by Steve Snyder | Mar 10, 2015 | Historical
The following is a Lunch Box Lecture given by Seth Pardon at the National WW II Museum in New Orleans, Louisiana that I attended in the fall of 2013 commemorating the 70th anniversary of Black Week. Casualties in the 8th Air Force were never higher than during the...
by Steve Snyder | Mar 10, 2015 | Historical
YouTube user EmperorTigerstar has painstakingly mapped the changing front lines of World War II in Europe. Incredibly, the map accounts for every single day of the war — from the invasion of Poland through to the surrender of Nazi Germany. This timelapse offers a...
by Steve Snyder | Mar 3, 2015 | Historical
Author Steve Snyder will be at the Arizona Wing of the Commemorative Air Force Aviation Museum this Saturday, March 7th, 2015 from 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM to sign copies of his book “Shot Down”. Remember, admission to our museum is discounted this day, we have extended...
by Steve Snyder | Mar 3, 2015 | Historical
The morning after The National WWII Museum’s American Spirit Award gala, honorees Tom Hanks and Tom Brokaw appeared on NBC’s Today Show and MSNBC’s Morning Joe to discuss their relationship with the Museum. Check out what they had to say about the...
by Steve Snyder | Feb 10, 2015 | Historical
Below is a translation from an article that appeared in the Belgium newspaper, l’avenir Thanks to the crew of the B 17 Sunday, the civil authorities and made military respect to the crew of the B 17 fortress that crashed in Macquenoise. The day of February 8,...
by Steve Snyder | Feb 6, 2015 | Historical, Video
February 8 is Super Museum Sunday at the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force located in Pooler, Georgia, and admission is free all day. During the event, I will be signing my book, SHOT DOWN, out of the Museum Gift Store from 10 am-4 pm. It was 71 years...
