branch not granted military status—and official recognition would not come until 1977. Read more here: nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/w…

What’s the most iconic photograph of WW2 that isn’t this one? 🪖

Do you recognize this @disney character? Before #WWII began, the U.S. Armed Forces only had about 174,000 active personnel. After the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, millions of American men rushed to recruiting offices to enlist. 🧵⬇️

Exactly

NO…my fellow Democrats are so deranged they would continue to concentrate on him and not the good of the country and our people.

Panzer II Ausf J VK1601 and Pz.Kpfw IV B24, Eastern Front.

Junkers Ju 88 bombers raiding Soviet positions near Stalingrad in the Summer of 1942 extended footage: rumble.com/v6t4adl

"Collections of military uniforms, weapons, insignia from 1917 to the present day and military vehicles—including a Sherman tank—will be on display. This free event is open to the public." riverreporter.com/stories/fdr-li…

The Journalists are brave enough, if they brave enough to lie about the former President why you believe them about our present President?

In my time, the press held its tongue while I held the nation together — not for deception, but for morale. Today, it seems silence is no longer patriotic, but political. Even illness, once a private battle, is now a narrative. FDR (had he seen 2025 #PresidentialTransparency

In 1989, Stephen Ambrose and Nick Mueller met to discuss Ambrose's idea for a museum dedicated to those who fought and died on June 6, 1944. This year The National WWII Museum turns 25 years old. Learn how we plan to celebrate this major milestone here: nationalww2museum.org/events/special…

It's back! Our annual two-day Memorial Day Weekend WWII Encampment starts today on the front lawn of the Library. Come on by and take your own Rosie pic!

On display today and tomorrow is a model M4A4 Sherman tank -- a World War II combat veteran -- assembled by Chrysler at the Detroit Tank Arsenal in December 1942. A part of FDR's "lend-lease" program, crewed by and under the command of Great Britain's armed forces during WWII.

National D-Day Museum Founder Stephen Ambrose was awarded this Emmy as a producer of "Band of Brothers," the miniseries based on his book. The award will soon be on display for a limited time in the Malcolm S. Forbes Rare and Iconic Artifacts Gallery at The National WWII Museum.