The National WWII Museum | New Orleans

This unique artifact tells a one-of-a-kind story from the day that irrevocably changed the world. 

With bad weather and the limitations of meteorological technology at the time, General Dwight D. Eisenhower had to determine when to launch the cross-channel invasion and begin Operation Overlord. Pressure tells the story of the Allied weather forecast leading to the invasion of Normandy.

This month, we invite you to consider the wide range and long-term impacts of World War II upon Asian American and Pacific Islanders from a perspective that encourages students to consider continuity and change over time. 

A product of post Great War naval treaties and launched amid rising global tensions, the USS New Orleans forged a bond with its namesake city in the years before World War II