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BELOW Tuskegee Airman Roscoe Brown (right) oversees maintenance on his P-51D Mustang. 2016 ANNUAL REPORT

BELOW Tuskegee Airman Roscoe Brown BELOW Sed nec laoreet mi, vitae volutpat (right) oversees maintenance on his P-51D massa. Ut scelerisque ipsum turpis, in Mustang. molestie ligula dictum eget. 2 THE NATIONAL WWII MUSEUM

2016–17 Board of Trustees

FOUNDER TRUSTEES TRUSTEE EMERITUS

Stephen E. Ambrose Herschel L. Abbott Jr. Louis Freeman (1936–2002) Dwight W. Anderson Michael L. Ashner HONORARY BOARD MEMBERS / Norman R. Augustine MEDAL OF HONOR RECIPIENTS OFFICERS Hon. J. Kenneth Blackwell Donald T. “Boysie” Bollinger Colonel Jack Jacobs, USA (Ret.) James A. Courter Harold J. Bouillion Major General James Livingston, USMC (Ret.) Chairman Raymond J. Brandt Colonel Leo Thorsness, USAF (Ret.) Michael S. Bylen C. Paul Hilliard Daryl G. Byrd Vice Chairman James S. Chanos James H. Clement III Charles W. “Chip” Goodyear Thomas B. Coleman Vice Chair Ralph E. Crump Jed V. Davis Todd Ricketts Richard L. Duchossois Vice Chair Peter N. Foss John D. Georges Richard C. Adkerson William A. Goldring Immediate Past Chairman John M. Hairston Terence E. Hall David Barksdale Robert Tucker Hayes Secretary David P. Hess John E. Koerner III Suzanne T. Mestayer Alan M. Leventhal Treasurer Deborah G. Lindsay James E. Maurin Gordon H. “Nick” Mueller, PhD Markham R. McKnight President & CEO Robert W. Merrick Dennis A. Muilenburg Michael E. O’Neill Robert J. Patrick Sonia A. Perez Wyatt G. Rockefeller Edwin R. “Rod” Rodriguez Jr. Tracy L. Rosser Mark M. Rubin Joe F. Sanderson Jr. Philip G. Satre Robert A. “Bobby” Savoie, PhD Peggy Higgins Sewell J. Scott Spradley Carroll W. Suggs Henry Swieca Thomas H. Turner Ted M. Weggeland Bruce N. Whitman Governor Pete Wilson Fred S. Zeidman 2016 ANNUAL REPORT 3

BELOW The P-51D Mustang “Charlotte’s Chariot,” piloted by Museum friend and Charter Member Dan Fordice, flies over WWII AirPower Expo. The Expo returned for its second successful year in FY2016. 4 THE NATIONAL WWII MUSEUM

Letter from the Chairman of the Board

Fiscal Year 2016 saw achievement in many areas by staff members, volunteers, and generous supporters. Not least among these milestones were two sterling thresholds passed during March 2016: A total of 81,703 visitors explored the Museum’s galleries, smashing the previous monthly record of 73,449. In the same month, the Museum welcomed its 5 millionth visitor. We’re honored that about 1 million of those lifetime visitors have been school-age children; of those, more than 750,000 have visited through field trips and other school programs.

Also shattering previous standards is the effort to enlist Museum Members in advancing our mission: membership rolls increased to 147,000, another high mark for the institution and the largest such support base among museums across the nation.

As anyone who’s recently visited the Museum’s campus can attest, further signs of growth are everywhere. December 2015 saw the grand opening of Richard C. Adkerson & Freeport-McMoRan Foundation Road to Tokyo: Pacific Theater Galleries, joining The Duchossois FamilyRoad to Berlin: European Theater Galleries to complete the Campaigns of Courage: European and Pacific Theaters pavilion. In the same month, the Museum celebrated the opening of the Ralph E. Crump LTJG, USNR, US Merchant Marine Gallery. Road to Tokyo, of course, is

JAMES A. COURTER named for my predecessor as chair, Richard Adkerson. Generosity and leadership have been hallmarks of his three-year tenure as chairman, and I am honored to be taking the reins from my esteemed colleague and friend. Richard, thank you for your leadership as our capital expansion continues strongly onward!

That capital expansion continued to make strides in summer 2016 as ground was broken for Founders Plaza and the Bollinger Canopy of Peace. On Constance Street, finishing touches were put on the new parking garage and offices, while elsewhere on campus our historians and educators pored over plans for the next set of immersive galleries, The Arsenal of Democracy: The Herman and George Brown Salute to the Home Front.

No accounting of the past year would be complete without recognizing a singular honor for Dr. Mueller. In May, the Museum’s president and CEO received the French Legion of Honor alongside longtime Museum champions Tom Brokaw and Tom Hanks at the Grand Chancellery in Paris. It is the highest distinction awarded by the French government, and Dr. Mueller, Mr. Brokaw, and Mr. Hanks earned it for their tireless efforts in teaching the modern world about the towering achievements of the WWII generation.

Congratulations to Nick Mueller, Tom Brokaw and Tom Hanks. Three great Americans. 2016 ANNUAL REPORT 5

BELOW Introducing a campaign fought largely from air and sea, the opening gallery of Road to Tokyo is set fittingly in a crucial US weapon: a US Navy aircraft carrier. 6 THE NATIONAL WWII MUSEUM

BELOW A Japanese vice admiral’s flag, Japanese and American uniforms, and binoculars from the battleship Nagato are on display in the Returning to the Philippines gallery of Road to Tokyo. 2016 ANNUAL REPORT 7

Letter from the President and CEO

Education has always been at the core of the Museum’s mission, and the new Institute for the Study of War and Democracy illustrates how we are enlarging the Museum’s mission to become the most trusted source for WWII history and knowledge.

This research and education center, a key feature of the coming Hall of Democracy pavilion, will marshal the efforts of a premier team of historians to ensure that we are not only the leading WWII museum but also the best at providing authentic experiences and resources for diverse audiences. Scholars and researchers in the Institute will provide oversight for our exhibits, add intellectual horsepower for online education programs, and lead the development of conferences and symposia. In the process, we will be reaching new learners and strengthening our national and international brand far beyond the boundaries of time and place.

This exciting project is founded on careful planning. Six years ago, the Museum Board’s Strategic Planning Task Force brought forward ideas and challenges for management to take our initiatives to new frontiers of learning and access. The agenda was linked to the creation of the Digital Archive and Research Services to manage the Museum’s growing collection of digitized assets—including

GORDON H. “NICK” MUELLER, PHD thousands of oral histories and other personal accounts, photographs, maps, documents, and artifacts. Envisioned as the Museum’s education engine, these assets will soon be tapped as we launch graduate online degree programs in the study of war and society, develop new learning tools for schools, and provide services that help families search the WWII service of loved ones.

In addition to the new Institute, the Hall of Democracy will offer a state-of- the-art WWII Media and Education Center with broadcast studios, interactive presentation centers, production facilities, and digital-instruction experts to enable students, schools, and universities to gain immediate online access to the Museum’s rich archival resources and programs. The pavilion will also house a special gallery that can accommodate large-scale traveling exhibits.

These new initiatives do not replace, but rather build on, the fine educational offerings that have drawn teachers, students, and other history enthusiasts to this Museum since its opening on the anniversary of D-Day in Normandy in 2000.

We are reaping the benefits of careful planning, steady investment, and exciting ideas. As always, thank you for your support! 8 THE NATIONAL WWII MUSEUM

Mission Statement

The National WWII Museum tells the story of the American experience in the war that changed the world—why it was fought, how it was won, and what it means today—so that all generations will understand the price of freedom and be inspired by what they learn. 2016 ANNUAL REPORT 9

BELOW This shark-faced P-40 Warhawk (restoration funded by Museum trustee Paul Hilliard and the Irene W. and C.B. Pennington Foundation) cuts a stunning figure against the towering video backdrop in Road to Tokyo’s China-Burma-India gallery. 10 THE NATIONAL WWII MUSEUM

Educational Foundations

Educational Programs Helped Lay the Groundwork and Plot the Future for EDUCATIONAL HIGHLIGHTS America’s National WWII Museum BEGINNINGS: Work begins on the Museum’s first lesson plans. 1998

From its very beginning, The National WWII “The depth and breadth of the Museum’s CORE CAMPUS RESOURCES: Museum has been committed to education, distance-learning programs have established a First field trips & public lectures and to giving teachers and schools the tools national educational presence,” said associate they need to tell the WWII story in a full and vice president for education and access Owen 2000 meaningful way. Indeed, director of education Glendening. “That was an aspiration from Kenneth Hoffman, hired by Stephen Ambrose the very beginning. The potential for further MOVING BEYOND THE CAMPUS: and Nick Mueller, began work on a set of growth is unlimited.” Red Ball Express for area schools WWII lesson plans two years before the first At the intersection of digital and hands-on visitor arrived in the Museum’s galleries, his learning is the increasingly important area of 2003 workspace adorned with a countdown clock STEM (science, technology, engineering, and that marked the days until the grand opening. math) education. Practical in application and CREATING A DIALOGUE: Once the Museum officially opened its essential for students preparing to compete First Student Essay Contest & doors, and as gallery and staff resources in tomorrow’s economy, STEM topics have a WWII Quiz Bowl became available, the Museum’s educational unique role in the history of World War II—a offerings took a leap forward: Milestones in conflict that engaged the best in American 2003 the Museum’s first five years included the first engineering, ingenuity, and mechanics. By gallery field trips and public lectures, family combining the two, Museum educators have A NEW MISSION: programs, teacher workshops, local school developed engrossing programs, including the Congressional designation as outreach with the Red Ball Express artifact popular WWII Robotics Challenge, STEM field The National WWII Museum van, and student competitions including the trips, and a summer science teacher institute, 2004 Student Essay Contest and WWII Quiz Bowl. that emphasize the kind of integrated learning In August 2005, Hurricane Katrina offered a and critical thinking that serve students best. milestone of a different kind. The Education “The development of radar, penicillin, jet DEEPENING SCHOLARSHIP: Department was reduced from five to one engines, rockets, atomic science, and blood First International Conference on World War II (Hoffman), but the Museum’s commitment plasma all had impacts on the war and to education remained strong. “We rebuilt, all continue to have impacts on us today,” 2005 restructured, and reconnected to teachers Hoffman said. “Combining history and STEM, and students with new technologies,” while somewhat unique in the museum world, said Hoffman. has allowed us to reach students and teachers REACHING NATIONWIDE: Over the next five years, the Museum beyond the social-studies classroom and Operation Footlocker • First Virtual Field Trips • First sponsorship of balanced continued growth of on-site become a year-round teaching resource.” Louisiana History Day programming with technology-based efforts Today, The National WWII Museum reaching far beyond the physical institution. In welcomes more than 50,000 students per year 2006 New Orleans, a grant from the E.J. and Marjory on field trips. Beyond that total, more than B. Ourso Family Foundation made possible 92,000 K–12 students visited the Museum in INTERDISCIPLINARY LEARNING: the completion of the education offices Fiscal Year 2016, as well as more than 61,000 First STEM Field Trips and classroom in Discovery Hall (the first college students. Add to that the reach of expansion of the original Museum building). distance-learning programs, which counted 2010 The Museum played host to National History more than 56,000 total participants in FY2016. Day for youth participants and, for adults, the The Museum’s mission to educate current first International Conference on World War and future generations about World War II NEW STUDENT EXPERIENCES: Normandy Academy • Summer II—focused on in-person interactions between rolls on. With a slate of programming that is Camps • WWII Robotics noted scholars, WWII veterans, and amateur broader than ever—and new programs just Competition historians. Meanwhile, new technologies beginning to take root—the best of FY2016 was served classrooms across the country with impressive indeed . . . and so much more is still 2012 live video conferences, virtual field trips, to come. a Sci-Tech website and other web-based NEW TEACHER EXPERIENCES: Real resources, and webinars. Distance-learning World Science • Gilder Lehrman initiatives—championed by then-Board Summer Teacher Institute chairman Governor Pete Wilson—had brought the Museum into a new era of educational 2015–16 outreach. 2016 ANNUAL REPORT 11

TOP LEFT MIddle-school students hear TOP RIGHT Using LEGO MINDSTORM BELOW Student day at WWII AirPower Expo history firsthand as Museum volunteer Bowdre components and their own ingenuity, Robotics introduces students to WWII aircraft and the McDowell shares stories of the war years. competitors face WWII-themed challenges. pilots who flew them. 12 THE NATIONAL WWII MUSEUM

BELOW One of Road to Tokyo’s most striking galleries takes visitors onto the flight Stephen E. Ambrose Legacy Society deck of the USS Enterprise, where life-size video depicts fighter planes taking off and landing on this very ship in 1942.

The Stephen E. Ambrose Legacy Society recognizes 85 special individuals and couples who have included The National WWII Museum in their will, trust, life insurance policy, retirement assets, or other estate plans. These gifts support our mission to preserve and share the history of the American experience during World War II. The Museum recognizes and thanks these Society members for their generous support. 2016 ANNUAL REPORT 13

BELOW Legacy Society supporter Captain DONOR SPOTLIGHT John H. Ford serving in Europe. MYRTIS “JERI” NIMS

The 86th “Black Hawk” Infantry Division Organization, Inc. THE 801st/492nd BOMB GROUP ASSOCIATION Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Avina IMO and IHO Robert C. Bogash and Charles W. Hendershott Craig and Lynn Bardell Jerilyn Batina Justin M. Bein Robert & Lenore Briskman Waldo C. and Arabelle J. Burnett Gene Burton Edward P. Camp Capt. Carroll Campbell Mr. and Mrs. M. Clinton Cannon Edward C. Casaletto, Jr. Daniel Castner CBI Veterans-California Group Jo Ann Corey Dr. Sol Courtman Mr. and Mrs. Dave Cowan Leslie H. Cox IMO 2nd Lt. Howard L. Cox, Jr. USAAC (1924-1944) Michael Crane Tom Czekanski Wm. Craig Dubishar Myrtis “Jeri” Nims is the widow of the late Delbert R. Duckworth Robert E. Nims, founder of Lucky Coin Trish Eubanks Machine Company. Since his passing in 2000, Roger L. Farney Jeri has continued to honor her husband’s Charles Faught legacy through philanthropy. Robert came Col. Thomas G. Fierke to New Orleans when he served with the Capt. John Ford Mr. Gail “Bud” Freeman Frank and Paulette Stewart Judy Harris Merchant Marines in World War II. After the Stephen Glassey Arthur D. Thomas Lawrence C. Harris war, he moved to the city and stayed until IMO Maj. John R. Glassey Edward E. Thompson Donald A. Hoffman his death. G. Robert Hamrdla USS Phaon Reunion Group Harry H. Howard When Jeri visited the Museum for the Robert Hellmers Michael B. Wanas and Karen Wibrew William D. Huddleston first time she “instantly fell in love.” Due to David Martin Hendrick Russell D. Warner Mr. and Mrs. Harold P. Jaffe the couple’s shared love for the arts, Jeri Stephanie Nigh Hendrick Mrs. Lou Werneberg Loren C. Johnson decided to name the Robert and Jeri E. Nims Edward J. Hill Dr. Tryon Wieland Sophia Kallelis Madlyn and Paul Hilliard Frank G. Wilson IMO her husband Theodore Entertainers Hallway, which welcomes all Grace O’Connor Hogan IMO Charles Wilson, Jr., 282 S. Kallelis visitors to the Solomon Victory Theater and Wilbur Jay Huston Combat Engineer Battalion H.W. Lay BB’s Stage Door Canteen with large photos of Louise James Jack Wm. Windt Cdr. and Mrs. the stars of stage and screen who served in Arthur Jones Col. William G. Yarborough Henry O’Connor, USNR uniform during the war. Mr. Lou Linxwiler Hank Zachry Mrs. Kathleen “Kayo” Parker She has also named the Jeri Nims Soda Richard and Mae Livesey Anonymous (11) Mr. Felicien “Gus” Perrin Shop, a restaurant on the Museum’s campus Kearby Lyde Mr. and Mrs. Kevin P. Reilly, Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Neamon D. Metcalf Richard J. Rinebolt where guests can enjoy house-made Mrs. Violet Michaels Paul Rivas milkshakes and sodas as well as a lunch and IMO Anthony Michaels We remember with special gratitude Gordon Rosen breakfast menu that evokes the nostalgia of Frank Minichello those individuls whose deferred Clifford Rutstein the WWII era. Period decor in the Soda Shop Mrs. Myrtis L. “Jeri” Nims commitments to The National WWII Harold M. Schubert includes a jukebox, WWII-era posters, and Mark P. Norman Museum have been realized. Jack M. Schwartz photographs of Louisiana’s 1948 jitterbug Lawrence Nothdurft Lloyd F. Scott champion—Jeri herself (above). IMO Milton H. (Funny) Nothdurft Anne Anthony Mrs. Kathe A. Shields Estate of Virginia S. O’Connor IMO Robert J. Hanbury Richard P. Smyers Her generosity and enthusiasm for the Mr. and Mrs. Joseph O’Dowd John and Virginia Bettencourt Marianne K. St. Claire Museum’s mission are invaluable, and she Eileen Owsiany Robert W. Dannelly IMO Col. William K. St. Claire is one of our strongest advocates. Jeri has Drs. David J. and Marti E. Peck Carolyn Davis Fernandez James H. Stone acknowledged that her greatest joy comes IMO 1st Lt. Clifford J. Peck USAAF IMO Capt. Julian M. Fernandez Margaret B. Thurlow from using her fortune to “help people.” We 111th TRS - KIA Sicily 1945 Richard Dorney IMO YNCM Clinton S. Thurlow, Jr. are fortunate that she is a member of the Aimee Pergalsky Nathan S. Elder Mark Anthony Toups Museum family. Mary W. Pless Erwin Charles Ellerbeck, Jr. Maria Trainer Lewis A. Post Bertram E. Fetter Edmund M. Urbas William B. Potasnak Henry and Audrey Fontcuberta Georgette “Gigi” Viellion Mr. Robert Prior Jerome Gerwitz G. Paula Walter Frederick E. Ruccius Dr. Morris W. Goldberg Mrs. Liselotte Levy Weil Urban G. Rump Thaddeus Gruszecki IMO Leo Levy and Ferdinand Levy Brian Stanley Aaron M. “Rick” Harris Anonymous 14 THE NATIONAL WWII MUSEUM

Summer Teacher Training

A Stellar Array of Educator Resources Takes World War II from the Collection to the Classroom

The Museum is a summertime beacon of In FY2016, Museum educators were also source material into the first volume in the professional advancement for teachers from hard at work at a new teacher-education series, The War in the Pacific. around the country. In FY2016, historian resource unlike any other. The aptly named Drawing on the 10 galleries in Road to and best-selling author Donald L. Miller, From the Collection to the Classroom is a series Tokyo, The War in the Pacific contains PhD (author of Masters of the Air: America’s of comprehensive WWII curriculum guides historiographical essays, lesson-planning tools, Bomber Boys Who Fought the Air War Against designed to bring students and teachers the materials for hands-on student activities, and a Nazi Germany, The Story of World War II, and best of The National WWII Museum’s galleries: classroom poster. An accompanying interactive D-Days in the Pacific), led a seminar for 25 photography, video, digital artifacts, personal website, free for use by all with registration, teachers produced in partnership with the accounts, and authoritative treatments of major houses relevant multimedia resources linked to Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History. battles, leaders, strategies, and social issues, each lesson plan, and downloadable, printable A weeklong Real World Science: Summer as well as the wealth of scholarly research and contents of the entire set. Three additional Teacher Seminar gathered 28 science educators curation that goes into the Museum’s award- volumes will follow, each based on another to study how STEM innovations proved winning exhibits. Throughout the fiscal year, body of assets from the Museum, on the essential to the Allied victory in World War II, educational experts and historians, including themes of the war in Europe, the Home Front, including examinations of wartime artifacts Richard B. Frank (author of Guadalcanal: The and liberation. from our collection, meetings with veterans, Definitive Account of the Landmark Battle and In turn, each will serve as the basis for and working with a Museum-designed Downfall: The End of the Japanese Imperial a summer institute for teachers, at which curriculum, among many other activities. Empire), collaborated to incorporate this rich educators will have unparalleled access to 2016 ANNUAL REPORT 15

OPPOSITE PAGE The first cohort of the DONOR SPOTLIGHT WWII Summer Teacher Institute explores Road to Tokyo with historian and fellow educator Rich Frank, who was instrumental in developing the THE DAVID I. ORECK Museum’s exhibit on the Pacific war. FOUNDATION THE PATRICK F. TAYLOR FOUNDATION

the Museum’s exhibits and the experts who WWII SUMMER TEACHER INSTITUTE created them. Historian Rich Frank reflects, BY THE NUMBERS “The great privilege and delight in taking the teachers through Road to Tokyo is the Number of 2-year cohorts opportunity to elaborate on how we put the exhibit together. This adds tremendous 4 depth to the experience since teachers not only can look at what was displayed, but Master teachers trained in also learn about the design process; the each cohort deliberations on text, images, and artifacts; and certain flourishes to the finished product 30 that ordinary visitors have no opportunity to understand.” Further, each cohort of teachers Additional teachers trained will reconvene for a second summer session, (30 by each master teacher) one year later, in Normandy or Pearl Harbor— an extraordinary opportunity to explore the 900 historical sites related to the European and

Pacific theaters of war. Average number of From the Collection to the Classroom is classroom hours furnished by primed to set a new standard for what the each curriculum guide Museum can offer teachers—beginning with 10 the curriculum guide itself. Each teacher The hometown-workshop multiplier effect accepted into the program will receive means that 3,600 teachers and more than thorough training in the use of the materials, Total number of teachers 400,000 students will experience the as well as training in how to share the guides reached by year 5 Museum’s four-part From the Collection to the with others—each teacher will act as a master Classroom WWII overview curriculum over the teacher for up to 30 other educators in his 3,600 next five years. or her region—in order to ensure the free Funding for the first Institute cohort and resources are available far and wide. the curriculum kits was generously provided Total number of students by the David I. Oreck Foundation. The Patrick “We’ve seen the teaching of World War II reached by year 5 F. Taylor Foundation will fund the second pared away in school textbooks over many cohort covering the war in Europe. Oreck, a years,” said associate vice president of 400,000 WWII veteran, and Phyllis Taylor on behalf of education and access Owen Glendening, who the Patrick F. Taylor Foundation, were able to

oversees the departments that came together Cost per master teacher, meet and observe the first Summer Teacher to produce the content for the new curriculum fully covered thanks to Institute educators while they were at the guide. “In some cases, it’s down to a just a generous donations Museum. handful of stories: Pearl Harbor, Anne Frank, “It takes visionary funders who appreciate the Holocaust, the atomic bombs, Japanese $8,500 the depth and integrity of this approach to American incarceration. Those all have recognize the value of investing in those students,” said associate vice president of resonance and there is deep public interest in education and access Owen Glendening. “To those stories, but what we felt was missing was actually come and experience the Institute the larger narrative of the American experience was a special statement. I think they found, of the war that changed the world as we are as do we, that the level of engagement committed to telling it. Because we have rich and enthusiasm the teachers show for the multimedia layers in all of our exhibits— subject—and for the power of these tools to original oral histories, narrated video, animated engage their students—makes the project maps—that are fresh, historically correct, and wholly worthwhile.” dramatic, we saw the potential to take all of that history that’s available at the Museum to walk- in visitors and bring it together into classroom- ready material for students anywhere.” 16 THE NATIONAL WWII MUSEUM

DONOR SPOTLIGHT Program Supporters JAMEY AND JUDY CLEMENT

The National WWII Museum thanks the following donors, whose support makes our exhibits, educational programs, outreach initiatives, and commemorative events possible. These generous individuals and organizations help us increase understanding of the war that changed the world among people of all ages across the nation.

