Every day the memory of the Second World War disappears into living history.
The men and women who fought and won in this great conflict are now in their nineties or older; According to the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, 119,550 of the 16.1 million Americans who served in World War II are alive in 2023. Although less than 1 percent of the 16.1 million Americans who served in World War II are still with us today,
the mission of the World War II Memorial is to tell the story of America’s experience in a war that changed the world. non-stop.
