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The National WWII Museum is world-class

With this year marking the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings, there will major events taking place in Normandy. For those who can’t make it to France, the contributions of the Greatest Generation can be experienced at the National World War II Museum in New Orleans.

The museum, which opened on June 6, 2000, chronicles the story of the American GI during the Second World War. It features galleries devoted

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