Anne and Herschel Abbott* Florida Marine NOLA Brewing Acadian Ambulance Service* Gary Sinise Foundation Northrop Grumman Corp. Adams and Reese, LLP The Giardina Family Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Leon L. Nowalsky Adkerson Family Foundation Eugene and Emily Grant Ochsner Health System* John G. Amato Family Foundation Thomas and Cheryl Olinde* American Legion 656 Harper Family Foundation The David I. Oreck Foundation American Legion Post 656 Harrah’s Oscar J. Tolmas Charitable Trust* Ladies Auxiliary Lois and Lloyd Hawkins, Jr. Otto Candies, LLC* Irv & Bee Apatoff Foundation, Inc. Foundation The E.J. and Marjory B. Ourso Associated Benefit Consultants Robert Tucker Hayes Foundation Family Foundation AT&T* William and Susan Hess* Peoples Health Mr. and Mrs. William Baird Mr. Ryan Higgins The Chris and Janel Pieszko Fund James L. Barksdale* Madlyn and Paul Hilliard* Toska and Barry Quinnies* David and Stephanie Barksdale* Jean W. Horn* Red Oak Foundation Timothy L. Barnes HP Amy Reimer and Jack Sileo Bellingrath Wealth Management IBERIABANK William W. Richardson and Employee Benefits* Infogroup Nonprofit Solutions* William J. and Dina B. Riviere* DALLAS, TX Jamey and Judy Clement were Brandon & Daphne Berger* Jones Walker, LLP* RosaMary Foundation and the Berger Family J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. Roth Law Firm, L.L.C. introduced to the Museum by their friend Bob & Dolores Hope Foundation Ann and John Koerner* Rouses Walter Negley, who invited Jamey to the grand The Boeing Company* Koret Foundation Jennifer and Phil Satre* opening of the Solomon Victory Theater Joy and Boysie Bollinger* John Peter Labouisse III Lori and Dr. Bobby Savoie* complex in 2009. It was the first of many visits Char and Harold Bouillion* Latter & Blum, Inc.* Kathryn and Jeff Scurlock* for the Clements, for whom patriotism runs Bourgeois Bennett LLC* The Lemoine Company* Mr. Robert V. Siebel* deep: In World War II, both Jamey’s and Judy’s BP Economic and Property Deborah G. Lindsay* Peter and Kelly Sloss* fathers served in Europe, as did Jamey’s uncle. Damages Promotional Fund Liskow & Lewis* Solomon Group* Dr. Jim and Mrs. Emily Brown* Lockton Companies Maj. Louis H. Soroe Jamey’s grandfather was active as well, as The Brown Foundation, Inc., Louise H. Moffett The Starr Foundation* president of the Pennsylvania Railroad on the of Houston Family Foundation* Frank and Paulette Stewart* Home Front. Bruce J. Heim Foundation The Lupin Foundation Tawani Foundation But it is Jamey’s two sons—one a 2nd Lt Bruhn-Morris Family Foundation Lupo Family Charitable Fund* Patrick F. Taylor Foundation* in the USMC Reserves after a tour in Iraq Clarence Burnett* Dr. and Mrs. Neil J. Maki* The Advocate* with the 2/7 Marines, the other an aviator C. Jay Moorhead Foundation Ben A. Martinez, Jr.* The TR Family Trust* and a Captain in the Marines—who inspired Thomas J. Callender Mathes Brierre Architects* ThirtyNorth Investments, LLC* The P. and C. Carroll Foundation Jimmy and Lillian Maurin* Tidewater Inc.* their proud father to say, “Any interest I Jeffrey R. Carter* Col. Craig and Kathleen Mays* Transdev Services, Inc. have in World War II and military history was Chevron MBCS Steel Fabrication David W. Tuminello* heightened by their enlisting and willingness Citigroup LTC Neil and Mrs. Bonnie McAskill* Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Ungarino* to serve.” Clark Charitable Foundation, Inc. Noel and Irene McDonald Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.* Jamey’s own father was reluctant to talk Dathel and Thomas Coleman* Gustaf W. McIlhenny Foundation* Union League Club of NYC about his service in France, where he landed Crescent Capital Consulting Mrs. Diana Mercer World War II Magazine following D-Day. Before his father’s death in Dr. and Mrs. James Crouch* Col. and Mrs. Larry L. Merington* Wells Fargo Cudd Foundation* Suzanne and Michael Mestayer Kate Whitman Annis and 1994, Jamey asked him to write about his Dale E. and Janice Davis Johnston Diane Garber Miller* Taylor Whitman experiences. It was Jim Clement’s three-page Family Foundation Ronald and Cynthia Mistrot* Whitney Bank* letter that sparked the Clements to name David H. Dewhurst III Mitchiner-Gittinger Richard and Kathryn Winter* the From Normandy to Berlin exhibit in the Distributors Council, Inc. Family Foundation The Woldenberg Foundation Louisiana Memorial Pavilion. Lee and Cathy Domangue* MKM Foundation The Wyler Family Foundation Later, his father’s letter would play a role Donovan Marine & Dan M. Morgan Mr. Michael Yatsko in what became one of Jamey’s fondest McHugh & Associates Mutual of America Investment Fred and Kay Zeidman* Downtown Development District Corporation* Robert E. Zetzmann memories, during the Museum’s 70th DSF Charitable Foundation National Association of Family Foundation anniversary D-Day cruise. On the last day of Entergy Wholesaler-Distributors Anonymous (3) the land tour, a Museum guide used Jim’s Falcon Seaboard National Film Preservation letter to guide his family in his footprints. The Col. and Mrs. G. Mark Ferketish* Foundation Clements blazed a trail through Normandy, First NBC Bank National History Day Inc. retracing the steps of Jim’s unit from the Fishman Haygood, LLP Walter Negley beaches to Gathemo, the hill on which the Folgers Coffee Company New Orleans Convention and Dan and Ann Claire Fordice* Visitors Bureau guide believed Jim was injured. For Jamey, Mr. and Mrs. Alan I. Franco New Orleans Tourism visiting the very sites where his father served Richard C. Adkerson & Marketing Corporation* was an incredibly special experience to share Freeport-McMoRan Foundation New Orleans Theatre Association with his family. Freeport McMoRan* The New York Community Trust French Market Coffee Margaret M. Hitchcock Fund * American Spirit Awards Donor 2016 ANNUAL REPORT 17

SPECIAL EXHIBIT BELOW WWII veteran R.V. Burgin, a US Marine who fought in the Battle of Peleliu, TOM LEA: takes in the emotional artwork in Tom Lea: LIFE and World War II. Behind him is Lea’s LIFE AND WORLD WAR II painting That 2,000 Yard Stare.

Debuting in June 2016, the special exhibit Tom Lea: LIFE and World War II collected 26 iconic pieces of original art from LIFE Magazine war correspondent and artist Tom Lea, who covered many aspects of the war—from experiencing convoy battles in the North Atlantic firsthand to hitting the beach at Peleliu in the Pacific with US Marines. In its June 11, 1945, issue, LIFE devoted seven pages to Lea’s stark, visceral images of the Battle of Peleliu, including one of the most publicly recognizable artworks of the war, That 2,000 Yard Stare, a highlight of the exhibit for visitors. Supplementing the artwork—which was on loan from the US Army Center of Military History—were Lea’s drawing table, brushes, and easel on loan from the Tom Lea Institute, and sketches drawn by Lea on loan from the collection of Judy and Jamey Clement. Oral histories of Peleliu veterans collected by the Museum were also featured. 18 THE NATIONAL WWII MUSEUM

Student Connections

On-Site and Online, Museum-Produced Educational Programs Reach Tens of Thousands Through Electronic Gallery Visits, Webinars, and Award-Winning National Electronic Field Trips

Through school field trips developed by our for excellence in “Instructional Media” at the DISTANCE-LEARNING CONNECTIONS education staff, more than 750,000 students 2016 NETA Awards competition, which honors IN FY2016 have visited the Museum since its opening. achievements by members of the National Themed according to a special exhibit or STEM Educational Telecommunications Association. Virtual field trips topic, and including Title 1 subsidies in order The Museum’s NEFT series, which continued to welcome the broadest possible population on December 7, 2016, with Remember Pearl 140 sessions of students, field trips remain a premier way for Harbor, streams directly into classrooms across 5,515 students students to experience the Museum and the the country. WWII story. Interactive, immersive, and presented live via Educational programs for families and the the Internet, We’re All in This Together! roamed Skype programs community provide another way to engage the Museum’s immersive exhibits and displays with history: In May, dozens of young cast to teach students about rationing, Victory 115 sessions members took part in a performance of Gardens, collecting scrap for the war effort, Brundibár, a children’s opera originally and even a lesson in dancing the jitterbug. 3,025 students produced in Theresienstadt concentration Thousands of students in grades 4–8 examined camp, a “model” camp for artists and WWII artifacts and primary sources, asked Webinars intelligentsia designed to deceive visiting questions of our Museum’s expert staff, and inspectors. The opera was a propaganda tool to participated in live polls—all without leaving 5 sessions add to the deception—but also an instrument their classrooms. of hope for the child actors who performed it. For everyday on-demand electronic 18,618 students In addition to studying their roles and outreach, the Museum’s website offers a host learning the music, cast members interacted of classroom-ready lesson plans for teachers National Electronic Field Trip in with the last surviving original cast member on a variety of WWII subjects, including the partnership with WYES of Brundibár, Ela Weissberger, who joined war in the Pacific, the war in Europe, the Home them on stage for the final triumphant song Front, and the science and technology of the 29,572 students and interacted with the audience as a featured war. Designed with ease-of-use in mind, the guest. For younger children, Weissberger led a lesson plans feature primary sources from Total butterfly-painting activity in honor of children the Museum’s extensive collection and meet of the Holocaust. And for those farther afield, Common Core and Next Generation 56,730 she shared her story via a webinar, during Science Standards. which she related her personal story of struggle The Education Department’s Get in and survival, but also her casting as the role the Scrap! program is a service-learning of the cat in Brundibár, and what its staging project that calls on students in grades 4–8 around the world means to her today. to participate in classroom activities about Like the Brundibár webinar, web-based recycling and energy consumption—the same programming throughout the year brings patriotic role students played on the Home WWII experts, authors, and veterans into Front 70 years ago during World War II. classrooms. During FY2016, electronic “Our goal is for students to make deeper and distance-learning programs for students— more personal connections with history than including virtual field trips, Skype programs, they can ever make with their textbook,” said webinars, and a pioneering National Electronic Virtual Classroom Coordinator Chrissy Gregg. Field Trip in partnership with New Orleans “One of the most powerful ways to do this is PBS member station WYES­—reached more to expose students to rich primary-source than 50,000 students. materials such as artifacts, photographs, The premiere National Electronic Field songs, and historical film, in addition to Trips (NEFT)—titled for the WWII-era slogan firsthand accounts of the war. These personal We’re All in This Together!: How Students like connections with veterans, young people YOU Experienced WWII—aired in December on the WWII Home Front, and Holocaust 2015 and helped students see themselves in survivors remind students of the humanity of history by examining the war as it was fought the war—not only the loss and sacrifice, but on the Home Front. The project won an award also the teamwork and perseverance.” 2016 ANNUAL REPORT 19

TOP LEFT Director of education Kenneth TOP RIGHT Ela Weissberger celebrates with a BELOW From their own school, students Hoffman examines a propaganda poster on- cast member in May 2016, following one of three participate in an educational webinar produced camera for the inaugural National Electronic performances of Brundibár sponsored by the live from the Museum. Field Trip in December 2015. New Orleans Theatre Association. 20 THE NATIONAL WWII MUSEUM

Solomon Victory Theater Seat Donors

The National WWII Museum thanks the following donors for purchasing a theater seat in the Solomon Victory Theater to honor or remember a family member, personal friend, or organization. An engraved plaque has been permanently affixed to the arm of the purchased seat to recognize the contribution. Such support helps preserve the stories of World War II for future generations in this one-of-a-kind theater.

Karen & Ron Adams Mr. H. Mortimer Favrot, Jr. IHO Lt. Trevor Rees-Jones, USN B.E. Quinn III IHO (1) Larry & Alice Melton (1) IHO Kay & Tim Favrot Deborah G. Lindsay IHO Joseph N. Tolle (2) Ron & Karen Adams (2) IMO Kelsey Bradley Favrot IMO (1) Harry John Grosser, USAA Toska & Barry Quinnies Richard C. Adkerson Family Eleanor J. Fox (2) William F. Grosser, USAF (3) Patrice K. Richardson Steven D. Alvis IMO Lt. Col. Lewis V. Smith, U.S. Robert S. Lindsay, USN (4) Forrest Todd Ricketts John A. McGill Army, Birthplace: Sprio, Oklahoma Villarrubia US Marine PTO (5) Tom Bruno S. Rinas Mrs. Stephen E. Ambrose Mr. James J. Frischhertz / Frischhertz Blakey 1920-2015 D-Day Veteran Rex & Helen Ritchie IHO Steve Ambrose, Electric Company 82 Airborne (6) Bert Stolier US Walter Harris, WWII 17th Airborne Moira Ambrose IHO B. C. Frischhertz, Sr. Marines PTO 2nd Divison Div Oakwood, Ohio American Beagle Squadron Howard C. Gaines Louise H. Moffett Family Foundation Rotary Club of Metairie Association IMO Maj. G. Clark Gaines J. Moffett Family Foundation Rotary Club of the Elaine & Thomas P. August Judith Galvach Lupin Foundation Westbank Foundation IHO Lt. Col. William Hale IHO Eugene B. Gossnickle Madison/Querbes Family Rotary Westbank /Gretna, LA Ferguson US Army Larry & Marla Garvey IMO CAPT C.W. Robinson, Jr. Bill & Trudy Rutledge Robert Cooley Bannon General Electric Company Dr. & Mrs. Neil Maki Christine Greeley Schalles Mr. James L. Barksdale Hare Family Foundation Ben A. Martinez, Jr. IHO US Marine Corps., Lt. Col. IHO R. Barksdale-West Point ‘66 IHO Henry Harold Hare (1) IHO Ben A. Martinez, Jr. (2) Robert W. Greeley, Wake IS POW Jean C. & Michael D. Beckman Keith Hawkins Urban “UB” Martinez (3) John 1941-1945 IHO (1) Fritz L. Beckman IHO Charles Doran Fretz William Water (4) William J. Edward H. Schulz (2) Thomas A. Wilson Agnes Hayden Wegmann (5) Jose D. Martinez IMO Bunnie Schulz Bullard, TX Scott Beninato IMO Donald C. Hayden (6) John L. Martinez (7) Frank H. The Wilson Sexton Foundation IMO S. Sgt. Peter Beninato Adrea D. Heebe Roark, Jr. IMO John T. Sexton WWI Mrs. Adelaide Benjamin IHO Frederick J.R. Heebe Col. & Mrs. David F. Matthews DeeDee & Eliot Simon IHO (1) Edward B. Benjamin, Jr. Hofer Ranch IMO Col C. Fort Matthews IMO (1) Norman Simon (2) William Bell Wisdom Morgan S. Hofer | Paul B. Hofer, Jr. Mark A. Mayer (2) Donald J. Wingbermuehle Bob & Dee Boozer | Phillip F. Hofer Peter A. Mayer Advertising Pamela & Charles R. Smith Susan Gore Brennan Jerlyn Foundation James R. McCabe IHO Charles R. Smith IMO (1) Kathryn Briede Gore (1) Charles J. Holleran Col. John R. “Packy” Roche, Daniel D. Smith (2) Dr. Benjamin Cromwell Gore (2) Walter Raymond McGonigle USAAF-USAF IMO Commander Walter F. Smith, Robert & Lenore Briskman Marvin L. Jacobs Mr. & Mrs. Paul C.P. McIlhenny US Navy IHO (1) Robert Berman, Bomber IHO Dotty & Buddy Jacobs IMO (1) Armond K. Goodwin Theodore G. Solomon, Sr. Shot Down Over Hump Bill Janetschek (2) Paul W. McIlhenny Doris Carwie Solomon (2) Burton Gwirtzman, Battle of the (1) IHO James R. Fisher, Sr. Candy McKey Emilia Soltis Bulge Heroic Medic (2) IMO James J. Fisher, Jr. DFC IHO Dr. John D. McKey, Sr., USN IMO Joseph Steven Soltis USN Zelda & Richard Carner Erik F. Johnsen Family Foundation Arthur J. Moore 29th Inf. Frank & Paulette Stewart IHO 93rd Troop Carrier Squadron IMO (1) Niels F. Johnsen Michael A. Morris “The Roomies” AECOM (2) Anita W. Johnsen Jacqueline Morris IHO Suzy & John Graham IHO William P. Rutledge Gayle Higgins Jones Lorise N. Naquin Paul Tagliabue DON KENNEDY CLOVER WWII 82ND Edith Key (1) IMO Irvin & Angel Templet (2) IHO Italo Rancan ABN 507 PIR, SILENT COURAGE IHO Edith M. Rubright IHO Lorise & Lucy Naquin Patrick F. Taylor Foundation James A. Courter Carl LaGrotteria Robert P. Nimtz IHO Buddy Jacobs IHO Carmen Courter IMO Vincenzo LaGrotteria IMO of Paul Nimtz, Ray Eilenfelt Dorothy E. (Betty) Thomas Cudd Foundation Joseph W. Geary 15th Air Force James P. Noll IMO William Fred Thomas Mr. & Mrs. A. Dano Davis 450th Bob Group Sq. 721 IMO Loren Clyde Johnson, Time-Life Books IHO Charles Douglas Gholson, Jr. Jean & Steven Lee Archaeologist, Newport, MN 3-19- Marvin D. Toombs Mr. Demo Kouzounis (1) Quincy J. Lee Austin, Texas 31 to 4-11-11 IMO (1) Jean & Marvin Toombs, VA Mr. Dan DeVito (2) Zachry S. Lee San Antonio, Vickie & Ron Norick (2) Carolyn & Jerry Hatfield IMO Joe Devito Texas (3) Travis M. Lee Boston, IHO James H. Norick, USN David R. Voelker John A. Drews Massachusetts Mark P. Norman IHO Virginia W. Voelker IHO Frank Kelly KIA 1945 John Leseth IMO Mark W. Norman Mrs. Donald Lyon White Robert Edsel IMO Trygve A. Leseth The Peevy Family IMO her husband IHO (1) A. Ray Edsel (2) Norma L. John & Gail Liebes Trust IMO Virgil Edwin Peevy Anonymous Edsel (3) Marilyn F. Wright The John Liebes Family George A. Pontikes, Jr. IHO Tom Hanks (4) Ron B. Wright Kevin Lilly IHO General Michael P. Cokinos 2016 ANNUAL REPORT 21

BELOW The Solomon Victory Theater, home to DONOR SPOTLIGHT the 4D experience Beyond All Boundaries. ROB AND LENORE BRISKMAN

Since their first visit to the Museum in 2013 for the grand opening of US Freedom Pavilion: The Boeing Center, Robert and Lenore Briskman have returned many times. Their favorite visit? A 2015 reunion of Rob’s Princeton classmates, who toured the Museum together to learn about Princeton’s role in the war. They were “very impressed,” says Rob, who was thrilled to share this information with his friends and family. The Briskmans are committed to expanding the Museum’s educational mission so that younger generations can learn about the importance of the war. By sponsoring two seats in the Museum’s Solomon Victory Theater, home to the extraordinary 4D experience Beyond All Boundaries, the Briskmans have taken an active role in supporting that mission. The couple has also made steps to include the Museum in their future Planned Giving initiatives. According to Rob, the variety of Planned Giving options at the Museum offers many ways to help strengthen the Museum’s Endowment Fund for this very purpose. Of the importance of studying WWII history, Lenore says, “This was the most popular war, and probably the most important war in recent years. . . . It would be a pity for people to lose track that this particular event could have changed the world in a disastrous way.” Adds Robert, “It’s important for visitors to know the whole story of World War II, not just the battles, but the things that affected civil society. It was a tremendous change of our culture, society, and industry. All of this needs to be told.” 22 THE NATIONAL WWII MUSEUM

Conferences and Symposia

Experts and Audiences Engage at the International Conference on WWII and Panel Discussions Aimed at Lifelong Learners

