World War II Museum


	This was a very educational and moving experience. The sacrifices made by our young men are difficult to comprehend. The brutality against our troops, particularly by the Japanese, and the brutality against the Jews by the Nazis was horrendous.


	The glass case beside this ambulance contains a notebook kept by an Army Doctor who recorded notes of all his patients. It is open to the pages describing his treatment to a young man named Bob Dole, who later ran for President of the United States.


	This C-47 hanging from the ceiling girders still flies.





	This German 88, also called an Ack Ack gun, was one of the most feared German armaments.



					This LCVP (Landing Craft Vehicle Personnel) was designed by Andrew Higgins and built in New Orleans. Made of plywood, not steel, he was credited by General Eisenhower as “. . . the man who won the war for us . . .”.


	These are some of the US propaganda posters used to inspire folks on the home front to contribute to the war effort.








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