CONFERENCE THEMES

From Pearl Harbor to Guadalcanal 2011

Stemming the Nazi Tide: The End of the Beginning, 1942–43 2012

1943: Victory in the Balance 2013

1944: Beyond All Boundaries 2014

1945: To the Bitter End 2015

1946: Year Zero— Triumph & Tragedy 2016

The National WWII Museum hosts a year- War II Conference Series presented by the Dr. Mueller on a multitude of Museum round roster of public educational Pritzker Military Museum & Library and the endeavors, including exhibit content, travel programming for students of all ages. From Tawani Foundation, the 2015 Conference, tours, and the International Conference. special symposia with WWII veterans and titled 1945: To the Bitter End, covered key “These groups come together and work to evening author talks to Lunchbox Lectures and events in the war from the Battle of the Bulge form a program that is the most engaging Dinner with a Curator gatherings that match and V-E Day to the dropping of the atomic for the audience and that includes the latest themed dinner menus with WWII topics, the bombs and V-J Day. The annual conference research and writing to press,” said Collins, calendar of enlightening offerings brims with takes place in New Orleans over the course of who first came to the Museum as an intern rich, engaging content. The superstar gathering three days each fall—but the Museum’s work to while still a history student at the University of each year, however, is the International produce this extraordinary event begins long of Missouri. “We want to make sure we bring Conference on World War II—the world’s before that. in the top scholars with the newest research foremost such convening of WWII experts, The rough map for each Conference is first and publications—but we also want to make students, and aficionados. drawn by a Museum team led by president sure that those scholars are indeed good The 2015 International Conference was “a and CEO Nick Mueller and guided by staff speakers, and that they’re able to convey high-water mark to date,” said Jeremy Collins, historians. Finer details are drawn by the their subject matter and knowledge to the director of conference and travel program Conference Program Planning Committee, audience in a digestible manner, because we development for the Museum. The penultimate then the Presidential Counselors—a select serve the general public. We’re not here for installment of the 70th Anniversary of World group of scholars and experts that advises academics or for the speakers’ peers. We’re 2016 ANNUAL REPORT 23

OPPOSITE PAGE Museum trustee Mike BELOW Annie Jacobson (Operation Paperclip: DONOR SPOTLIGHT Bylen makes the most of his Conference expe- The Manhunt for Nazi Scientists) takes the stage rience by asking questions from the audience. with Gerald Steinacher, PhD (Nazis on the Run: With numerous Q&A sessions, panel discussions, How Hitler’s Henchmen Fled Justice) to discuss THE PRITZKER MILITARY and book signings, interaction between attend- war criminals—”To Punish or to Partner?” MUSEUM & LIBRARY AND ees and experts is a Conference tradition. THE TAWANI FOUNDATION

The Pritzker Military Museum & Library and the Tawani Foundation, presenter of the 70th Anniversary of World War II Conference Series, are vital Museum partners in making the International Conference the prestigious congress it has become. “Their support is invaluable to the Museum’s ability to bring together the finest historians— the best stories and freshest research—for our Conference audience both in person and virtually,” says Jeremy Collins, the Museum’s director of conference and travel program development. “Our institutions share a mission to celebrate the US citizen soldier. The Museum’s focus is World War II; their focus broadens to include all of US history. The International Conference is where we meet, and their sponsorship generosity makes possible the success we mutually enjoy. The Museum is delighted that its relationship with the Pritzker Military Museum & Library and the Tawani Foundation will continue into the future, and our hope is that the ongoing partnership shines a spotlight on the essential work they do.” In FY2016, The Pritzker Military Museum & Library and the Tawani Foundation committed to a new round of funding in support of the next five years of the International Conference on World War II. The Museum is grateful for their ongoing generosity, which supports this prestigious gathering year after year. In addition to their ongoing support for the International Conference, the organizations also stepped forward in FY2016 as major supporters of PT-305, playing a significant role in helping the Museum raise needed funds to return the here for the people who visit the Museum and presentation. It allows for the speakers and boat to water. support us every day.” the audience to really engage in some exciting The reach of the Conference extends well and thorough discussion. Our audience beyond the walls of the ballroom in which it’s members can and do buy the speakers’ held through live Internet streams of every books and read them. They know that by session. “The live streams really do allow attending they get the opportunity to engage this content to be presented to anyone and with the authors.” everyone, anywhere and everywhere,” Collins said. Some of the best moments of every Conference transcend the meticulous planning that goes into every minute of the schedule, Collins added, when the hundreds in attendance in New Orleans get to interact with the speakers. “Audience Q&A is where some of the best discussions take place,” Collins said. “It’s not scripted. It’s not part of the speaker’s 2824 THE NATIONAL WWII MUSEUM

BELOW The Museum’s educational travel tours areTeaching a passport to WWII history. World War II to “Skimmers, Swimmers, and Divers” in Museum Galleries

How a Team of Designers, Advisors, and Historians Comes Together to Create an Immersive Exhibit Experience for Every Kind of Visitor

ROAD TO TOKYO BY THE NUMBERS

Galleries 10

Artifacts in exhibit 400+

Personal accounts 132

Dog Tag Experience stories 20

Video oral histories 23

Static maps 26

The National WWII Museum’s permanent Miller, Conrad Crane, and Rick Atkinson were “A ‘skimmer’ is a visitor who has a limited exhibits—our primary teaching tool for instrumental in the development of Road to amount of time in the Museum, and wants tens of thousands of visitors each year—are Berlin. Richard B. Frank, a noted historian to get the top-level story of World War II, developed through a process with many of the Pacific war, was a key advisor for the quickly and efficiently,” said senior director players and stages. Road to Tokyo galleries; Lynne Olson, who of research and history Keith Huxen, PhD, The exhibits are developed by the has written several books on the coming whose role in the gallery-creation process is Museum’s exhibit-design partner, Gallagher of war to Britain and America, is serving as to compose and vet educational content and and Associates, which handles the master consultant on our upcoming exhibit The maintain responsibility for the overarching vision of architectural spaces and all the Arsenal of Democracy; and the Museum’s new narrative of the story of World War II the content that goes within them, including Samuel Zemurray Stone senior historian, Rob Museum tells not only across individual gallery settings, lighting, artifacts, panels Citino, PhD, will serve in that capacity for the exhibit galleries, but across all of the pavilions and labels, photographs, and media upcoming Liberation Pavilion. on the campus. “A ‘swimmer’ has more time, productions. Historical content is researched Museum staff then works in teams with and wants to engage with the content more and vetted by Museum staff and History individual vendors to develop the detailed deeply, perhaps reading more panels or Associates, an outside research firm. Based storylines across all the different types contemplating more artifacts. A ‘diver’ off the master plans, the Museum then hires of content. wants to read every word on every panel, vendors to carry out the work, ranging from Foremost in the process is a deep watch every video, look at every interactive construction and lighting firms to video understanding of both the history to be taught kiosk, etc.” production companies, among others. and the different ways visitors will absorb it. Huxen cited the Guadalcanal gallery in The Museum also enlists some of the top For the exhibit-creation team, the phrase that Road to Tokyo, the grand opening of which historians working in specialized fields to describes the range of visitor experiences in completed the Museum’s Campaigns of join with staff on various exhibits. Donald L. galleries is “skimmers, swimmers, and divers.” Courage pavilion in December 2015, as an 2016 ANNUAL REPORT 25

DONOR SPOTLIGHT Educational Travel Programs JOHN R. WHITMAN NORMANDY SCHOLARS FUND

Top Scholars, Expert Guides Direct Journeys to Normandy, Paris, Berlin, and Beyond to Lead Guests into WWII History

The evolutionary arc of the Museum’s EDUCATIONAL TRAVEL BY THE NUMBERS IN educational travel program has been steady FY2016 expansion, including tours for high school and college students: Normandy Academy Passengers on begins its programming at the Museum in adult travel programs New Orleans then travels to the beaches 370 and hedgerows of the D-Day invasion, while Student Leadership Academy pairs online learning with a behind-the-scenes experience Number of countries visited at the Museum’s New Orleans campus. Both offer a college-credit option. 10 For adult learner-travelers, the programming menu ranges from a D-Day Tour of Normandy Passengers on and Paris to the Easy Company Tour, retracing student travel programs the steps through Europe taken by the soldiers immortalized by Museum founder Stephen 77 E. Ambrose in his 1992 book Band of Brothers

(later adapted for the HBO miniseries of the Total college credit hours same title). Masters of the Air travels to the earned by students airfields of East Anglia, England, for a study of America’s “Bomber Boys” of World War II. 237 The Soldiers and Spies Tour visits Normandy The John R. Whitman Normandy Scholars then occupied Paris for lessons in wartime Fund gives students across the country access espionage and resistance, and The Rise to the lessons learned during the incredible and Fall of Hitler’s Germany Tour explores US journey during World War II. Each year, Germany and Poland following the arc of the exceptional students are chosen who embody Third Reich’s ascension then destruction. the values of education, hard work, and a Linking many such tours with renowned backward. Our returning tour groups say it all willingness to spread the lessons of D-Day. A veteran of the Vietnam War who earned two scholars has become a trademark of the the time: For students of WWII history, these Bronze Stars, including one “V” for Valor, John Museum’s travel program. Donald L. are trips of a lifetime, and the number was born June 8, 1944, or “D-Day Plus 2” as he Miller, PhD., Dr. Alexandra Richie, and Alex of repeat travelers we have is a testament to always said. Kershaw—all stalwart presenters at the annual our programs.” John always marveled at the bravery and International Conference on World War II— For school-age participants, lessons learned innate leadership shown by the troops landing lead current tours for the Museum. A new tour on a Museum educational tour can endure a at Normandy. He and his wife, Christie, enjoyed for 2017 pairs Museum president and CEO lifetime. The curriculum for Student Leadership several trips with The National WWII Museum. Nick Mueller, PhD, with Robert M. Citino, PhD, Academy encourages students to relate the John, who passed away in 2015, strongly the Museum’s Samuel Zemurray Stone senior lessons of World War II to their own lives and believed in the Museum’s mission, particularly historian and also a Conference regular, for a the world around them. Normandy Academy the importance of education in developing an informed citizenry. land-and-water tour of Normandy and Paris mirrors the journey Andrew Higgins’s boats via the Seine River. Another, the Writing the made from New Orleans to Omaha Beach. War Tour led by Miller, journeys back into some “In France, the history is tangible,” said of World War II’s most significant battles as Natalie McDonald, a Normandy Academy documented by Ernie Pyle, Ernest Hemingway, alumna. “You can literally feel the importance and other war correspondents. of a building by the depressions in the steps, “The Museum’s educational tours are a and you can imagine how many people have passport to WWII history,” said Jeremy Collins, stood in that exact spot. The beaches that director of conference and travel program we saw, where ships full of GIs charged the development for the Museum. “Our guides and German batteries, were so beautiful and historians are the best in the business, and to peaceful, but you could feel the sadness and walk with them over the very ground where the hope that remained after the men were the soldiers fought, and fell, is to bend time washed away. It was such a powerful feeling.” 26 THE NATIONAL WWII MUSEUM

Fighting for the Right to Fight: African American Experiences in World War II

At The National WWII Museum, education isn’t just about teaching individual topics: it’s about finding the connections that bring those themes to life, and make lasting impressions on the audiences who experience them. In FY2016, the special exhibit Fighting for the Right to Fight—and the significant research and scholarship that went into creating it—provided a rich source for these connections, inspiring a wealth of programming and experiences to help students, teachers, and all our visitors access this important story in new ways.

SEE HOW FIGHTING FOR THE RIGHT TO FIGHT CAME TO LIFE IN FY2016 →

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BELOW The special exhibit Fighting for the Right to Fight: African American Experiences in WWII, presented at the Museum by the Coca-Cola Foundation, sparked an array of educational programming. ← WWII AIRPOWER EXPO In an annual event that proves more robust and thrilling with each year, The National WWII Museum joined with the Commemorative Air Force and Greater New Orleans Sports Foundation to bring the public in direct contact with the amazing machines that fought in World War II. WWII veteran airmen were some of the most enthusiastic passengers in the restored vintage planes in attendance, which included a B-17, B-25, and, shown here with Tuskegee Airman Charles McGee, a P-51D Red-Tail Mustang like the one he flew in the war. Elsewhere at the Expo, visitors climbed inside a mobile screening room to view Rise Above, a film about the Tuskegee Airmen.

→ PERSONAL ACCOUNTS

Among the 9,000+ personal accounts in the Museum’s collection is the oral-history interview of Roscoe Brown, which features prominently in the special exhibit. In his interview, Brown describes his service with the 332nd Fighter Group—America’s first black fighter pilots—recalling what it was like to fly escort missions in the 332nd’s iconic red-tailed aircraft: “The bomber-escort missions required a lot of discipline. They were longer missions in the main, and you knew you were doing good. . . . Escort missions gave us our ↑ reputation. We got the reputation of LIVE PERFORMANCE being so-called ‘Red Tailed Angels,’ because of the fact that we stayed In February, the Museum’s BB’s Stage Door Canteen close to the bombers.” The video staged the historical docudrama Black Angels over is available online in the Museum’s Tuskegee, currently one of the longest-running Digital Collections at ww2online.org. productions off-Broadway and a captivating dramatic depiction of the Tuskegee Airmen’s story. The award-winning play is a narrative of six men embarking upon a journey to become the first black aviators in the US Army Air Forces during a tumultuous era of racial segregation in 20th- century America. THE NATIONAL WWII MUSEUM

↑ DOCUMENTARIES

The centerpiece of the Fighting for the Right to Fight exhibit is an eight-minute, Museum-produced documentary about the struggles and combat exploits of African American servicemembers, narrated by Robin Roberts (whose father was a Tueskegee Airman) and featuring a collection of oral history segments and historical footage to convey the drama, determination, triumph, and disillusionment in the stories of servicemembers of color during World War II.

← WEBINARS & SYMPOSIA

In April, a Fighting for the Right to Fight symposium featured two panel discussions by noted historians and veterans focusing on African Americans in the military, while a free interactive webinar, featuring Tuskegee Airmen George Hardy and Charles McGee and streaming live in classrooms across the country, allowed students to hear firsthand accounts of the struggles and extraordinary achievements of African Americans during World War II, both overseas and on the Home Front. 2016 ANNUAL REPORT

↑ P-51D RESTORATION

FY2016 saw the completion of restoration work on this P-51D Mustang, painted in the likeness of the “Red-Tail” flown by Roscoe Brown in World War II—complete with the “Bunnie” nickname Roscoe painted in honor of his wife. The restoration project, sponsored by Todd Ricketts and the Ricketts family, was the latest in a series of collaborations with historic-aircraft specialists Flyboys Aeroworks in California, who restored the plane down to the powerful Merlin engines that Roscoe and a crew member are inspecting in the photograph on page 1. As it now rests, hanging from the rafters of US Freedom Pavilion: The Boeing Center, the Museum’s newly restored P-51D fighter tells an epic WWII story.

↑ EXHIBIT

On display at the Museum July 4, 2015– May 30, 2016, Fighting for the Right to Fight: African American Experiences in World War II resided in the Joe W. and Dorothy D. Brown Special Exhibit Gallery. The award-winning exhibit saw 612,892 visitors, including 37,863 students. Fighing for the Right to Fight is now a traveling exhibit with stops at the St. Petersburg Museum of History in Florida (through March 5) and the Dallas Holocaust Museum/Center for Education and Tolerance (August 31, 2017–January 26, 2018), with more locations to be announced. → P-51D DEDICATION

Great fanfare heralded the dedication of the P-51D, drawing national media attention to the Fighting fot the Right to Fight special exhibit and to the Museum and its work. WWII veterans Charles McGee and George Hardy were spotlighted during an evening dedication ceremony, hosted by ABC Good Morning America anchor Robin Roberts and WWL-TV anchor Sally- Ann Roberts, daughters of Tuskegee Airman Colonel Lawrence Roberts. As she reflected on her connection to the WWII story, Robin Roberts noted of her father, “He said he never felt more free than when he was in that plane, flying.”

← ↑ NATIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL MEDAL OF HONOR CEREMONY

Fighting for the Right to Fight’s development A highlight of the special exhibit were five Medals was overseen by a national advisory committee of Honor—representing the seven medals awarded comprised of some of the world’s most respected to African American heroes some five decades scholars of African American history and drawing after the war’s end. In 1997, after an investigation on personal and family experience of segregation confirmed a racial disparity in the way the Medal and race relations in the war years. Said John H. was awarded, President Bill Clinton conducted a Morrow, PhD, committee cochair (far left in photo), ceremony awarding the Medal of Honor to seven “The committee meshed immediately within its men (six of them posthumously). The families of ranks and with the Museum staff, who realized our these men were honored at an October ceremony vision far beyond the wildest expectations. As an hosted by Al Roker, at which Roker along with WWII African American and historian who was born in scholars discussed the medals and their honorees 1944 and grew up in the South in the aftermath of through panel discussions and a screening of World War II, the stories were not new or surprising, Roker’s film Honor Deferred. but the overall impact of bringing all these stories together in one exhibit I found impressive. It’s one thing to know about these events, entirely another to be present in an exhibit that surrounds you with them and immerses you in them.” 28 THE NATIONAL WWII MUSEUM

Teaching World War II to “Skimmers, Swimmers, and Divers” in Museum Galleries

How a Team of Designers, Advisors, and Historians Comes Together to Create an Immersive Exhibit Experience for Every Kind of Visitor

ROAD TO TOKYO BY THE NUMBERS

Galleries 10

Artifacts in exhibit 400+

Personal accounts 132

Dog Tag Experience stories 20

Video oral histories 23

Static maps 26

The National WWII Museum’s permanent Miller, Conrad Crane, and Rick Atkinson were “A ‘skimmer’ is a visitor who has a limited exhibits—our primary teaching tool for instrumental in the development of Road to amount of time in the Museum, and wants tens of thousands of visitors each year—are Berlin. Richard B. Frank, a noted historian to get the top-level story of World War II, developed through a process with many of the Pacific war, was a key advisor for the quickly and efficiently,” said senior director players and stages. Road to Tokyo galleries; Lynne Olson, who of research and history Keith Huxen, PhD, The exhibits are developed by the has written several books on the coming whose role in the gallery-creation process is Museum’s exhibit-design partner, Gallagher of war to Britain and America, is serving as to compose and vet educational content and and Associates, which handles the master consultant on our upcoming exhibit The maintain responsibility for the overarching vision of architectural spaces and all the Arsenal of Democracy; and the Museum’s new narrative of the story of World War II the content that goes within them, including Samuel Zemurray Stone senior historian, Rob Museum tells not only across individual gallery settings, lighting, artifacts, panels Citino, PhD, will serve in that capacity for the exhibit galleries, but across all of the pavilions and labels, photographs, and media upcoming Liberation Pavilion. on the campus. “A ‘swimmer’ has more time, productions. Historical content is researched Museum staff then works in teams with and wants to engage with the content more and vetted by Museum staff and History individual vendors to develop the detailed deeply, perhaps reading more panels or Associates, an outside research firm. Based storylines across all the different types contemplating more artifacts. A ‘diver’ off the master plans, the Museum then hires of content. wants to read every word on every panel, vendors to carry out the work, ranging from Foremost in the process is a deep watch every video, look at every interactive construction and lighting firms to video understanding of both the history to be taught kiosk, etc.” production companies, among others. and the different ways visitors will absorb it. Huxen cited the Guadalcanal gallery in The Museum also enlists some of the top For the exhibit-creation team, the phrase that Road to Tokyo, the grand opening of which historians working in specialized fields to describes the range of visitor experiences in completed the Museum’s Campaigns of join with staff on various exhibits. Donald L. galleries is “skimmers, swimmers, and divers.” Courage pavilion in December 2015, as an 2016 ANNUAL REPORT 2931

OPPOSITE PAGE Visitors to the Returning to BELOW Jefferson DeBlanc’s Medal of Honor DONOR SPOTLIGHT the Philippines gallery experience multiple Mu- in the Guadalcanal gallery of Road to Tokyo. seum storytelling tools—video displays, photos, RICHARD C. ADKERSON text panels, artifacts, maps, and oral histories. & FREEPORT-MCMORAN FOUNDATION

As chairman of the Board of Trustees, Richard C. Adkerson presided over the December 2015 grand opening ceremonies for Road to Tokyo, which explores the evolution of strategy in fighting relentless Japanese forces in Asia and the Pacific. Together with the Freeport-McMoRan Foundation, Adkerson pledged $5 million to example of how the “skimmer, swimmer, “Dr. Ambrose collected oral histories of the completion of the immersive Pacific war diver” concept informs exhibit formation. veterans for use in his books, which brought exhibits, a gift honoring the men and women “A ‘skimmer’ might only read the intro WWII history alive for so many readers who served in the Pacific during World War II, panel, and spend three or four minutes through having that personal voice of including his father as a Seabee. walking through the gallery, getting a sense experience, telling you about something most As chairman, Adkerson said, “With our of the show presentation, and looking only readers had not experienced for themselves,” company’s operations in the Asia-Pacific region, at the few artifacts that interest him,” Huxen Huxen said. “Dr. Ambrose’s collection was it was good for Freeport and me personally to support the Museum in achieving this important said. “A ‘swimmer’ may read all the intro and the heart and start of the Museum’s oral goal in its Master Plan and to encourage others main text panels, check out the artifacts, and history collection, and we now have over 9,000 to participate as well.” watch the entire seven-minute video show personal accounts in various formats in our At the grand opening, Museum president going on around him. A ‘diver’ will read every collection holdings. and CEO Nick Mueller said that Adkerson’s panel, watch the entire show with their full “The Museum has incorporated the personal “leadership to bring this day about has attention, watch every oral history and play voice into our exhibits not only through been decisive.” every animated map in the Dog Tag Station, media-driven oral histories, but through our Added Gary Sinise, master of ceremonies for read every word of Jefferson DeBlanc’s Medal Dog Tag Experience, personal story panels, the grand opening, “This institution, the stories of Honor citation and ponder the medal and and the artifacts associated with individuals it tells, the values it reflects, are important to spear on display, plus absorb everything else who went through the war. I personally believe our collective identity as Americans.” on display in the gallery.” that nothing interests people more than other The driving force in the Museum’s galleries people and their experiences.” is a commitment to personal narrative, which dates back to founder Stephen Ambrose, Huxen said. 30 THE NATIONAL WWII MUSEUM

PT-305’s Restoration Nears Completion as She Readies for New Role

Everything from Her Instruments to Her Paint Scheme Teaches How Science, Technology, and Tactics Helped Win the War 2016 ANNUAL REPORT 31

BELOW After a decade of restoration work, DONOR SPOTLIGHT including installing engines, electrical systems, rails, gun mounts, and other finishing touches in FY2016, PT-305 stands by on the eve of her PT-305 VOLUNTEERS return to water. Top of her to-do list for FY2017: sea trials in preparation for passenger rides.

FY2016 was an action-packed year in the PT-305 BY THE NUMBERS John E. Kushner Restoration Pavilion, where volunteer crew members moved toward Length completion of the extraordinary restoration effort of PT-305. Patrol-torpedo boats were 78 feet the fastest US Navy vessels in World War II— but when PT-305 first made her way to The Beam National WWII Museum, she did so slowly, on a tractor-trailer. In fact, not much about the 20 feet, 1 inch appearance of the tour boat–turned–oyster boat–turned–party boat, modified and even shortened as she was, suggested the fearsome Weight (depending on weapons) war machine she once had been. Today, almost every inch of PT-305, from her 43–56 tons instruments to her paint scheme, advances the Museum’s education mission. PT-305’s Mark 31 Torpedo Director, acquired on eBay, Speed is a deceptively simple metal device used to aim torpedoes by mechanically computing 40 knots factors such as the angle of the target on the bow, the speed of the target, and the speed Wartime crew of the torpedo. The boat’s paint colors—first applied in 1944 and reapplied in 2016—are a 2 officers, 11 men The last legs of PT-305’s journey would unique “Measure 32 modified” camouflage have been unthinkable without the tireless efforts of her volunteer restoration crew. combination of blue tones intended to Restoration volunteer hours mask the boat from the enemy before, and Sacrificing weekends over many years, the crew (a total of 200+ over the course of the immediately after, torpedo attacks. 120,549 project) worked toward an outlandish dream— And then there’s her personal narrative. restoring a combat-veteran patrol-torpedo Built in New Orleans by Higgins Industries, boat to wartime operational trim. The John E. Copper rivets PT-305 was deployed in the Mediterranean. Kushner Restoration Pavilion became a home for 14 months, during which she conducted 39,000 away from home for many crew members, more than 77 offensive patrols and operations, who were inspired by the heroic service of the fought in 11 separate actions, sank three men who fought aboard PT-305. German ships, conducted reconnaissance, Caulked seam Returning PT-305 to her home waters of landed commandoes on occupied coasts, Lake Pontchartrain will be the result of more carried generals, and was home to 44 men. 3 miles than 120,000 volunteer hours at an estimated labor value of more than $2 million. Donations “The restoration of PT-305, like all Museum from more than 100 companies (including projects, is aimed at making history accessible shipbuilders, engineering firms, and many in as detailed and authentic a way possible,” more) added to the in-kind donation total, says Stephen Watson, the Museum’s executive which got a homestretch boost of more than vice president and COO. “By preserving The Museum acquired PT-305 from the $200,000 from the Museum’s first Kickstarter macro-artifacts so central to the wartime Defenders of America Naval Museum fundraising campaign. experiences of WWII veterans, we are building in Galveston, Texas, in June 2006, and “During World War II, everyone came the framework for tomorrow’s generations to transported her home to New Orleans. The together to accomplish the job of total connect with their service and sacrifice.” decade-long, $3.3 million effort to restore victory,” said senior curator and restoration In June 1945, her squadron (Ron 22) returned PT-305 totaled more than 120,000 volunteer manager Tom Czekanski. “In much the same way, people came together from all over the to the United States to be overhauled for hours. Everything aboard her except her country to make the restoration of PT-305 deployment to the Pacific. The war, however, weapons is now fully operational. Tours and a reality. The dedication of volunteers has ended while the squadron was still in New York sure-to-be-thrilling rides—all based out of allowed her to return to active service—now Harbor. PT-305 was decommissioned and sold a custom-built lakefront boathouse—are as an instrument of learning and a reminder of as military surplus for $10. expected to begin in April 2017. the courage and sacrifice of our WWII sailors.” 32 THE NATIONAL WWII MUSEUM

CHARTER MEMBERS Charter Members Patriots Circle 147,051 1,116 At the foundation of The National WWII Museum’s growth are our Charter Members. Their staunch support throughout the 2016 fiscal year exemplifies a strong commitment to the mission of America’s National WWII Museum. 2,594 Combined, the Museum’s members 10 provided the Museum with over $8 million in 496 operating revenue to help fund educational 4 programming and preservation initiatives. As we continue our efforts to expand the Museum, their loyalty is an inspiration. 1,633 5 In the first five years of the Museum, our WWII 555 veterans were the torchbearers for advancing 4 the membership program. As time moves 289 on, the torch has passed to their sons and 2 daughters—Americans who are invested in ensuring that their family’s contribution to our collective history and the war that changed the world is preserved for all future generations. 963 6 We welcome the more than 50,000 new 771 Charter Members who joined during fiscal 5 2,486 year 2016 and thank all 147,051 for supporting 14,076 24 The National WWII Museum. 122

PATRIOTS CIRCLE 2,730 782 16 5 Members of the Patriots Circle have placed their stamp on The National WWII Museum. In addition to contributing between $1,000 and $10,000 annually, these elite members participate in the Museum’s travel programs, attend the International Conference on World War II, and are national ambassadors for the Museum.

In FY2016, Patriots Circle members contributed more than $2 million dollars to the Museum—the largest amount ever and a telling demonstration of their fidelity.

Among the Circle’s 1,116 members around the country, more than 60 are members of the Museum’s Board of Trustees and staff. Their annual financial support is a testament to the personal investment each has made in the mission of this Museum. Thank you to all for leading by example through your giving. 2016 ANNUAL REPORT 33

Alaska Hawaii Other 216 1 436 3 141

666 369 11 2 367 766 2 2,484 13 9,074 3,463 52 8 2,594 555 10 425 4,673 4,173 23 11 2,225 7,197 13 1,597 31 8 553 794 3 2 5,288 238 6,287 2,700 17 4 32 11 739 3 4,119 3,459 27 1,297 2,669 1,591 15 8 21 7 3,148 2,715 13 19 1,557 7 1,147 1,986 11 9 3,552 1,876 2,237 29 19 12 10,726 9,023 246 135

9,837 85 34 THE NATIONAL WWII MUSEUM

DONOR SPOTLIGHT KEN AND LINDA COPPER

FOUR STAR The Alta and John Franks Foundation Mr. Thomas H. Turner, Jr. IHO John Franks IHO Bert S. Turner, WWII Veteran Anne and Herschel Abbott Mr. and Mrs. Louis Freeman Mr. and Mrs. St. Denis J. Villere Richard C. Adkerson Dathel and John Georges Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. Ryan Adkerson Goldring Family Foundation/ Jennifer and Ted Weggeland Dwight W. Anderson Woldenberg Foundation Mrs. John G. Weinmann Ashner Family Evergreen Foundation Charles W. and Elizabeth D. (Virginia Eason Weinmann) IHO Jules Rainess, WWII Veteran Goodyear Foundation IHO Lt. William Howard Taft, Morton Hassman, WWII Veteran IHO Bradley Goodyear, Jr. WWII Veteran AT&T Gustaf Westfeldt McIlhenny Cpt. Joseph Daniel Tompkins, Mr. and Mrs. Norman R. Augustine Family Foundation WWII Veteran Joseph and Megan Authement John M. Hairston Mr. and Mrs. Bruce N. Whitman Barksdale Family Fund Mr. and Mrs. Terence Hall Governor and Mrs. Pete Wilson Ms. Dorris Beckenhauer Mr. Clyde Elmo Hampton, Kay and Fred Zeidman IHO Charles Beckenhauer, WWII Veteran And one other donor who wishes to WWII Veteran Mr. and Mrs. Robert T. Hayes remain anonymous. Donald Kastner, WWII Veteran IHO Tom Blakey, WWII Veteran George Beckenhauer, Adrea D. Heebe WWII Home Front David P. Hess THREE STAR Harold Beckenhauer, WWII Veteran Madlyn and Paul Hilliard Merritt Kastner, WWII Home Front Ms. Wilhelmina C. Holladay Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Anderson Neil D. Beckenhauer, WWII Veteran IHO Wallace Fitzhugh Ross and Denise Anderson Rolland Beckenhauer, WWII Veteran Holladay, Sr., WWII Veteran IHO W. T. Ross, WWII Veteran William Beckenhauer, WWII Veteran International Matex Tank Terminals Leon Ross, WWII Veteran Hon. John Kenneth Blackwell Jones Walker LLP James Parr, WWII Veteran Boysie and Joy Bollinger Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Keith Mr. Rex Bates Harold J. Bouillion IHO Lt. Cmdr. Robert E. Keith, Alan P. “Pat” and Angela Bernard Bourgeois Bennett, LLC WWII Veteran Miss Cindy S. Boyd Mr. Jack O. Bovender, Jr. John E. Koerner III Dr. William S. Bundrick COEUR D’ALENE, ID “We are so grateful IHO Hampton Foreman, Mr. and Mrs. Henry A. Leander Ms. Lynne Burkart that The National WWII Museum honors the WWII Veteran IHO Lt. Jack Heise, WWII Veteran Rusty and Sue Burnett sacrifice of the men and women who gave their James G. Bovender, WWII KIA Lt. William Mosey, WWII Veteran IHO Joe Decker Walk, all to save the world from Hitler and Imperial Jack O. Bovender, Sr., Deborah G. Lindsay WWII Home Front Japan. Because of their inherent modesty, WWII Veteran Mr. Edward C. Mathes Raymond Otis Burnett, much of what they accomplished for America Anthony and Karen Buckingham James Maurin WWII Veteran and the free world is unknown to younger IHO Kenneth A. Schutt, Markham R. McKnight Mr. and Mrs. Thomas L. Carter WWII Veteran Robert W. Merrick The Challenger Foundation generations. What a gift that the Museum LeRoy H. F. Schutt, WWII Veteran Suzanne and Michael Mestayer Dr. Donald Clausing and focuses on educating the world about the Michael S. Bylen Mi-Jack Products, Inc. Dr. Shirley Colomb American experience of World War II—and Daryl G. Byrd IHO Bernard Sullivan, IHO Charles Earl Colomb, Sr., honoring the sacrifice and dedication of the The Family of Philip J. Burguieres WWII Veteran WWII Home Front Greatest Generation!” Lisa and Jeff Carter John Lanigan, Sr., WWII Veteran Merlin Louis Clausing, Sr., For Ken and Linda Copper, involvement in James S. Chanos Robert Aikens, WWII Veteran WWII Home Front Patriots Circle has helped teach the importance IHO Steve J. Chanos, WWII Veteran William Nolan, WWII Veteran Angus R. Cooper II James Clement III J. Edgar Monroe Foundation Mrs. Amy K. Dale of World War II to their children and grandson, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas B. Coleman Dr. and Mrs. Gordon “Nick” Mueller Mr. and Mrs. A. Dano Davis and provide context for discussing their own Ken and Linda Copper Mr. Mark Packard Norman IHO Col. Mitchell Paige family’s service. Ken’s father, H. E. Copper, was IHO Hubert Eugene “Cop” Copper, IHO Mark W. Norman, Charles Douglas Gholson, a pilot with VF-29 aboard the escort carrier WWII Veteran WWII Home Front WWII Veteran Cabot in Bull Halsey’s fleet, though he never Harold Buckingham, Mr. and Mrs. Michael O’Neill Mary Lee and Bill Dixon talked about it. Linda’s dad, Harold Buckingham, WWII Home Front Oz Foundation Dan and Ann Claire Fordice wanted to serve in the military but was deemed LeRoy H. F. Schutt, WWII Veteran IHO Sgt. Ralph L. Smith, IHO Dan K. Fordice, Sr., James A. Courter WWII Veteran WWII Veteran too important to the Home Front as the head of Connye Crump and Peter Najar Robert and Debra Patrick Brenda and Gregory Hamer Family a trucking company. Craig and Ellen Crump Ed and Pam Quinn Max and Sunny Howard “We never tire of telling our friends to visit Ralph and Marjorie Crump IHO MSGT Charles D. McGehee, Memorial Foundation New Orleans and the Museum with their Jill and Jed Davis WWII Veteran Arthur Hershey and Sharon Linkletter children and grandchildren. I know that many David and Rosemarie DeVido Mr. and Mrs. R. Randolph Russell A. and Betty Joan Hitt have listened to our pitch, made the trip and IHO Joseph L. DeVido, Richmond, Jr. IHO James Lawson Elliott, thanked us for prompting them to go. They all WWII Veteran IHO R. Randolph Richmond, Jr., WWII Veteran Beatrice Schoenfeld DeVido WWII Veteran Donald Kershaw Elliott, come back impressed,” says Ken. Dick and Judi Duchossois Pam and Mark Rubin WWII Veteran The Coppers remain faithful supporters of IHO George Duchossois, Jennifer and Phil Satre E. Galt and Helen D. Davis, the Museum through Patriots Circle to keep WWII Veteran Jack D. Samuelson, WWII Veteran WWII Home Front the history of this critical period alive and Albert Duchossois, WWII Veteran Mr. Robert V. Siebel Ernest Roland Davis, WWII Veteran instructive for all Americans. “We are proud to The Arv and Carol Fisher Mr. and Mrs. Scott Spradley John “Johnny” Cleveland participate, in a small way, to thank those brave Charitable Fund Mr. Phillip Staples Campbell, Jr., WWII Veteran souls who died and sacrificed so that we might IHO Mr. Arvold O. Fisher, Mrs. Carroll Suggs Warren A. and Myrtle L. Hitt, WWII Home Front Henry Swieca WWII Home Front live in freedom today.” Mary and Peter Foss Mr. and Mrs. Gary L. Thomas William Otis Elliott, WWII Veteran IHO Lt. Col. Robert R. Martindale, IHO Garland L. Thomas, Mr. Billy B. Hopper WWII Veteran WWII Veteran IHO Sgt. Ernest T. Hopper, Sgt. H. J. Foss, Jr., WWII Veteran Jimmie B. Gunter, WWII Veteran WWII Veteran 2016 ANNUAL REPORT PATRIOTS CIRCLE DONORS 35

Ms. Barbara Hull Mr. and Mrs. Robert R. Wolf Ms. Deborah A. Eppolito David and Sarah Hurder IHO Lt. Cmdr. William Deloney IHO Ens. N. Clifford Wolf, IHO Lt. Col. Harold L. Imhoff, IHO Maj. Gen. Edwin D. Patrick, Hull, Jr., WWII Veteran WWII Veteran WWII Veteran WWII Veteran Mrs. Linda Zoe Hurlock And two other donors who wish Mr. Jerry B. Epstein Kent and Jan Jackman IHO Audber Arthur Gross, to remain Anonymous IHO Pat T. Epstein SGT Robert E. and Monica Jacoby, WWII Veteran IHO Benjamin N. Goo, LTC Randy Everson, USA (Ret.) USA (Ret.), WWII Veteran Callie Joyce Murdoch-Gross, WWII Veteran IHO LTJG Bartlett S. Everson, Mary L. Dumestre and WWII Veteran David T. S. Goo, WWII Veteran WWII Veteran Guy P. Johnson Donald David Gross, WWII Veteran Joseph F. S. Goo, WWII Veteran Lynn Everson, WWII Veteran Mr. Tom Jordan Mr. John M. Huss Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Farnsworth John and Dottie Kelley Charles L. Jarvie Tina L. Ferrell IHO Lt. Calvin A. Kelley, Mr. Kelly Jay TWO STAR IHO Edward C. Zimmerman, WWII Veteran Dr. David G. Jones WWII Veteran Lou Kennedy and Family Mr. and Mrs. Donald C. Jones Ron and Karen Adams Anna Zimmerman IHO James E. Kennedy, Ms. Sachiko Kawaguehi Darleen S. Alexander Herman Haegele, WWII Veteran WWII Veteran Nang N. Kim IHO Richard D. Sexton, Emma Haegele 1st Lt. Frances Tuciarone, IHO Major Tucker Gougleman, WWII Veteran Mr. James H. Frauenberg WWII Veteran WWII Veteran Donald D. Alexander, WWII Veteran IHO E. J. Connelley, WWII Veteran Dr. Merritt E. Kimball, WWII Veteran Mr. Brian M. Kincaid Harold J. Sexton, WWII Veteran Howard Frauenberg, WWII Veteran Mr. and Mrs. Thomas M. Kitchen Ms. Dot Klock Captain Stephen M. Bailey Loretta Frauenberg, WWII Veteran IHO John Walter Paul, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Jack T. Lengsfield IHO W. W. Stout, WWII Veteran Pam Davis Friedler WWII Veteran IHO Jack T. Lengsfield, William P. Bakel, WWII Veteran IHO Arthur Q. Davis, WWII Veteran Buddy Kullman WWII Veteran Mr. and Mrs. Michael D. Beckman Marcus Frost Sal and Carol Glenn Lalani Mr. and Mrs. George H. Madison James W. and Peggy A. Beisner IHO Clifford Alton Frost, IHO Joseph Wallace Glenn, IHO Charles J. King, WWII Veteran Major Theodore A. Bell, USAF (Ret.) WWII Veteran WWII Veteran George F. Madison, WWII Veteran Paul Blackney Daniel Preston Frost, WWII Veteran Morris Cady Glenn, WWII Veteran Lee C. Doty, WWII Veteran Captain Ronald W. Branch Rodney Brubaker, WWII Veteran Charles W. Lane III Thomas Falbo, WWII Veteran IHO Frankie Joseph Jindra, Kenneth Blackidge, WWII Veteran Mark and Patti Lenz The Florence Mauboules WWII Veteran Jim and Sherree Funk IHO Harold Weinzierl, Charitable Trust Matthew S. and Julianne L. Brott Dr. Jack and Mrs. Linda Gill WWII Veteran IHO Paul Hilliard, WWII Veteran Mr. Kim Brown IHO Lt. Lewis Challis, Mr. Wilton Looney, WWII Veteran The John J. McArdle III and Joan IHO George Brown, WWII Veteran WWII Veteran IHO Earl Dolive, WWII Veteran Creamer McArdle Foundation John Croup, WWII Veteran PFC Elmer Clayton Gill, Frederick and Linda R. Mangelsdorf Michael and Jovette Mosing MSGT and Mrs. Peter D. Burland WWII Veteran IHO Theodore A. Mangelsdorf Ms. Dorothy Duval Nelson Norma Carson Morris Goldfarb William G. “Bill” Newnam, IHO Claude B. Duval, WWII Veteran IHO William James (Bill) Carson, IHO Mr. Julius Sigholz, WWII Veteran Mr. Haig Papaian, Jr. WWII Veteran WWII Veteran Mr. Lawrence Marino and Ron and Becky Parker John B. Carter Mr. Barry Gossett Ms. Ann Morehead IHO John E. Johnson, Jr., IHO MSgt. Johnie T. Carter, IHO Joe B. Gossett, WWII Veteran Mr. and Mrs. Andrew J. Markey WWII Veteran WWII Veteran Mr. Merrill Greer IHO John T. Markey, Jr., Lewis K. Phillips, WWII Home Front Charles Foundation, Inc. IHO Max M. Greer, WWII Veteran WWII Veteran John U. Parolo IHO Robert Rooke Ms. Leonie Griswold Robert Jones, WWII Veteran Jan and Rich Pattarozzi Mr. and Mrs. Dudley W. Coates IHO William Tudor Griswold, Walter H. Jones, WWII Veteran Pecora Family Mses. Linda and Barbara Coley WWII Veteran Charles D. Marks Dr. Carl D. Peterson IHO Hazel Brady Coley, Don Lopez, WWII Veteran IHO Maj. Sidney L. Marks, IHO Ken Meyer, WWII Veteran WWII Home Front Tex Hill, WWII Veteran WWII Veteran John and Lynn Raber Leonard Earl Coley, WWII Veteran General Claire Lee Chennault, Pvt. Harry Otter, WWII Veteran IHO Dr. Paul Raber Tyrone J. Collins, MD WWII Veteran Mr. Thomas Marks Mr. Dick Arnold IHO Dr. Limone C. Collins, Sr., LTC and Mrs. Ronald M. Guiberson IHO Marvin J. Marks, WWII Veteran Mr. H. Lewis Rapaport WWII Veteran IHO Charles E. Foster, Ben A. Martinez, Jr. IHO Stanley Rapaport, Mrs. Margaret Colvert WWII Veteran IHO Urban B. Martinez, WWII Home Front IHO Marvin J. Colvert, Henry Foster, WWII Veteran WWII Veteran Arnold Strauch, WWII Veteran WWII Veteran John Kramer, WWII Veteran Mr. Duncan L. Matteson, Sr. and Mr. Philip W. Reed Mr. and Mrs. David A. Cowan Katherine Kramer, WWII Veteran Mrs. Shirley C. Matteson IHO Philip W. Reed, WWII Veteran Gary Cox Robert Kramer, WWII Veteran George A. McCalpin Dr. Patrice K. Richardson IHO Clifford L. Hammond, G. Robert Hamrdla IHO F. William McCalpin, IHO Edgel W. Richardson WWII Veteran Mr. and Mrs. Robert B. Hanna WWII Veteran S. Melvin Rines, WWII Veteran Harold Ray Stevens, WWII Veteran IHO Robert R. Schmalhofer, William J. Dieter, WWII Veteran Mr. Michael H. Russell Hulen G. Havens, WWII Veteran WWII Veteran Tom and Marla McCullough IHO Harold C. Russell Robert V. Jones, WWII Veteran Thomas F. Cassia, Jr. Col. and Mrs. Larry Merington The Wilson Sexton Foundation Jeff and Wendy Dahlgren Fred Brooks, WWII Veteran IHO Charles Domangue, Herbert J. and Jeanne S. Siegel Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Dale Mr. Marc Helm WWII Veteran Frederick P. Stratton, Jr. IHO Lionel Favalora IHO Homer Marcus Helm, Sr., Jack Merington, WWII Veteran IHO Tracy N. Gordon John Dale, WWII Veteran WWII Veteran John Albanese, WWII Veteran Scotty Bamford, WWII Veteran Dimension Development Two, LLC Quay Milford Fortner, Edward J. Filanowski, Mr. John G. Turner and Mr. Robert H. Dunlap WWII Veteran WWII Veteran Mr. Jerry G. Fischer IHO J. Harvey Seale, WWII Veteran Col. Paul H. Herbert Maurice Meyer III and Irma Meyer IHO Bert Silger Turner, Ebert - LeBlanc Family Foundation Warren G. Herreid II and Mr. and Mrs. David B. Miller WWII Veteran H. Michael England Jeannine M. Rivet IHO Van Roy Miller, Sr., David and Candace Weir Foundation IHO Harry M. England, Mr. and Mrs. Gerald E. Hodnefield WWII Veteran IHO David Andrew Weir, Jr., WWII Veteran Robert W. Horner III WWII Veteran 36 THE NATIONAL WWII MUSEUM

Henry J. and Theresa Cox Montero RADM and Mrs. Michael W. Shelton The American Legion Jerald Bays IHO S/SGT Michael R. Cronin, IHO MU1 William W. Shelton, Synepuxent Post 166 IHO L. Jerald Bays WWII Veteran WWII Veteran Ms. Jerome T. Amerman Sherry Lynn Owens S/SGT James A. Nulty, Jacques B. Smith IHO Kenneth Thompson James and Tammy Beatty WWII Veteran Ms. Murial M. Smith Marie E. Anderson IHO Lt. Col. John Beatty, T/SGT Michael Migilore, IHO Donald L. Smith, Jr., IHO John A. Anderson, WWII Veteran WWII Veteran WWII Veteran WWII Veteran Mr. Michel Bechtel SGT Hugh Nulty, WWII Veteran Walter J. Smoyer Frank T. Alaburda, WWII Veteran IHO Joseph P. Bechtel, Mr. Michael R. Montoya and IHO Jack Smoyer, WWII Veteran Mark Anderson WWII Veteran Mrs. Dorthea Montoya James Paul, WWII Veteran IHO Albert Bruce Crutcher II, Clifford T. Becker IHO John D. Villa, WWII Veteran John Paul, WWII Veteran WWII Veteran IHO Raymond H. Becker, Eustaqio Montoya, WWII Veteran Macolm Paul, WWII Veteran Robert A. Scalfi, Jr., WWII Veteran WWII Veteran Arthur J. Moore, WWII Veteran Margaret Paul, WWII Veteran The Honorable and Mrs. Mr. and Mrs. John D. Becker Glenn Mueller - RPM Pizza - William J. Smoyer, WWII Veteran William C. Anderson Dr. and Mrs. Scott LeGrant Beech Domino’s Pizza Val and Julie Stokes IHO Harold E. Anderson, Susan K. Behnke IHO Richard Galloway IHO Marston Stokes, WWII Veteran WWII Veteran IHO Wallace B. Kurtz, WWII Veteran Thomas B. Nusz Ms. Lisa M. Thamasett Travis K. Anderson Mr. Justin Bein Ms. Odessa G. Parker Robert B. Thompson IHO James Woodrow Wise, Mr. Larry R. Belcaster IHO Andrew G. Russell, Jr., IHO Bob Hamrdla WWII Veteran IHO Rocco Antonelli, WWII Veteran Dr. and Mrs. Andrew G. Todd Jack R. and Rose-Marie Anderson WWII Veteran Mr. and Mrs. James D. Pike Cynthia Crowell Troop Ms. Loretta Angerer Estol and Elizabeth Belflower IHO Donald O. Pike, WWII Veteran Dr. Billy and Sylvia Walker IHO Richard Kent Angerer, Steven G. and Brenda Beliel Mr. Peter Politzer IHO Billy L. Walker, MD WWII Veteran Adelaide Wisdom Benjamin IHO Alfred R. Politzer, USN Mrs. Donald L. White Mrs. Donna M. Asbill IHO Edward B. Benjamin, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Mark Puskarich IHO Donald L. White, WWII Veteran IHO H. T. (Hank) Miser, WWII Veteran IHO Anthony Puskarich, Jonathan and Lindsay Wilkerson WWII Veteran Elaine Benningfield WWII Veteran IHO Ernest Eugene Hyne, Oral Jackson Asbill, WWII Veteran IHO John Delma Bunch, Walter Puhowsky, WWII Veteran WWII Veteran Capt. Charles B. Askey WWII Veteran Walter V. Latino, WWII Veteran Merritt Mechem Wilkerson, IHO Cdr. Henry Benjamin Askey, Robert K. Henson, WWII Veteran Pyles Family Fund WWII Veteran WWII Veteran Dr. and Mrs. Gerald S. Berenson Barry and Toska Quinnies Myrtle Aiten Wilkerson, AFCM Charles Leon Cramer, K. Marianne Berner and Mr. Bruce M. Ramer WWII Veteran WWII Veteran Dr. Todd Berner IHO Madeline Ramer Mr. and Mrs. William T. Wolverton, Jr. Humphrey Atherton IHO Carl Minor, WWII Veteran Isla and T. R. Reckling III Ms. Jo A. Yates IHO James Edward Farmer, Mr. Jonathan E. Beyman Gregory Ricks and Associates, Inc. IHO Watson Emory Powers, WWII Veteran IHO Bernard B. Beyman, Dr. Judith Ring WWII Veteran Mr. and Mrs. Robert Auray WWII Veteran IHO Capt. John B. Webb, Tokuji Yoshihashi IHO George Edmund Voyer, The Bialkin Family Foundation WWII Veteran IHO Ichiro Yoshihashi, WWII Veteran IHO Kenneth Bialkin, Norman Arthur Ring, WWII Veteran WWII Veteran Robert R. Auray, Sr., WWII Veteran WWII Home Front Susan and Eric J. Robbins Robert J. Bailey Ms. Tamara A. Blackburn IHO Richard Fradkin, WWII Veteran IHO Leonard Crawford, IHO Andrew Jackson Kelley, Leonard S. Rabenowitz, ONE STAR WWII Veteran WWII Veteran WWII Veteran Dr. James Hutchinson, Harold J. Blakemore, WWII Veteran Henry W. Robertson, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Abbinante WWII Veteran Emanuel Blessey IHO William R. Jackson, IHO Anthony J. Belli, WWII Veteran Ms. Karen A. Bain Thomas Blum WWII Veteran Mr. Frederick Charles Abbott IHO Frank Bain, WWII Veteran Mr. and Mrs. Barry O. Blumberg Boone N. Ruff, WWII Veteran Beyond Reynosa Foundation Mr. Willam D. Bain IHO Robert Blumberg, Tammy and Mike Rocker Joseph M. Accurso, MD and IHO Sonny Randall, WWII Veteran WWII Veteran Eduardo E. Rodriguez, MD Mrs. B. Renee Accurso Rod Baker and Peggy Pitre Ms. Lyn Blumenthal Ms. Roberta F. Rogers IHO Mr. Sherlock A. “Skip” Mr. A. L. Ballard IHO Milton D. Blumenthal, IHO Joel A. Rogers, WWII Veteran Herrick, Jr. A. Frederick Banfield WWII Veteran Tony Rosenthal and Ruth Ganister Mr. Harry Dutko David and Sandra Banks Dale E. Boger IHO Daniel J. Ganister, Dale and Carol Aclin IHO Sieta Claude, WWII Veteran IHO Edwin Daniel, WWII Veteran WWII Veteran IHO James W. Dickerson, Ms. Patricia J. Barkley Maj. George Henry Boger, Jr., Murray Rosenthal, WWII Veteran WWII Veteran IHO Earl L. Barkley, WWII Veteran WWII Veteran Nancy E. Leavesley, John C. Aclin, WWII Veteran Mr. Richard Barnes Thomas W. Costello, WWII Veteran WWII Home Front Col. Fae M. Adams (Ret.) IHO Elsmer Ray Barnes, Mr. William Boller Pauline Wexelblatt, WWII Veteran James L. Adams WWII Veteran IHO Merle Howard Boller, Harvey E. Rothenberg IHO Bud Adams, WWII Veteran Mr. David L. Barnhart WWII Veteran IHO Robert Rothenberg, Ms. Susan Aguiar John H. Barrette The Bond Foundation, Inc. WWII Veteran IHO John Arruda, WWII Veteran Mr. Gary W. Barrows Mary Kay Borchers Joseph N. Rothenberg, Mr. Thomas W. Akridge IHO Lee Slauter IHO Charles L. Borchers, MD, WWI Veteran IHO John “Jack” Edwin Kathleen A. Barstnar WWII Veteran Capt. Elmer H. Ruehlmann, Akridge, Sr., WWII Veteran IHO William Carollo Roger and Carolyn Bourgeois WWII Veteran Doug and Mary Albert Basin St. Station IHO Abel L. Bourgeois, USA IHO Albert F. Ruehlmann, IHO Joseph L. Abinanti, Mr. Michael J. Batza, Jr. Malvin Pitre, Sr., WWII Veteran WWII Veteran WWII Veteran IHO Mr. Michael John Batza, Roger R. Bourgeois, USAF Carl G. Ruehlmann, WWII Veteran Gail Alpert WWII Veteran Lt. Col. Gerald F. Bourgeois, Eugene P. Ruehlmann, IHO Charles Hudson Edge Mr. James Baynham USAF (Ret.) WWII Veteran Mr. and Mrs. Edward Amar, Jr. IHO 445th Bomb Group, Dr. William Bourland William E. Ruehlmann, Mr. John G. Amato 8th Air Force IHO Dr. Robert Leon Bourland, Sr., WWII Veteran IHO Virginia D. Amato WWII Veteran Mr. and Mrs. William P. Rutledge John G. Amato B. Joe and Becky Bowers 2016 ANNUAL REPORT PATRIOTS CIRCLE DONORS 37

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Irene L. Bowes Terri L. Burton Mr. Mark S. Comora IHO Thomas Bowes, WWII Veteran Mr. and Mrs. Michael Bush IHO Herb Mahler, WWII Veteran Dr. and Mrs. John Hall Bowker, IHO Marvin M. Bush, WWII Veteran Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Compton WWII Veteran Bernard N. Bush IHO Harry C. Compton, WWII KIA Ms. Nancy Bowman Dr. James H. Butt II Frederick F. Brecht, WWII Veteran IHO Paul Warren Bowman, IHO James H. Butt, Sr., Francis Eldon Brecht, WWII KIA WWII Veteran WWII Veteran Dr. John R. Condit, Jr. Mr. C. Harvey Bradley, WWII Veteran Byron K. Butt, WWII Veteran IHO John Russell Condit, Sr., Beverly Miller Brady Mr. Mark J. Buzby WWII Veteran IHO Major William C. Miller, Jr., Robert Louis Cabes Mr. Michael R. Conley WWII Veteran IHO - George Joseph Fanning, IHO Roland R. Conley, Mr. and Mrs. Walter W. Brandon, Jr. WWII Veteran WWII Veteran Dr. and Mrs. Salvador A. Brau Louis Jacob Cabes, WWII Veteran Richard Conly, WWII Veteran Edward Brayman and Sparre Strand Ms. Rosemary Caflisch IHO G. Leonard Conly, IHO Donald LaVerne Brayman, IHO Leonard P. Caflisch, Jr., WWI Veteran WWII Veteran WWII Veteran Grace Conly, WWI Veteran Harold Brayman, WWII Veteran Mr. Kenneth Cailloux George J. Conly II, WWII Veteran Dean Philip Strand, WWII Veteran IHO Floyd A. Cailloux, L. Gilbert Conly, WWII Veteran Leroy Oswald Strand, WWII Veteran WWII Veteran Richard T. Conly, WWII Veteran Mr. and Mrs. Michael Brem Nancy H. Calhoun John R. Conly – Korean War John Brennan Sue Cannon Veteran Lee and Tamie Bressler IHO George Reynold Cannon, Courtney and Miles Conte Mr. James H. Brewster III WWII Veteran IHO Gino Conte, WWII Veteran Mr. and Mrs. H. David Bright Dan Cantor, WWII Veteran Ms. Elaine Cooney Mr. Herbert C. Brillhart, Jr., and Joan Cantor IHO Peter Lenowitz, WWII Veteran WWII Veteran Mr. Angelo Caputo Steven R. Corbett Mrs. Gloria Brinker Ms. Dolores L. Carrasco IHO Arnold W. Pardis, WWII Veteran IHO Lt. Francis E. Brinker, IHO Manuel L. Carrasco, Jack Keefer, WWII Veteran AUSTIN, TX Growing up, both Jonathan and WWII Veteran WWII Veteran Allen J. Corbin Lindsay were captivated by stories from their Mr. A. Vernon Brinson Mr. and Mrs. Michael Carroll Linda C. Cornutt respective grandparents about life during IHO Archibald Thomas IHO Montgomery Leintze IHO Lt. Everett R. Core, World War II. So when they heard about a Higgins, Jr., WWII Veteran McCullough, WWII Veteran WWII Veteran “new” museum in New Orleans in 2005, John P. Williamson, WWII Veteran N. Warren Carroll, WWII Veteran Mr. and Mrs. Steven Cossé Judy and Bernard Briskin Mrs. Beverly Carter IHO Claude Cossé, WWII Veteran the couple—then students but already avid Emil Britt IHO Powhatan Carter, Jr., Brig. Gen. George E. Craft travelers to WWII museums around the world— Carole Brookins WWII Veteran Mr. Gordon Crawford went to see it. IHO Charles H. Glueck, Mr. John P. Carver George E. Cressman They knew right away that The National WWII WWII Veteran IHO Major Ransom F. Carver, IHO SSGT David E. Stutzman, Museum was something special. “Here were Rebecca A. Glueck, WWII Veteran WWII Veteran WWII Veteran these innovative presentations—oral histories, Mr. George E. Brower, Jr. Mrs. Patricia Castro Jim and Kathy Crouch videos, exhibits—that were so powerful. We IHO George E. Brower IHO Cpl. Peter S. Castro, Mr. William R. Crow, Jr. Prentice W. Brower, WWII Veteran WWII Veteran IHO William Raymond Crow, loved the materials from both the Allied and Charles E. Brown, Sr., WWII Veteran Mr. Stephen H. Cate WWII Veteran Axis perspective—something we didn’t see at Mr. Thomas Brown IHO Lt. Robert G. Harper, USMC Mr. F. Gary Cunningham the Imperial War Museum in London or other Wesley W. Brumback Frank T. Cate, WWII Veteran IHO 1st. Lt. John H. Cunningham WWII museums!” Mrs. Frank S. Bruno Patsy B. and LTC James A. Roderick Henderson Outland, USN Says Jonathan, “None of our family and David L. Brush Causey (Ret.) Ambassador Walter J. P. Curley, Jr. friends who we’ve encouraged to go to the IHO William George Hutchisons, Ms. Louise G. Chapman CAPT, USMC (Ret.) Museum have ever been disappointed. Even WWII Veteran IHO John Ople Chapman, Jr., Ms. Doris L. Dahl Baby Proctor, WWII Veteran WWII Veteran IHO Lt. Col. Kenneth M. Dahl, those who say they don’t consider themselves JP and Mary Jon Bryan Foundation Mr. and Mrs. John D. Charbonnet WWII Veteran history or ‘museum people’ connect with the Mr. William Buckner Fred L. and Kristi E. Charlton Pvt. Harold Liddell, WWII Veteran engaging exhibits.” Madelyn and Slate (almost IHO General Simon Bolivar IHO CPO Fred E. Charlton, Terry and Joanne Dale two years old at the time) were mesmerized Buckner, Jr., WWII Veteran WWII Veteran IHO - Amelia Corvaia McDaniel, by Road to Tokyo, which they saw at its grand Simon Bolivar Buckner III, Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Cheever WWII Veteran opening in 2015. WWII Veteran IHO Capt. John Shary II, Barbara P. Hahn, WWII Veteran “For us, this brings purpose and meaning Jeffrey R. Buckner WWII Veteran Bud Williamson, WWII Veteran to our remaining in the Patriots Circle. What Colin K. and Kerry Hendon Buell Col. Charles E. Cheever, Sr., Charles B. Hahn, WWII Veteran IHO Capt. J. Parker Buell WWII Veteran John Edward Dale, WWII Veteran a blessing to use their enchantment with L. G. Brown, WWII Veteran Mr. Harry V. Cheshire Neil Wilson McDaniel, so many of the sights and sounds found on Marvin G. Kleypas, WWII Veteran IHO Harry V. Cheshire, Jr., WWII Veteran campus as an opportunity to share the stories Ralph L. Buell III WWII Veteran Mr. Alex Daniels of their great-grandparents—and our own Ralph L. Buell, Jr., WWII Veteran Jackie Carter Clifford, Jr. IHO Don O’Cain Daniels, fond memories.” Texas R. Flanken, WWII Veteran Brig. Gen. James B. Cobb, USAF (Ret.) WWII Veteran Walter Lee Hendon, Jr., Dr. and Mrs. Walter D. Cockerham Mrs. Margaret Lynn Daulton WWII Veteran IHO Kirby Lee Cockerham, IHO Frank Roy Daulton, William G. Stokes, WWII Veteran WWII Veteran WWII Veteran Ms. Joy Burden Robert Rife Saunder, WWII Veteran Harvey Henry Kustel, WWII Veteran IHO Paul L. Christensen, Ms. Rebecca Cody Mr. James J. Dawson WWII Veteran IHO Purvis H. Cody, WWII Veteran IHO Richard H. Dawson, Dr. William Burgin, Jr., Roy C. Coffee, Jr. WWII Veteran WWII Home Front IHO Herschel Abbott Burglass Family Mr. Thomas G. Coffey 38 THE NATIONAL WWII MUSEUM

Mr. and Mrs. Martin R. de Laureal Ms. Betty Jo Ellard Ronald A. Freeman, PE Emily P. George IHO Capt. William David de IHO Gene Purvis McPhail, IHO Lt. Cmdr. Theodore M. IHO James Arthur Piercy, Laureal, WWII Veteran WWII Veteran Robinson, WWII Veteran WWII Veteran Capt. Henry Harper Bush, Jan McCaleb Elliott and Dana SSgt. Richard Harris, WWII Veteran Mr. Robert Gibson, WWII Veteran WWII Veteran McCaleb Barnes SSgt. Theodore B. Marks, IHO Robert H. Gibson, Kevin P. Delaney IHO Jesse Elliott McCaleb, Jr., WWII Veteran WWII Veteran Peggy and Don DePascal WWII Veteran Cmdr. James Thearle, James C. Gibson, WWII Veteran Mr. and Mrs. Gene H. Dewhurst Mr. and Mrs. John M. Elliott Vietnam War Veteran Thomas M. Gibson, WWII Veteran IHO Lt. Col. David H. Dewhurst Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Ellis Mr. Alfred Frevold Mr. Bobby J. Glass Bonnie P. Dial Clayton Englar IHO Alfred N. Frevold, IHO R. M. Brantley, WWII Veteran IHO George Prendergast, Jr., Michael P. Esposito, Jr. WWII Veteran Buford Weaver, WWII Veteran WWII Veteran Trish and John Eubanks Donnarae B. Freyermuth Jack Weaver, WWII Veteran James F. Dicke II Mr. Mark W. Evans IHO Frank Freyermuth, Sambo Weaver, WWII Veteran Beverly M. Dietz IHO MSGT Ben E. Evans, WWII Veteran Ms. Clare A. Glassell IHO Hays Claude Mayo, WWII Veteran William Freyermuth, WWII Veteran IHO Alfred C. Glassell, Jr., WWII Veteran Horace D. Evans and Selma Evans Mr. Barry Friedberg WWII Veteran The Dill Family Charitable Foundation Mr. John Evans IHO Herbert Friedberg, Mr. Charles Godchaux IHO Linn Whitmore, WWII Veteran Ms. Susan Farrell WWII Veteran IHO Frank Godchaux Robert M. Crosbie, WWII Veteran IHO James O. Hill, WWII Veteran Ms. Phyllis R. Friedenberg Jim Ragland, WWII Veteran Wm. B. Webster, WWII Veteran Lt. Col. Edward J. Farrell IHO Bernard Friedenberg, Julian Ragland, WWII Veteran Mr. and Mrs. John Dilland IHO Olive Goodwin Farrell WWII Veteran The Goldie Anna Charitable Trust IHO Glenn A. Dilland, Louis J. Farrell Edmund Frodyma Robert and Susan Goldstein Family WWII Veteran George B. Faux George T. Froming IHO Charles A. Smith, Jr. Mr. William Dinis IHO Loyed Faux, WWII Veteran IHO George H. Froming, Wallace W. Goodey III IHO Richard A. Simmons, Ms. Erin Feathers WWII Home Front IHO Wallace Werneigk Goodey, Jr., WWII Veteran Mr. Werner Feibes Howard D. Clapp, WWII Veteran WWII Veteran Jim and Becky Dockter IHO James D. Schmitt, Aurel Helf, WWII Veteran Mr. Alvin Goolsby and Ms. Betty J. IHO Eugene J. Dockter, WWII Veteran Marcel Helf, WWII Veteran Verdino WWII Veteran Col. and Mrs. Mark Ferketish Frank Mikolic, WWII Veteran IHO S1C Omar Tillion Goolsby, Richard G. Miller, Jr., WWII Veteran Todd Fernstrum Mr. and Mrs. Richard Garbisch WWII Veteran Mr. Chris Domangue IHO Robert William Fernstrum, Lawrence and Ashley Garcia Mr. Mark Gottwald IHO Edward J. Filanowski, WWII Home Front Mr. and Mrs. John T. Garnjost Mr. Russell and Mrs. Beth Gould WWII Veteran Alan and Patricia Fiorenza IHO Bill Tweedy, WWII Veteran IHO Richard L. Gould, WWII Veteran Mr. Harry A. Donovan IHO Thomas Mevlin Matthews, Dan Luciano, WWII Veteran Mr. R. Newell Graham Ms. Susan Dorsch WWII Veteran John Grunow, WWII Veteran IHO Hardy Moore Graham, IHO Robert Ewing, WWII Veteran Anthony J. Fiorenza, WWII Veteran Steve and Sue Gasper WWII Veteran Mr. Regis F. Dougherty, WWII Veteran Mr. Kim Fischer IHO John Sutherland, Jr., Clarence S. Greene, Jr., MD IHO Betty Dougherty, IHO Charles “Red” Fischer, WWII Veteran IHO Thomas E. Gardiner, WWII Home Front WWII Veteran Mr. Dennis Michael Gassert WWII Veteran Mr. Gary Dressler Mr. Robert L. Fiscus IHO Dr. John Elbert Deloney, Dr. Joseph H. Groveman IHO Frederick J. Busha, Nolie M. Fishman WWII Veteran Mr. Ernest A. Gruwell WWII Veteran IHO SGT Harry S. Miller, Elizabeth Lorraine Heller Gassert IHO Ernest A. Gruwell, Tsip Levitov, WWII Veteran WWII Veteran Wayne Shirk Gassert, WWII Veteran Mr. Wm. Craig Dubishar Mr. R. L. Fletcher WWII Veteran Ralph W. Gruwell, WWII Veteran IHO Maj. Wm. Roland Mr. Budd W. Florkiewicz Dr. George J. Gataky Valerie and Jack Guenther Dubishar, USAF Mr. Roger M. Flynt, Jr. IHO George J. Gataky, Sr., IHO Ross Howard Mr. Neil Duffin IHO Roger M. Flynt, WWII Veteran WWI Veteran Jack Mallepell IHO James Hogg Duffin, Keith Anthony Folse and Mr. Norman C. Gauthreaux Mr. and Mrs. E. J. “Mike” Guillot, Jr. WWII Veteran Barbara Gayle Folse IHO Roy N. Gauthreaux, IHO Alfred Flynn Mrs. Dorothy Duffy IHO Lt. Col. Ira C. Weatherly (Ret.), WWII Veteran Edgar Flynn IHO Lt. Col. Carl W. Steinkamp, WWII Veteran Joseph R. Surgi, WWII Veteran Jim Ledet WWII Veteran Pvt. Guy Joseph Folse, David R. Doll, WWII Veteran John Flynn George B. Duke WWII Veteran Donald A. Doll, WWII Veteran Manny Guillot IHO Robert Wick, WWII Veteran Shirley Foreman Mathias Doll, WWII Veteran Mr. and Mrs. James O. Gundlach Ms. Velora Dulle IHO Roy Lee Foreman Clyde Gauthreaux, WWII Veteran Mr. Curtis C. Gunn, Jr. IHO Frank H. Zehm, WWII Veteran Mr. and Mrs. George D. Fosdick Earl Gauthreaux, WWII Veteran IHO Curtis C. Gunn, WWII Veteran Mr. and Mrs. Tim Dunn IHO Major Leslie Howard, Robert Gauthreaux, Korean and Ms. Maxine R. Gustafson IHO Jack Caughman, WWII Veteran WWII Veteran Vietnam War Veteran IHO Charles Gordon Gustafson, Dr. Peter and Mrs. J. Isabelle Dyck George W. Fosdick, WWII Veteran Mr. Carol Gautreau WWII Veteran Jon A. Ebacher Ms. Sarajane Foster Mr. John Gay Mr. Gary C. Gwinn IHO Rudolph W. Ebacher, IHO Arnold E. Foster, WWII Veteran IHO Andrew Price Gay, IHO Merritt S. Gwinn, Jr., WWII Veteran Julie Fotiades and WWII Veteran WWII Veteran Charles E. Ebrom Evelyn Fotiades Poulos Mr. Herbert Gedge Joe M. Haas, WWII Veteran Robert and Anna Edsel IHO George Demas IHO Alfred B. Gedge, IHO Samuel D. Haas, WWII Veteran IHO A. Ray Edsel, WWII Veteran Joan Fotiades WWII Veteran Mr. Charles Haas Ronald B. Wright, WWII Veteran John Poulos Burton H. Gedge III, WWII Veteran Caroline Hackney Ms. Patricia C. Edwards Nick Demas Mr. Joseph P. Gehegan, Jr. IHO Ernst Hackney, WWII Veteran IHO Ode Waughan Cecil, Eleanor J. Fox Ronald and Sharon Gembler Dr. and Mrs. John M. Hale WWII Veteran IHO Lt. Col. Lewis V. Smith, IHO Emil Frank Gembler, IHO Mr. John P. Hale, WWII Veteran Richard and Seola Edwards, Jr. WWII Veteran WWI Veteran Nancy and Stephen Hales IHO Achilles Arnaud Mrs. Jean H. Frank, WWII Home Front Elam George Gembler, Robert C. Hall Mr. Richard V. Ehlert IHO Captain Charles W. Frank, WWII Veteran Martin Hallier WWII Veteran Alfred F. Gembler, WWII Veteran 2016 ANNUAL REPORT PATRIOTS CIRCLE DONORS 39

Dan Hammond LTC Robert W. Hicks (Ret.) Jean Dasburg Jacobson and Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Kennedy IHO Elmer M. Hammond, IHO SFC Elmer G. Hicks Steve Jacobson IHO Salvador Barcelona, WWII Veteran W. Glen Hicks, WWII Veteran IHO Jean Henry Dasburg, Korean War Veteran Raenel R. Hansen Mr. Steve Higgins WWII Veteran John Austin Garside, Sr., IHO Charles E. Richner, Mr. David Hiller Lewis H. Weinstein, WWII Veteran WWII Veteran WWII Veteran IHO Robert R. Hiller, WWII Veteran Robert T. Geraghty, WWII Veteran Thomas E. Kennedy, Sr., Kathleen Kress Hanson Mr. Tatnall Lea Hillman Jack Jacobson, WWII Veteran WWII Veteran IHO John J. Kress, WWII Veteran IHO William Williams Keen Mr. Jerold Jacobson The Kerr Foundation, Inc. Ruth McNern Kress, WWII Veteran Butcher, WWII Veteran Ms. Christine Jacques IHO Robert S. Kerr, Jr. Mr. Paul Harless Bob and Sandy Hillman IHO Donald Jacques, WWII Veteran John M. Key James Homer Harless, Edward W. Hinson, Jr. Patricia Klingelsmith Jacques, John Kinghan and WWII Veteran IHO Marian M. Hinson WWII Veteran David Lawrence Chambers III James A. Harrell, MD Ms. Anita Hirsh Mr. and Mrs. William R. James IHO David Lawrence Chambers II, IHO Samuel James Harrell II, James A. Hixon IHO David Randolph James, WWII Veteran WWII Veteran IHO Col. Charles E. Hixon, WWII Veteran Dr. David and Mrs. Lori Kinnard Ms. Marie Harrington WWII Veteran Mr. Hans G. Jepson IHO James G. Tate, USAAF IHO Frank X. Harrington, Maj. Gen. Robert C. Hixon, IHO Col. Hans G. Jepson, Glenn V. Kinsey WWII Veteran WWII Veteran WWII Veteran IHO Norman V. Kinsey, Eugene S. Harris Peggy Hoblack Col. William Jernigan, USAF (Ret.) WWII Veteran IHO Frank Carleton Harris IHO Ross Todd IHO S1C William Eugene J. Mr. and Mrs. Gary D. Kitson Ms. Claudine Harris, RN Mr. Stanley A. Hoffberger Jernigan, WWII Veteran Larry M. Klairmont IHO Alfred C. Martinez, Edward M. Hoffman John Marion Hayes, Beth and Vernon Kliebert WWII Home Front IHO Capt. Martin Hoffman, WWII Home Front IHO LTJG Christopher Kliebert Robert Ramirez, WWII Home Front WWII Veteran Mr. Michael Johnson Patrick Kliebert Mr. Jay Hartig Kenneth Hoffman IHO COL Tobin C. Rote, Robert Henry Bentel, WWII Veteran IHO SGT Paul J. Hartig, Mr. and Mrs. T. Jerome Holleran WWII Veteran Robert and Betty Knight WWII Veteran IHO Charles J. Holleran, Mr. Charles G. Johnson IHO Fred Franklin Knight, Frank Di Girolamo, WWII Veteran WWII Veteran IHO Walter Giles Johnson, Jr., WWII Veteran Mrs. Sharon Hartshorn Walter Raymond McGonigle, WWII Veteran F. James Knittle, Jr. IHO Roy Thomas Kniebbe, WWII Veteran Ms. Virginia F. Johnson IHO Robert C. Kennedy, WWII Veteran Ms. Joann E. Hood Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Johnston WWII Veteran Les and Donna Haulbrook IHO Robert Steven Hood, IHO Lt. Col. Robert M. Tremmel, Eunice Koch IHO William S. Henderson, WWII Veteran WWII Veteran Mr. Terry J. Kohler WWII Veteran Mr. Timothy C. Hoover PFC John O. Tremmel, WWII KIA Mary B. Kohlmann Joseph D. Haulbrook, WWII Veteran IHO Hoover Family, Dr. and Mrs. Robert N. Jones IHO William Emile Bond, Dr. Richard P. Hays WWII Home Front IHO Alexander Ford Sasser, Jr., WWII Veteran IHO Aubrey L. Hays, WWII Veteran Ms. Patricia Howell WWII Veteran Herman S. Kohlmeyer, Jr. LTC James Hearley IHO Buford Buntyn, Jr., Robert Hausser, WWII Veteran IHO Captain Herman S. IHO CPL John A. Bero, WWII Veteran Louise A. Jones Kohlmeyer, WWII Veteran WWII Veteran Alice Howie and Danica Garcia IHO – Stanton Agee, WWII Veteran James Lebow, WWII Veteran CPL John J. Neville, Jr. IHO Robert Lee Norman, Dorothy Agee, WWII Home Front Joseph Kozora WWII Veteran WWII Veteran MG Robert Q. Jones, (Ret.) IHO Joseph James Kozora, CPT W. Donald Jensen, Dr. Jack A. Hudson and Mrs. Cynthia Creager Jones WWII Veteran WWII Veteran Mr. and Mrs. Alex T. Hunt, Jr. IHO Captain Ruth Dickerson Sheryl Krats-Sinn LT Margaret Hearley May, Curtis J. Hunter Creager, WWII Veteran IHO Kenneth “Swede” Anton Krats, WWII Veteran Dr. and Mrs. Richard A. Hurd, Jr. Captain Clayton L. Creager, WWII Veteran S2C Daniel M. Hearley, IHO Richard A. Hurd, Sr., WWII Veteran Mr. Ken Kriz WWII Veteran WWII Veteran Mr. Paul Jones IHO Don Kriz, WWII Veteran SGT John M. Hearley, Jeffrey C. Hutchens Mr. and Mrs. John Patrick Jordan Ernie Coufal, WWII Veteran WWII Veteran Richard and Sandra Hutson Lisa and Tom Joyce Evelyn Kriz, WWII Home Front Ms. Elizabeth W. Heller Mr. Donald W. Hyatt Mr. Thomas Kaczynski, Jr. Lad Kriz, WWII Veteran IHO Karl Egon Heller, WWII Veteran IHO Edward Gnoch Hyatt, Charles Kahn, Jr. Robert “Moose” Kustra Robert W. and Lindsay D. Helms WWII Veteran Hugo Kahn Donor Advised Fund Mr. William La Mothe Advised Fund Shawn E. Imai Dr. and Mrs. Jack Kaplan IHO Donald Hillenmayer, IHO Harold Clayton Daniel, IHO Lt. Cmdr. John Claton Leach, Mr. and Mrs. Timothy O. Kappert, Jr. WWII Veteran WWII Veteran WWII Veteran Brian Keelty Lucien Laborde, Jr. Jonas Robert Helms, WWII Veteran Mr. and Mrs. Mark S. Indelicato Joseph Donald Kehoe, WWII Veteran Mrs. Gloria LaGrassa Mr. Paul Helms IHO Diego Indelicato, Mr. Robert Kellams IHO Joseph Tramontano, IHO Robert Lester Helms, WWII Veteran IHO Colin Gregory Neier, WWII Veteran WWII Veteran Janice and Richard Ingram Iraq War Veteran Mr. Vincent “Jim” LaGrasse, Missy and Gary Hemphill IHO Carl T. Walker, WWII Veteran Otto James Hauser, WWII Veteran WWII Veteran Ms. Diane Henderson Herbert M. West, WWII Veteran Lisa and Mike Kelleher Diane S. Lake IHO Henry Bowser, Ronald and Susan Jackson Kelly Family Foundation Mr. Charles W. Lamar III WWII Home Front IHO Clyde B. Hurtt, WWII Veteran Ms. Helen L. Kennedy Ms. Anna Lambourne Mr. Preston Henne Mr. Jonathan L. Jacobs IHO Edward C. Kennedy, IHO Alfred Legrand Lambourne, IHO Donald W. Henne, Myron and Randee Jacobs WWII Home Front WWII Veteran WWII Veteran Family Foundation Ms. Jeanne Kennedy Sue Hand Lampton Mr. John and Mrs. Jan Herbert IHO Dr. and Mrs. Sydney Jacobs IHO Spencer D. Kennedy, Jr., IHO James M. Snedigar, IHO Art Harder, WWII Veteran WWII Veteran WWII Veteran John W. Herbert, WWII Veteran Louis F. Snedigar, WWII Veteran Mr. and Mrs. William D. Hess Dr. Karen Landers John G. Hetrick IHO Delbert F. Wombacher 40 THE NATIONAL WWII MUSEUM

Elizabeth and James Landis Col. Kathleen M. Lux Dr. Dean C. McKinley Mr. Virgil Morgan, WWII Veteran IHO Frederick S. Landis, General and Mrs. William Lyon IHO William H. McKinley, IHO Carl Moon, WWII Veteran WWII Veteran IHO Major General William Lyon, WWII Veteran Chester Moon, WWII Veteran Mr. John W. Langley WWII Veteran George G. McKinley, WWII Veteran Floyd Maydiggen, WWII Veteran IHO Mr. B. T. Hughes, WWII Veteran Virginia and Francis S. Maas Fund Jackie McKnight George Moon, WWII Veteran Col. Lawrence S. Simcox IHO Paolo G. Parras, WWII Veteran IHO T. G. Zager, WWII Veteran George Morgan, WWII Veteran WWII Veteran Donald A. MacDonald Dr. Robert McWhirter Lloyd Wilson, WWII Veteran Mr. Clarke Langrall IHO Orien MacDonald, IHO Stanley B. McWhirter, Newt Hansen, WWII Veteran The Lauricella Land Company WWII Veteran WWII Home Front Raymond Moon, WWII Veteran Foundation Stuart W. MacDonald, WWII Mr. Henry E. Meadows Robert Moon, WWII Veteran IHO Senator Hank Lauricella Veteran IHO Charles E. Sealy Willard Day Morgan, WWII Veteran Mr. and Mrs. David L. Laxton III Clifford Stover, WWII Veteran Claude W. Meadows, Jr. James and Janet Morgan IHO David L. Laxton, Jr., Stanley E. MacDonald, Lt. John B. Thomas, Jr. IHO Charles Robert Kelly, WWII Veteran WWII Veteran Lt. Col. Patricia A. Meid, WWII Veteran John Parks Laxton, WWII Veteran Ms. Evelyn E. MacLean USMCR (Ret.) Lloyd Eldridge Kelly, WWII Veteran Zelma B. Fry, WWII Veteran IHO Charles D. MacLean, Mr. Herman Mellott Morris Family Foundation Mrs. Lois H. Lazaro WWII Veteran IHO Paul C. Mellott, Sr. John and Nonie Morris Dr. Vincent Wayne Leaver Georges Maillot J. K. Menoudakos IHO Sidney V. Morris, Jr., IHO Vincent Hill Leaver, Dr. and Mrs. Neil J. Maki IHO George H. Xanthakos, WWII Veteran WWII Veteran Milton and Tamar Maltz WWII Veteran Ward and Carolyn Morris Gary and Katy Leff Mr. Will G. Mangham, WWII Veteran Messina’s Catering Mr. Jeffrey H. Morse Mr. Melvyn L. Lefkowitz Mrs. Patricia Manuel Mr. and Mrs. Richard M. Meyers Mr. Walter B. Morton, Sr. Joseph and Stephanie Leimkuhler IHO Mary Ellen Belden, IHO Douglas W. McIlhenny, IHO Gregory J. Favret, Jr. IHO Mr. Donald W. Pullan, WWII Home Front WWII Veteran Lowell McCormick WWII Veteran Sgt. William E. Belden, Dr. James Meza, Jr. Rick Ledet Aron Levine WWII Veteran Miami Corporation Walter Morton IHO Fred Galanty M. Joanne “Jody” Belden, Ms. Anita Michaels Mr. Bruno J. Moschetta Mr. and Mrs. Robert Levy WWII Home Front IHO Sam Michaels, WWII Veteran IHO Anthony Ferrara, USA IHO Capt. Ben Levy, Jr. Fred and Linda Marshall Col. Ross S. Mickey, M. M. Motley Mr. David J. Levy IHO Doris Binkley Marshall USMC (Ret.), WWII Veteran Mr. Jeff S. Munoz IHO Sgt. Alexander S. Gibson, Weisenbarger, WWII Home Front William A. Miller, Jr. IHO William R. Munoz, WWII Veteran Fred Taylor Marshall, and Patricia L. Miller WWII Veteran Mr. H. Irwin Levy WWII Home Front IHO Donald E. Miller, WWII Veteran Ken B. Murphy Dolores Libby Benjamin Irvin Gease, WWII Veteran William A. Miller, WWII Veteran Mr. and Mrs. Gavin Murrey Mr. Steven Liebzeit Ms. Janet Martin Robert S. Miller, WWII Veteran IHO Lt. Col. John R. Wilkinson (Ret.) IHO Merlin E. Liebzeit, IHO Edward Boyanoski, Diane Garber Miller Mr. Judson Mygatt WWII Veteran WWII Veteran IHO Julian P. Garber, WWII Veteran IHO Leonard Judson Mygatt, Walter S. Light Edwin Boyanoski, WWII Veteran Mary Duke Garber, WWII Veteran IHO Walter Leverett, WWII Veteran Emmanuel Boyanoski, WWII Home Front Mr. Leonard R. Nachman III Brenda S. Likens WWII Veteran Jim and Sonia Miller IHO Colonel Leonard Randall IHO Howard H. Huff, WWII Veteran Ernest Boyanoski, WWII Veteran Gloria Miller Nachman, WWII Veteran Lois M. Huff Roy M. Martin IHO Leo Joseph Reisfield, Edinger and Greenya Families Eugene “Gene” E. Likens, IHO O. V. Martin, WWII Veteran WWII Veteran IHO Donald R. Edinger, WWII Veteran Mr. Kenneth C. Martin Gregory Miner WWII Veteran Tommy and Eugenia Lind IHO Charles Pearson Martin, IHO George Long III Ralph E. Greenya, WWII Veteran Mrs. Jacqueline B. Lindman WWII Veteran Toby Miner Mr. Pascal Nardelli IHO Hewitt A. (Lex) Schoonover, James and Shirley Martin Charles K. and Lorraine W. Minton IHO Flory N. Nardelli, WWII Veteran WWII Veteran IHO James R. Martin, WWII Veteran IHO Sgt. Ned Jones Winkler, Mr. Garry Needham Stuart A. Lindman, WWII Veteran C. L. Peterson, WWII Veteran WWII Veteran IHO Otis Warren Needham, Mr. Schuyler W. Lininger Audrey M. Martino Ronald and Cynthia Mistrot WWII Veteran IHO Maxfield H. Lininger, IHO John A. Martino, WWII Veteran IHO Robert Najolia, WWII Veteran Stephen L. Nelson WWII Veteran Mr. Fred Masenheimer Mark G. Mod Robert J. Newhouse, Jr., WWII Veteran Alfred S. and Gail P. Lippman Earl and Lonnie Matthew IHO Bill Mod, WWII Veteran Mr. Robert V. Nicoletti Family Fund Mrs. Peggy V. McCallen George Mod, WWII Veteran IHO Peter F. Pelullo, WWII Veteran Mr. Larry L. Little IHO Robert R. McCallen, Jr., Jim Mod, WWII Veteran Mr. and Mrs. William G. Nielsen IHO Luther Little, WWII Veteran WWII Veteran Robert Mod, WWII Veteran Mr. and Mrs. Chris F. Nix, Howard Mitchell, WWII Veteran Brian and Betsy McClure Louise H. Moffett Family Foundation WWII Veteran Stephen A. Loeb IHO David B. McClure IHO Walter Paul Hohman, Jr., Douchka H. Noren Mark Loechelt Henry H. Bush WWII Veteran IHO Joop Herschel Donavon and Glorianne Loeslie Hunter McConnell, Jr., WWII Veteran Douglas and Leslie Monieson Nora Herschel Gerald Lotenberg CAPT and Mrs. J. H. McCoy, USN (Ret.) Family Foundation Ava and Leon Nowalsky IHO Gerald Lotenberg, Ms. Susan McCoy K. E. Montague IHO Harry Nowalsky, WWII Veteran WWII Veteran IHO Elzie Lee “Blue” Lucas, Ms. Mary E. Moore Mr. Joe Nuckolls Dr. and Mrs. Stuart M. Lovett WWII Veteran IHO William Ray Moore, Jr., Mr. Karl Nygren, WWII Veteran Larry J. Loving Michael C. McCreery WWII Veteran Dr. John L. Ochsner, Sr., WWII Veteran IHO James R. Loving, WWII Veteran and Brooke W. McCreery Joseph P. O’Dowd Harry Loving, WWII Veteran IHO Robert Pattee “Pat” McCreery, IHO Philip O’Dowd, WWII Veteran Jane and Lloyd Lovitt WWII Veteran Ms. Sharon K. Oeschger Endowment Fund John McCune IHO Jack Bryson Kelley, IHO Lloyd B. Lovitt, Jr. John M. McCune WWII Veteran Frederick Luckay James S. McDonnell III C. Robert Ogden, WWII Veteran IHO John R. Bowers, WWII Veteran E. Jean McDuffie Richard E. Bowers, WWII Veteran Ms. Shirlee McGreer 2016 ANNUAL REPORT PATRIOTS CIRCLE DONORS 41

DONOR SPOTLIGHT JACQUES B. SMITH

Ms. Tomoko Ohama Ms. Nadine Piedmont Mr. Armando Prins IHO Abraham Ohama, IHO Alfred Piedmont, WWII Veteran IHO Magali Prins-Nogueiras, WWII Veteran Mr. Jason M. Pilalas WWII Home Front Howard and Julie Okum IHO Lt. T. Holmes Moore, Mr. Donald W. Pullan IHO CDR Maurice D. Okum, WWII Veteran Todd R. Puthoff WWII Veteran Mr. and Mrs. Dick H. Piner, Jr. Linda and Mark Putney Douglas G. Oldham Dr. and Mrs. Francis Pisney Natalie L. and Samuel M. Rabicoff IHO Albert S. Buck, WWII Veteran IHO Adolph J. Pisney, IHO Lt. Col. Obbie Lewis Claude F. Hone, WWII Veteran WWII Veteran Ms. Anna C. Radel Frank A. Schneider, WWII Veteran Joseph Trachta, WWII Veteran IHO John L. Radel, WWII Veteran Gordon Oldham, WWII Veteran John Morrissey, WWII Veteran Earl Radel, WWII Veteran Mesmin M. Orchard, WWII Veteran Normand and Diane Pizza Dr. and Mrs. John M. Rainey Richard M. Schneider, IHO Norman F. Pizza, IHO Leonard Lee Rainey, WWII Veteran WWII Veteran WWII Veteran Mr. Dan O’Leary Sidney Pizza, WWII Veteran Lloyd Doescher IHO Capt. Robert Wendell Stewart, Lillian Pizza Buras, Lowell Doescher WWII Veteran WWII Home Front Roland Belanger, WWII Veteran Alex M. Oliphant Mr. and Mrs. Christopher R. Plagge Thomas Crochet, WWII Veteran IHO Robert M. Oliphant, Dr. Julian M. Pleasants Davis Belanger, WWII Veteran WWII Veteran IHO Stephen Ambrose Rainold Family Foundation Ms. Leslie O’Loughlin Pola L. Plowden, WWII Home Front IHO Emile A. Rainold, Jr., IHO Bob Lloyd Wilson, IHO Edwin W. Plowden, Jr., WWII Veteran WWII Veteran WWII Veteran Mr. Dwight Bo Ramsay, WWII Veteran Mr. and Mrs. Harvey O’Neill Mr. Leo Polack Mr. and Mrs. Gary Raphael IHO Charles T. Zatarain, IHO Donald V. Polack, Leonard, Lillian, Faye, and Albert B. WWII Veteran WWII Veteran and Audrey G. Ratner Donor Mark and Karen Ostrowski Jerry Ingebrignston, WWII Veteran Advised Fund of the Jewish IHO Frank Ostrowski, WWII Veteran Sandra Murray Polk Federation of Cleveland METAIRIE, LA When he first heard the Edward Kwiatkowski, WWII Veteran IHO Ruffner Page Murray, RDT, Inc. Museum was going to be built in New Orleans, Ms. Virginia Page WWII Veteran IHO Capt. Robert V. Goodlin, Jr., WWII veteran Jacques Smith jumped at the IHO Gilbert Willey Page, James Wray Murray, WWII Veteran WWII Veteran chance to get involved as a Charter Member. As WWII Veteran Jean Magee Murray, Evelyn H. Tillery, WWII Home Front well as supporting the Museum financially, he Ms. Georgene Palacky WWII Home Front James J. Reca is one of its biggest cheerleaders. “My friends IHO George Pokrajac, Harlan and Hannah Kay Pollock IHO Warren A. Strauss, WWII Veteran Family Philanthropic Fund of WWII Veteran call me a ‘big mouth’ for the Museum because I Ms. Marjorie L. Pardun the Dallas Jewish Community Dorothy (Reca) Fischer, tell family, neighbors—anyone who will listen— IHO George W. Pardun, Foundation WWII Veteran about how great it is!” Whenever my sons come WWII Veteran IHO Herbert Ellis Pollock, MD, Ms. Monique Regard in from out of town, we always make a point Evelyn Parisot WWII Veteran IHO Gerard Regard, WWII Veteran to spend at least a day or two exploring the IHO Martin L. Parisot, WWII Veteran C. Anne Pontius Dr. Scott R. Rehm Museum together. Ms. Elaine Parkhurst IHO Capt. Eugene Cameron IHO Major George Preddy, Jacques and his wife, Patricia, live in nearby IHO Kenneth Parkhurst, Pontius, WWII Veteran WWII Veteran WWII Veteran William J. Popovic Mr. A. J. Remillard, Jr. Metairie, which allows them to visit often. They Paul Parrie IHO Robert F. Schwent, Paul B. Repetto never miss a chance to bring their sons when IHO Peter Paul Parrie, WWII Veteran Mr. John A. Reulet, Sr. they come to town. On a recent visit they took WWII Home Front Mr. John C. Portwood Mr. and Mrs. James A. Richardson in the new Road to Tokyo. “It’s outstanding! I Mr. James C. Parrie Mr. Michael R. Potack IHO Charles Ellis Brown, could spend days in the Museum reading every IHO Peter Paul Parrie, Dr. and Mrs. John R. Poteet WWII Veteran panel in the exhibits.” Their frequent visits WWII Home Front IHO Elmer A. Poteet, Maj. Todd Brown Richardson, also let Jacques and Patricia keep tabs on the Joanne Holbrook Patton WWII Home Front USMC IHO Willard Ames Holbrook, Mary Helen Poteet, Kenneth Ringbloom Museum’s expansion, for which Jacques has a WWII Veteran WWII Home Front Ms. Bernice Ripberger unique appreciation: “Being a civil engineer, I Ms. Cheryl K. Pelton James T. Chumley, WWII Veteran IHO Joseph Charles Ripberger, know it’s not easy to complete a large campus IHO John A. Rogers, WWII Veteran Mr. and Mrs. William S. Potter WWII Veteran within the center of a city!” John H. Wallraff, WWII Veteran IHO Albert Whatley, WWII Veteran Jack B. and Sandy Ripsteen Jacques is also quick to offer praise to Sharon Pember Floyd A. Potter, WWII Veteran IHO Gov. Pete Wilson Museum staffers and volunteers, whom he calls IHO Mr. Macon G. Stroud, Arthur I. Appleton, WWII Veteran Joe Dignan, WWII Veteran unfailingly friendly and helpful. “And my family WWII Veteran Richard Potter, WWII Veteran Joel Ripsteen, MD, WWII Veteran Mr. Robert S. Perkin George H. Hunt, WWII Veteran River Birch, Inc. and I will forever appreciate the recognition IHO R. L. “Buddy” VanderHeyden, Martha O’Driscoll, Mr. Harry E. Roberts they give to us WWII veterans! Even though I WWII Veteran WWII USO Entertainer IHO Francis Albert Roberts, give to several veteran-oriented organizations, Mr. Rupert Perry Ms. Mariette F. Potvin WWII Home Front the Museum remains my top priority year in Roger L. Perry IHO Lt. James E. Potvin, Mr. and Mrs. James A. Robertson and year out because of its mission to share the Mr. Michael Petru WWII Veteran Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth L. Robison stories and lessons of America’s experience of IHO Aloysius J. Petru, WWII Vetera Herman J. “Dutch” IHO Kelly Hunt World War II.” Ms. Jane Pettit and Jane Prager, Jr. Jack L. Hunt IHO George Henry Schade, Dr. and Mrs. Mitchell Pratte Thomas William Robison, WWII Veteran Mr. Jerry Precise WWII Veteran Dr. and Mrs. Lynn J. Philippe Mr. and Mrs. Albert M. Price Dr. Alan M. Robson IHO Joseph Hewitt Philippe, Steve Price IHO Oswell Robson WWII Veteran Mr. Kim Primmer William “Bill” Robson, WWII KIA Mr. and Mrs. Alan H. Philipson IHO Wayne L. Primmer, Mr. and Mrs. William F. Roemer WWII Veteran 42 THE NATIONAL WWII MUSEUM

DONOR SPOTLIGHT MARC AND CATHY SMITH

Dennis and Corrie Roesslein Mr. Cleo Sellers Marc and Cathy Smith IHO Howard A. Carlington, Mr. Robert Serio IHO Bernard A. Smith, WWII Veteran IHO John Joseph Serio, WWII Veteran Theodore A. Roesslein, WWII Veteran Edwin Smith, WWII Veteran WWII Veteran Bobby Stone Shackouls Kenneth Bartly Reash, Mr. and Mrs. Wayne E. Rose IHO David Edward Shackouls, WWII Veteran IHO Lynn E. Rose, Jr., WWII Veteran WWII Veteran Herbert Smith, WWII Veteran Mr. and Mrs. Robert Rosser Elliot Shafer, WWII Veteran Marvis R. Snell IHO Louis H. Ballard, WWII Veteran Shear Graphics, LLC IHO Lewie Aaron Snell, Mansel and Brenda Rubenstein Ms. Diane E. Shelgren WWII Home Front Robert L. Rubright, MD IHO 2nd Lt. Wesley H. Shelgren, Marvis Reeder Snell, Mr. Gary Rupnik WWII Veteran WWII Home Front Capt. James S. Russell, WWII Veteran S/Sgt. Loren B. Shelgren, Randolph Snell, WWII Veteran Patrick Russell, Esq. WWII Veteran David E. Snowden, Sr. IHO Wilbert H. Russell, John and Marny Sherman IHO Lt. Col. John B. Snowden II, WWII Veteran Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Sherrill WWII Veteran Mr. William L. Rutherford IHO Joseph Glenn Sherrill, Harold D. Snyder, WWII Veteran Mr. Matthew B. Saacks WWII Veteran IHO George Greenhalgh, Edward L. Sabourin, AT1, USNR (Ret.) Mr. Myron P. Shevell WWII Veteran IHO Joseph Sabourin, Ms. Gretchen Pence Shires Thomas F. Soule, Jr. WWII Veteran IHO Donald Charles Pence, IHO Cpl. Thomas F. Soule, Sr., James J. Sabourin, WWII Veteran WWII Veteran WWII Veteran Cornelius J. Sabourin, Kenneth E. Shuman S/Sgt. Young W. Whelchel, WWII Veteran Mr. Robert Siever WWII Veteran Edward J. Sabourin, WWII Veteran IHO Clarence Roger Siever, Ryan Souza Patricia R. Sallin WWII Veteran IHO Jack T. Porrift, WWII Veteran IHO 1LT Kathleen Prince Sallin, Ms. Elida R. Silver Mr. Kenneth F. Spitler WWII Veteran IHO Richard L. Silver, WWII Veteran IHO Wesley Allen Pitcock, 1LT John H. Sallin, WWII Veteran Sgt. Perry Kuneasky, WWII Veteran WWII Veteran AUSTIN, TX Marc and Cathy’s fathers both Mr. Fred H. Salter, WWII, Korean, Walter Andrus, WWII Veteran Hugh Franklin Spitler, served in the armed forces during World and Vietnam War Veteran Ed Sawyer, WWII Veteran WWII Veteran War II—Cathy’s dad, Ken Reash, as a Marine Mr. Robert Sanson, WWII Veteran Mrs. Arlene K. Silver Mr. David Spivack on Johnston Island, and Marc’s father, Bernie IHO Edward John Sanson, IHO Sgt. Perry Kuniansky, Pamela Sporing and Steven Altman Smith, in the Army Air Force in Foggia, Italy. WWII Veteran WWII Veteran IHO William Sporing, WWII Veteran As children, they both helped their families Henry Ernest Sanson III, Drs. James H. Dr. Kevin St. Clair decorate veterans’ graves and participated in WWII Veteran and Peggy Soileau Simmons Mr. Michael Stanberry Drs. Stephen and Mary Sapp IHO - Sgt. Albert Bingham IHO Wallace A. Stanberry, fund-raising activities for the American Legion Kobi Sarkr Cantrell, WWII Veteran WWII Veteran and Jewish War Veterans organizations. Cathy Alma Lee and H. N. Saurage, Jr. Fund Esther Simplot Mr. Brian Stanley notes, “We were fortunate to have parents IHO Captain Leonard C. Saurage, IHO Jesse R. Johnston, IHO Ernest D. Greci, WWII Veteran who shared their stories and instilled in us a WWII Veteran WWII Veteran Zoe Stanley tremendous respect for the sacrifices made by Dennis and Kathleen Schabacker Mr. and Mrs. William Mr. William D. Stegbauer all Americans during World War II.” IHO - Kenneth Woodstrom, and Mary Skroch IHO Frank T. Stegbauer, For both, a favorite spot on the Museum WWII Veteran Frank P. Slattery, Jr. WWII Veteran Ernest Nagy, WWII Veteran IHO Frank P. Slattery, WWII Veteran Mr. James E. Stein campus is US Freedom Pavilion: The Boeing Mr. Art and Mrs. Jane Scharlach P. Nevin Sledge, WWII Veteran IHO Joseph E. Stein, Center. Says Marc, “Because my dad was a Joseph M. Schell Mike and Liz Slive WWII Veteran waist gunner in a B-17, I am awestruck when Renee and Herbie Schilling IHO Ben Slive, WWII Veteran Mr. Sylvester Steinke I step into that space and see My Gal Sal IHO Herbert E. Schilling, Jack Slive, WWII Veteran IHO Sylvester Steinke, suspended from the ceiling along with other WWII Veteran Sol Slive, WWII Home Front WWII Veteran WWII aircraft. Cathy’s favorite exhibit is on Sylvon Rene Vidrine, WWII Veteran Morris Ginsberg, WWII Veteran Robert Sternhell, Ph.D. the second floor—the video testimonials of Robert E. Schmidt Sol Gingold, WWII Veteran Mr. James Steverson IHO Glenn W. Rulle, WWII Veteran Ms. Ella Smart IHO James Woodrow Steverson, veterans’ experiences are so moving.” SGT Edward Hampton Schmidt, IHO Clarence Shafter Smart, Jr., WWII Veteran For the Smiths, Patriots Circle is a way to WWII Veteran WWII Veteran Patti P. Stewart take part in preserving the stories and legacy James W. Schoellerman Jacqueline Alison Fazzalari, RN, IHO David H. Porter, Jr., of World War II. “The quality of the exhibits is IHO William W. Schoellerman WWII Veteran WWII Veteran exceptional. But we’re also invested alongside Alvin L. Schoellerman, Paul V. Fazzalari, DDS, Mark A. Stewart the Museums’ staff and volunteers. They’re WWII Veteran WWII Veteran IHO Reg Duncan always probing new ways to bring these stories LTC Allan Scholl Richard R. Crowley, WWII Veteran Col. Charles N. (Chuck) Baldwin, IHO Frank J. Scholl, WWII Veteran Capt. Samuel W. Smith, WWII Veteran to life and honor veterans. We were thrilled William H. Scholl, WWII Veteran WWII Veteran Mr. Bert W. Stolier, WWII Veteran when the Museum, in partnership with the Gary P. A. Schroeder Ms. Kirk J. Smith Col. Galen L. Stone, WWII Veteran Sinise Foundation, brought my 93-year-old dad IHO Donald C. Spong, IHO Col. Charles P. Jones, Mr. and Mrs. William H. Stone on a Soaring Valor flight—he still talks about WWII Veteran WWII Veteran IHO Harland J. Stone, that experience!” Marge and Tom Schueck Mr. David O. Smith WWII Veteran IHO Arthur Moeslein, WWII Veteran IHO Evelyn Osborne Smith, Stored Energy & Power Solutions Russell K. Schulze WWII Veteran IHO George W. Kleyle, IHO Harold E. Scott Pamela and Charles R. Smith WWII Veteran Mr. Peter W. Schweitzer IHO Charles R. Smith, WWII Veteran Mr. James E. Stott IHO Col. William P. Schweitzer, IHO Arthur E. Hager, WWII Veteran WWII Home Front Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Scurlock Keith Anderson, WWII Veteran 2016 ANNUAL REPORT PATRIOTS CIRCLE DONORS 43

Strand Associates, Inc. Henry K. Threefoot, MD, Jean H. and John T. Walter, Jr. Timothy L. Wren Karen Strand WWII Veteran Fund of Communities Foundation IHO Robert Hicks, WWII Veteran IHO Robert R. Hohnhorst, Yvonne G. Thurber of Texas Mr. Donald Wright WWII Veteran IHO Harold S. Thurber, Franklin H. Ward IHO Mr. Chester H. Wright, Dr. Gary B. Strong WWII Veteran Dr. and Mrs. Ernest Warner, Jr. WWII Veteran IHO John P. Strong Herbert T. Thurber IHO Col. Harold Ryder, G. Richard Wynn Rexford Cunningham Milton H. Finger, WWII Veteran WWII Veteran IHO Dr. George Howard Wynn, Mr. Hugh Asher Stubbins III Mrs. Renee Louise Tieszen Donald Arthur Washburn, WWII Veteran IHO William Matthews Stubbins, IHO Alvin Ralph Ryan, WWII Veteran Mrs. Fumiye Toni Yamada MD, WWII Veteran WWII Veteran Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Watson IHO Yoshito Yamada, Joseph Briggs Stubbins, Eugene Barber, WWII Veteran William C. Watterson WWII Veteran WWII Veteran Jamie David Galbraith, IHO Fred Sprague, WWII Veteran Suyenori Yamada, WWII Veteran Samuel Gaines Stubbins, WWII Veteran Dr. Raymond G. Watts John Narimatsu, WWII Veteran WWII Veteran Ray Dean Galbraith, WWII Veteran IHO James B. Watts, WWII Veteran L. R. Yates Leigh and William H. Stubbs The Timon Family Edward J. Weber, WWII Veteran Mr. and Mrs. John A. Yonover IHO Thomas H. Stubbs, IHO Charles A. Timon, Mrs. Jade C. West Peg Yorkin WWII Veteran WWII Veteran IHO Richard LaJeunesse IHO Alan “Bud” Yorkin, Brig. General Clyde Massey, Ms. Ellen Toomey Robert W. West WWII Veteran WWII Veteran IHO James Francis Toomey, Jr., Betty L. Weston Mr. Chapman Young III Ms. Marilynn L. Sullivan WWII Veteran IHO Herbert Russell Weston, IHO Chapman Young, Jr., IHO Kenneth P. Laux, Mr. Jeff E. Towslee WWII Veteran WWII Veteran WWII Veteran and Dr. Susan D. Borchers Dr. Franklin Todd Wetzel Mr. Pierre Young George E. Summers Mrs. Lee Traub Michael A. Wharton IHO Thelma Ward, Mr. Paul Summersgill IHO Marvin S. Traub, WWII Veteran Mr. and Mrs. Walt Whatley WWII Home Front IHO Steve Jewel Summersgill, Evan F. Trestman Alice Young Wheatley Harvey Harris, WWII Veteran WWII Veteran IHO Israel Trestman, WWII Veteran IHO John Ed Phillips, WWII Veteran Mr. Bernard Ysursa John R. Summersgill, WWII Veteran William H. and Donna R. Truesdell Dr. and Mrs. John S. White II IHO Ramon Tomas Ysursa, WWII Veteran IHO William Hoyt Truesdell, IHO William White, WWII Veteran WWII Veteran Ray Ross Summersgill, WWII Veteran Roy T. Michael, WWII Veteran Earl and Diane Zachry WWII Veteran Mr. and Mrs. Robert B. Truitt Floyd Smurr, WWII Veteran Robert Zoellick James Clark Summersgill, IHO Frank W. Peyton, MD, Capt. and Mrs. John S. White, Mr. Kurt Zuch WWII Veteran WWII Veteran USN (Ret.) IHO Charles Thompson Zuch, Mr. Manson Surdam Kenneth E. Tucker, Jr. IHO SGT George Garitty, US Army WWII Veteran IHO John L. Surdam, WWII Veteran IHO Kenneth E. Tucker, Mr. and Mrs. Claude Whitmire, Jr. And nine other donors who wish to Mr. Charles Susan WWII Veteran Karen A. Wibrew remain anonymous. IHO Tony Pasquale, ASN Pauline A. Fretz Tucker, and Michael B. Wanas IHO James Pleasant Allen, Mr. and Mrs. Dean A. Sutherland WWII Veteran Mr. Gene F. Williams WWII Veteran Drs. Edwin and Dorothy Sved Mr. Eli W. Tullis IHO Omer E. Williams, Donald J. Boucher, Sr., Mr. William D. Swails Dr. David W. Tuminello WWII Veteran WWII Veteran IHO Lloyd D. Swails, WWII Veteran CAPT and Mrs. William M. Turner Mrs. Harold B. Williams Jean Boucher, WWII Veteran Michael A. Swanner Unverferth Manufacturing Co., Inc. IHO Harold B. Williams, Bernice Brown, WWII Veteran IHO Chester Swanner, IHO Donald Unverferth, WWII Veteran E. Francis Brown, WWII Veteran WWII Veteran WWII Veteran Hershel Woody Williams Jesse Robert Brown, WWII Veteran Mr. and Mrs. Floyd L. Sweeney Richard A. Unverferth, Mr. and Mrs. Michael Dudley William Brown, WWII Veteran Ms. Marilyn Szulman-Jones WWII Veteran Williams, Sr. Frank Chebetar, WWII Veteran IHO James Carey Jones, Virgil L. Unverferth, WWII Veteran Mr. Robert D. Williams John E. Crow, WWII Veteran WWII Veteran Florence T. Upson IHO Edward Roy Youngs, Frank H. Foster, WWII Veteran Mr. Brian Tanner IHO David Richardson Upson, WWII Veteran Bernard Gumpert, WWII Veteran Mr. Ronald Tarrson WWII Veteran Ms. Janet M. Wilson Gilbert Gumpert, WWII Veteran IHO Jim Stone Van der Linden Family Foundation IHO Lt. John McGregor Wilson, C. Paul Hilliard, WWII Veteran MSGT Mort Oman, WWII Veteran Ms. Gloria B. Van Norden WWII Veteran Richard Junghans, WWII Veteran Mr. Leonard Tavernetti IHO Mr. Langdon Van Norden Mr. Turner A. Wingo George W. Loggins, WWII Veteran Ms. Dorothy Taylor Scott VanNederynen IHO Frank Davis, Jr., WWII Veteran Robert S. Phillip, WWII Veteran IHO Kenneth E. Taylor, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Varsel Mr. and Mrs. Joseph C. Wink, Jr. Irvin Spielberg, WWII Veteran WWII Veteran IHO Philip Varsel, WWII Veteran IHO Lt. Col. Joseph C. Wink, Vito Vosilus, WWII Veteran Dr. and Mrs. Charles C. Teamer, Sr. Thomas Varsel, WWII Veteran WWII Veteran Mr. and Mrs. William E. Thibodeaux Edward Varsel, WWII Veteran Herbert Smith, WWI Veteran IHO Roy O. Martin Mr. Vincent Vecchiotti, WWII Veteran Mr. Richard L. Winter Dorothy E. (Betty) Thomas Mr. Gary R. Veeh IHO Melvin Lawrence Winter, IHO William Fred Thomas, IHO George M. Veeh, WWII Veteran WWII Veteran WWII Veteran Mrs. Carol B. Wise The Thompson Family Emily N. Vincent IHO Ms. Pamela Friedler IHO Cpt. Michael Charles Bevis IHO Jack L. Vincent, WWII Veteran Roswell J. Weil, WWII Veteran Cpt. Stanford Dawson Bevis, R. P. Wailes Peter Wood WWII Veteran Lester Wainer, WWII Veteran IHO A. Wilson Wood, WWII Veteran PFC Brandon David Lambert and Beverly Wainer Mark Woody Lt. Col. William Marshall Mrs. Rochelle Walker IHO John Foy Hanley, Montgomery, WWII Veteran Michael and Victoria Wallace WWII Veteran Mrs. Judy M. Thompson Family Foundation Mrs. Kathie Woolard IHO Albert Dean Bryant, IHO Joseph Michael Wallace, IHO Robert Perkins Berryman, WWII Veteran WWII Veteran WWII Veteran Jack W. Thomson Mr. Michael R. Wallace Frank X. Woolard, WWII Veteran Douglas Walliser 44 THE NATIONAL WWII MUSEUM

Institute for the Study of War and Democracy Envisioned as Hub for WWII Scholars

Hall of Democracy Pavilion Will House Multimedia Facilities for Digital Outreach, and Play Host to WWII Scholars and Scholarship 2016 ANNUAL REPORT 45

OPPOSITE PAGE The Hall of Democracy— BELOW Robert M. Citino, PhD, brings DONOR SPOTLIGHT home of the Institute for the Study of War and academic bona fides to the Institute, in which Democracy—is scheduled to be complete in he will play a leadership role in expanding the 2018, but work is already underway to develop Museum’s scholarly reach. THE ZEMURRAY the resources that will reside within it. FOUNDATION

A generous 2012 gift from the Zemurray Foundation, a distinguished New Orleans philanthropic institution, has funded two PhD historians at the Museum. The current Samuel Zemurray Stone senior historian, Robert M. Citino, joined the staff in 2016. His predecessor in the post, Keith Huxen, is senior director of research and history for the Museum. Their roles intersect with virtually every department, supporting public programs, conferences, gallery content, and much more. Both are also focused on developing programming for new audiences, including participating in educational travel programs, writing for internal and external publications, and conducting news-media interviews. In many ways and on many channels, staff historians are often the public face of The National WWII Museum—a clear expression of the educational mission that has fueled the institution since its founding by two PhD historians. “The generous support from the Zemurray One of many jobs for Robert M. Citino, PhD, the tank’ made up of working scholars,” Dr. Citino Foundation is invaluable to an institution Museum’s new Samuel Zemurray Stone senior said. “We want the Institute to be the court like ours because it ensures an ongoing commitment to top-level historical scholarship historian, is contributing to the formation of first resort for those in the public sphere within the Museum,” Huxen said. “It is of the new Institute for the Study of War and seeking fresh, up-to-date interpretations of the important not only because it provides the Democracy, which will be headquartered in the scholarly work being done on World War II. financial foundations to attract the most upcoming Hall of Democracy Pavilion. When World War II is in the news (which it is, distinguished scholars, but it means that our As it is throughout the Museum’s campus a lot), the Institute will be a ‘go-to’ for media permanent and special exhibits, conferences, and digital footprint, education will be at the outlets—print, broadcast, and online— publications, collections, tours, and all other core of the Institute’s work, and Citino brings seeking content, opinion, and contribution to programming initiatives are being developed an impressive scholarly résumé. Author of 10 the debate.” and supervised by historians with the highest- books, he arrives after academic postings at the Augmenting its ongoing role as a center for caliber talents. The public sees the end University of North Texas, Eastern Michigan scholarship will be a host of Institute functions: results of these programs when they visit the Museum or go on a tour or to a conference, University, Lake Erie College, the US Military a venue for scholarly conferences, symposia, but what they don’t see is the long process Academy at West Point, and the Army War and book events; home to an online journal and work beforehand, and the very beginning College, and chairs the Historical Advisory of contemporary WWII scholarship; a book- of that process is made possible by the Subcommittee of the Department of the Army. publishing imprint; an online masters-degree support and vision of sponsors like the Among his areas of specialization is the program in military history; regular “position Zemurray Foundation.” German military, a pursuit enhanced by his papers” on WWII topics published by Institute fluency in the German language, which he members, and a home for postdoctoral fellows began to study as an undergraduate at Ohio to use Museum holdings for research. State University. A native of Cleveland, Ohio, “The basic point of the Institute, it seems he went on to get advanced degrees at Indiana to me, is to allow the Museum to speak with a University. Dr. Citino is a regular contributor to powerful voice to an influential segment of the World War II magazine and other publications, ‘WWII community’ that it has never really tried and speaks about the war widely, including as to reach: the world of academic scholarship, a regular presenter at the Museum’s annual including the intellectual wing of the US International Conference on World War II. military community and federal-government “The Institute for the Study of War and circles,” Dr. Citino said. Democracy will be something new for the “Our motto is, ‘Small, but punching above Museum, a small but robust academic ‘think our weight!’” 46 THE NATIONAL WWII MUSEUM

DONOR SPOTLIGHT Road to Victory Capital Campaign CLARK CHARITABLE FOUNDATION Society of American Spirit

Through the Road to Victory Capital Campaign, The National WWII Museum will tell the entire story of the American experience in World War II. When completed in 2020, this $370 million expansion project will quadruple the size of the original Museum, adding state-of-the-art program and exhibit space, libraries and archives, and collections and conservation space. An endowment campaign will provide long-term funding for educational programs, research, collection of oral histories, and future exhibitions.

AMERICAN SPIRIT Forbes Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth L. Blanchard, Sr. Judith and Louis Freeman The Booth-Bricker Fund Joy and Boysie Bollinger Perry and Marty Granoff Mr. and Mrs. Harold J. Bouillion State of Louisiana Conrad N. Hilton Foundation Boyd Gaming Corporation United States Congress JetBlue Airways Treasure Chest Casino Lamar Advertising Company The Brees Family The Lupin Foundation Frank Denius and The VICTORY Raymond E. Mason Foundation Cain Foundation James S. McDonnell Mr. and Mrs. Joseph C. Canizaro The Boeing Company Family Foundation & Mr. and George R. Cannon Mrs. James S. McDonnell III Judy and Jamey Clement National New Markets Fund Mr. and Mrs. Thomas B. Coleman The National WWII Museum is proud to HONOR The E.J. and Marjory B. Ourso Carmen & Jim Courter Family Foundation Mr. and Mrs. David A. Cowan highlight the Clark Charitable Foundation and Richard C. Adkerson & Pratt & Whitney Mr. Gordon Crawford its generous support of the Museum’s Road Freeport-McMoRan Foundation The Robert J. Ready Family Mrs. Betty B. Dettre to Victory Capital Campaign and Education Donna and Jim Barksdale Pam and Mark Rubin Disabled Veterans of LA Endowment. The Brown Foundation, Inc., Kathy and Joe Sanderson Chapter 4, Inc. & Auxiliary Mrs. Alice Clark of the Clark Charitable of Houston Jennifer and Phil Satre Mr. and Mrs. Harry A. Donovan Foundation grew up in New Orleans during The Duchossois Family The Lori and Bobby Savoie Family Robert and Anna Edsel World War II, which affected her family in many Madlyn and Paul Hilliard The Swieca Family EMC Isilon The Doris and T.G. Solomon Family Tawani Foundation Dathel and John Georges ways. Though her father was too old to serve Frank and Paulette Stewart Estate of Patrick F. Taylor The Gheens Foundation, Inc. abroad, her two first cousins fought and were Walmart Stores Marian & Lawrence C. Gibbs unfortunately killed during their service across Zemurray Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Terence E. Hall the seas. FREEDOM Albert and Ethel Herzstein In early 2015, Mrs. Clark became a One-Star Charitable Foundation Patriot Circle member of the Museum after Bob & Dolores Hope Foundation VALOR IMO Joseph de T. Hogan, Jr., USMC receiving membership information in the Capital One Iron Mountain The Joe W. and Dorothy Lt. Commander Alden J. “Doc” Jones Walker, LLP mail, inspiring her family, including daughter Dorsett Brown Foundation Laborde, USN Robert A. Day Courtney Pastrick, the director of their family Marjorie and Ralph E. Crump The Ashner Family Lt. Col. and Mrs. Robert E. Kelso foundation, to visit New Orleans. Courtney Mr. and Mrs. H. Mortimer Evergreen Foundation Mr. and Mrs. John P. Laborde states that “we were so impressed with the “Tim” Favrot, Jr. The Charlie and Janette Kornman IHO Lt. William Mosey Museum and the story that it tells of World Ella West Freeman Foundation Charitable Fund & Lt. Jack Heise War II. We wanted to provide additional support Goldring Family Foundation & FedEx Corporation Coya and Frank Levy so that it can continue to explore history for The Woldenberg Foundation GE Foundation Libby-Dufour Fund Hancock Bank and Whitney Bank Harrah’s Entertainment, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Kevin J. Lilly future generations.” After their visit, the Clark Mr. and Mrs. Robert Tucker Hayes The Helis Foundation Deborah G. Lindsay Charitable Foundation made a generous Horatio Alger Association Mr. and Mrs. David M. Knott The Lupo Family donation to the Museum’s Capital Campaign Myrtis L. “Jeri” Nims The Charlie and Janette Kornman IHO Alvena and “Commodore” in addition to the Museum’s Summer Teacher Shell Oil Company Charitable Fund Thomas J. Lupo Institute program and Endowment Fund. The Starr Foundation Lilly Endowment, Inc. Robert H. Malott Courtney states that it is because of her Stonehenge Capital Mark P. Norman & Malott Family Foundation father’s involvement with all aspects of Ricketts Family Mason Family Charitable Trust Lt. and Mrs. James H. Stone The Charles N. Mathewson education that the foundation chose to assist LIBERTY Superior Energy Services Foundation the Summer Teacher Institute program. He Gustaf W. McIlhenny Foundation greatly “felt the importance of teaching United The Annenberg Foundation Motorola Solutions Foundation States history to our country’s children,” making Baptist Community Ministries ALLIANCE The Samuel Roberts Noble this program a great fit for the foundation. Clark Charitable Foundation, Inc. Foundation, Inc. The National WWII Museum is incredibly Collins C. Diboll Private Foundation Anne and Herschel Abbott Northrop Grumman Corp. grateful for the support of the Clark Charitable Enhanced Capital Devon and Jackson Anderson Michael and Patricia O’Neill Entergy Corporation David and Stephanie Barksdale Patrick Family Foundation Foundation and its role in building an institute Enterprise Holdings Foundation Mr. Tom Benson Irene W. & C.B. Pennington that WWII veterans, and their families can look Mr. and Mrs. James R. Fisher, Sr., Mrs. Suzanne B. Bissell in honor of Foundation to with great pride. Clarksburg, New Jersey Major Jack R. Bissell Winifred and Kevin P. Reilly, Jr. 2016 ANNUAL REPORT 47

BELOW The Ralph E. Crump, LTJG, USNR, US Merchant Marine Gallery, opened December 2015, tells the story of the servicemembers who risked all to “deliver the goods”—creating a link both narrative and literal to the “overseas” galleries of Road to Tokyo and Road to Berlin.

Mr. and Mrs. Kevin P. Reilly, Sr. Mrs. Dorothy W. “Dot” Lester William J. and Dina B. Riviere IHO George H. Lester, Jr. H. Britton Sanderford Levy Rosenblum Family Foundation Schubert Family Trust Christy and John Mack Foundation The Selley Foundation Maersk Inc. Service Corporation Inc. Dr. and Mrs. Neil J. Maki Dignity Memorial Fund Pearl Ann Marco Mr. and Mrs. Dick Shea Ben A. Martinez, Jr. James Sowell The John J. McArdle III & Joan IHO 1st Lt. Billy Z. Sowell Creamer McArdle Foundation Stone Energy Corporation Suzanne and Michael Mestayer Strake Foundation Houston, Texas Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Meyer, III Thomas C Terrell lll Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians In Honor Of Thomas C Terrell Dr. & Mrs. Gordon H. “Nick” Mueller Tidewater Inc. Marilyn Thompson Mueller The Toler Foundation Murphy Oil Union Pacific Foundation Musée Airborne The Family of Frank H. Walk Ron and Mary Neal Walter Oil & Gas Corporation Robert Newman Family Charitable Fund Mr. and Mrs. Joseph O’Dowd Mr. and Mrs. Ted Weggeland The Octavia Foundation Virginia Eason Weinmann and Oreck Family IHO David Oreck Ambassador John G. Weinmann Jan and Rich Pattarozzi Governor and Mrs. Pete Wilson Mr. and Mrs. Robert B. Payne Fred and Kay Zeidman Audrey and Albert Ratner Anonymous (1) Records-Johnston Family Foundation, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Rick S. Rees INDEPENDENCE The Reily Foundation Mr. and Mrs. R. Randolph Louis & Elizabeth Andrews Richmond, Jr. aos architectural interiors Mr. David Rockefeller AT&T Michael Rose and Debbi Fields Battelle Jelly Belly Candy Co. In Honor of John Leighton Batts The Honorable Donald H. Rumsfeld Mr. and Mrs. Thomas L. Blair Bill and Trudy Rutledge Boh Foundation SAIC Mr. David Boies San Antonio Area Foundation Gen. and Mrs. Walter E. Boomer Patrick Sands Family USMC (Ret.) Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Sherrill Robert & Lenore Briskman Mr. Robert V. Siebel Harvey R. Chaplin Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher Cooper T. Smith Corporation & Flom, LLP Cudd Foundation Pamela and Charles R. Smith Christopher Dewey William A. & Madeleine Welder Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc. Smith Foundation The Dowd Foundation Sony Corporation of America Mr. and Mrs. Lewis M Eisenberg Steven Spielberg Fidelity Homestead Savings Bank Standard Mortgage Corporation Mr. and Mrs. Alan I. Franco The Rich and Sue Sugden Family Frantzen/Voelker Investments, LLC Mrs. Carroll W. Suggs Foster Friess Sun Drilling Products Corp. Jeff & Debbie Gorski In memory of Leonard Pipkin Mr. and Mrs. Robert Gardiner Sycamore Management Corporation Marla R. Garvey The Gentlemen, LLC Mr. and Mrs. Frank A. Godchaux III Kilin & Cecilie To Foundation Gulf Island Fabrication Inc. Eli and Deborah Tullis In memory of Calvin “Kelly” Haase Mr. and Mrs. St. Denis J. Villere Frank William Harrison III VT Halter Marine, Inc. Terri and John Havens Optimist Club of the West Bank The Hearst Foundations Courtney and Mark E. Watson, Jr. In memory of Sgt. John Hoson Cdr. Christine Whitman William Howson, Sr. Meg Whitman J.C. Flowers & Co. LLC Jonathan and Lindsay Wilkerson Scott Jacobs Anonymous (2) Mr. and Mrs. Peter S. Kalikow The Kean Foundation Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Norman V. Kinsey SPECIAL PARTNERS Kirkpatrick Family Fund Mr. and Mrs. C. Jeffrey Knittel First NBC Bank Koret Foundation John E. Kushner Family Elaine & Ken Langone 48 THE NATIONAL WWII MUSEUM

Digitization Efforts for Oral Histories, Photographs, and Artifacts

Recording, Preserving, and Sharing the Personal Experience of Citizen Soldiers is a Core Pursuit Dating Back to Founder Stephen Ambrose

The personal experience of citizen soldiers is the foundation on which The National WWII Museum stands. The personal narratives of WWII veterans collected by founder Stephen Ambrose seeded a priceless trove of recorded interviews that has been growing ever since. The Museum’s Research Department travels far and wide in a race against time to collect more. These first-person narratives from men and women who lived through World War II give Museum visitors a uniquely personal connection to the war years. They’re seen and heard throughout our galleries, and are archived for all to study at ww2online.org. “I watched the whole scene,” says Harold Ward, a witness to the attack on Pearl Harbor, in his Museum oral-history interview. “I watched Oklahoma roll over while Arizona was still exploding. “It was chaotic. It was bloody. It was frightening.” Sailor Roy Boreen was aboard the USS Oklahoma that day. “That morning the sun was out, it was a beautiful day, and then after the first attack and especially when the Arizona went up in the air, everything turned black,” Boreen says in his Museum oral history. “That day was really dark and everything after.” As the race to collect oral histories like these continues, a parallel effort is underway to make more of the collection accessible to the public. Recording and archiving are only the preliminary steps. The tools to disseminate these stories to current and future generations of students, educators, researchers, filmmakers, and authors, calls upon extraordinary computing resources, as well as countless staff hours. The Museum’s digital collections website, launched in December 2013, currently contains segmented and annotated videos of oral histories from all military service branches, easily searchable by theater, branch of service, or keyword. Website visitors can also create custom collections to which they can save photos and oral history clips at no charge—an invaluable resource for students of World War II. The Museum’s new From the Collection to the Classroom WWII curriculum 2016 ANNUAL REPORT 49

OPPOSITE PAGE Roy Boreen poses in BELOW Boreen, in a video oral history now DONOR SPOTLIGHT uniform during World War II, when he served at digitized in the Museum’s collections, tells the Pearl Harbor. story of his experiences in World War II. IRON MOUNTAIN

The storage and information-management company Iron Mountain, which specializes in the storage and protection of original documents, recordings, and artifacts, has become an important partner in the Museum’s digitization efforts through its generous support. An essential counterpoint to the digitization and dissemination of primary-source documents and recordings is of course the conservation of the originals. Iron Mountain’s capabilities in this area have helped the Museum’s historians and curators move forward with digitization efforts secure in the knowledge that the original materials are also being properly managed and stored. It’s another essential part of the digitization drive that means so much to the Museum and the stories it strives to preserve. “Every time we lose a veteran, it’s like losing a library—all of those memories and firsthand experiences are gone,” said Museum president and CEO Nick Mueller. “Digitization efforts preserve a significant piece of our nation’s cultural heritage for future generations, and Iron Mountain is helping us ensure that the stories of our WWII veterans are not lost with their passing. Through archiving and sharing firsthand accounts like Roy Boreen’s, we’re able to present deep and meaningful content to the public and students and scholars of all ages, living all over the world.” spotlights oral histories throughout its DIGITAL COLLECTIONS lessons. More than 223,000 users have BY THE NUMBERS visited the Digital Collections website. Digital artifacts With the implementation of a new Digital Asset Management System (DAMS), 190,000 the Museum will be able to increase the speed and efficiency of publishing oral Personal accounts histories and other digital assets to a global online community. 9,000 Ultimately, the Museum will have 100 percent of its inventory of oral histories and photographs, as well as artifacts, available Visits to Digital Collections at on the website. As the Digital Collections ww2online.org (2013–2016) offerings expand, building on the initial 223,000 vision of Stephen Ambrose, those assets will enhance the on-site experience at the Museum, as well as further fuel the Visits to Museum website at Museum’s education mission. nationalww2museum.org (2013–2016) And they will engage a global audience with the personal stories of the men and 13,202,367 women who fought the war that changed the world. 50 THE NATIONAL WWII MUSEUM

COLLECTIONS / ONGOING CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION DEVELOPMENT AND IMPACT

The National World War II Museum, Inc. and Subsidiaries June 30, 2016 (with comparative totals for 2015)

2016 2015

ASSETS

Cash and cash equivalents 43,943,273 41,485,663 Investments 17,518,623 13,145,975 Unconditional promises to give: Capital Campaign, 13,573,169 12,17O,599 net of allowances Endowment, net of allowances 3,O14,575 1,174,885 Other, net of allowances 1,864,536 1,OO1,125 Grants receivable 423,O56 Notes receivable 12,524,383 15,22O,55O Gift shop inventory 654,596 548,712 Other assets 3,O44,713 2,197,685 Property and equipment, 161,888,353 147,545,581 net of accumulated depreciation Collections 12,O87,63O 9,66O,759

Total Assets 27O,536,9O7 244,151,534

LIABILITIES

Accounts payable trade 1,547,797 1,161,7O8 Construction projects payable 2,242,865 2,184,7O8 Accrued expenses 1,87O,396 1,O99,575 Deferred revenue 1,671,143 953,918 ABOVE As its educational outreach contin- ues to expand, the Museum continues its Notes payable 33,363,636 4O,972,217 essential work: telling the story of World Line of credit 3,477,8O7 1,O8O,219 War II through exceptional gallery settings, online experiences, personal accounts, and Total Liabilities 44,173,644 47,452,345 artifacts—such as this unique “souvenir” brought home by an American servicemem- ber who served in postwar Nagasaki: a vase, flash-burned on one side, shows the scars NET ASSETS of the atomic bomb while the other side remains unharmed. The vase was recovered by Lt. EL Willey, executive officer of the USS Unrestricted: Tills, which was one of the first American Board designated 3,3O2,28O 2,8O9,479 ships to arrive in the city at the end of the Undesignated 187,357,O69 165,45O,273 war. The vase is on display in Downfall, Total Unrestricted Net Assets 19O,659,349 168,259,752 the final gallery of Road to Tokyo, beneath towering screens depicting the blast, a haunt- Temporarily restricted 18,499,OO9 16,143,347 ing reminder of the personal and indelible Permanently restricted 17,2O4,9O5 12,296,O9O impact of this world-changing war. 226,363,263 196,699,189

Total Liabilities and Net Assets 27O,536,9O7 244,151,534 2016 ANNUAL REPORT 51

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF ACTIVITIES AND CHANGES IN NET ASSETS

The National World War II Museum, Inc. and Subsidiaries For the year ended June 30, 2016 (with comparative totals for 2015)

2016 2015

SUPPORT AND REVENUES Unrestricted Temporarily Permanenty Totals Totals Restricted Restricted

Grants 95O,725 1O,O68,266 11,O18,991 2,633,O58 Contributions Capital Campaign 12,O37,194 12,O37,194 27,4O3,834 Endowment 4,9O8,815 4,9O8,815 4,783,831 Other 5,356,386 5,356,386 3,3O2,577 Tax credit incentives 2,799,OOO 2,799,OOO 5OO,O34 Memberships 9,O91,O31 9,O91,O31 7,122,781 Admissions 14,895,8O5 14,895,8O5 12,878,816 Facilities and property rental 3,287,5O4 3,287,5O4 2,995,992 Sponsored events and conferences 3,231,4O6 798,O98 4,O29,5O4 5,176,241 Gift shop 3,467,611 3,467,611 2,991,867 Investment income (loss) 494,794 37,896 532,69O (293,103) Sponsorships 594,5OO 594,5OO 56O,438 Miscellaneous 73O,17O 73O,17O 815,91O Net assets released from restrictions 2O,585,792 (2O,585,792)

Total Support and Revenues 65,484,724 2,355,662 72,749,2O1 7O,872,276

EXPENSES

Capital Campaign fundraising 1,525,641 1,525,641 1,646,548 and other Depreciation 6,365,219 6,365,219 5,575,864 Fundraising 2,75O,134 2,75O,134 3,38O,715 General and administrative 3,233,938 3,233,938 3,2O1,743 Gift shop merchandise sold 1,786,8O3 1,786,8O3 1,512,47O Interest - amortized 271,215 271,215 929,939 Interest - other 419,1O9 419,1O9 429,5O3 Museum expansion 1,183,83O 1,183,83O 1,123,3O3 Programs and operations - 9,778,728 9,778,728 8,847,O72 personnel costs Programs and operations - 15,77O,51O 15,77O,51O 12,976,9O1 other costs

Total expenses 43,O85,127 43,O85,127 39,624,O58

CHANGES IN NET ASSETS 22,399,597 2,355,662 4,9O8,815 29,664,O74 31,248,218

NET ASSETS

Beginning of year 168,259,752 16,143,347 12,296,O9O 196,699,189 165,45O,971

End of Year 19O,659,349 18,499,OO9 17,2O4,9O5 226,363,263 196,699,189 Residents of St. Roch, Louisiana, celebrate V-J Day.

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