NBC's Tom Brokaw reports from New Orleans' National World War II Museum, which is preparing to unveil a $325 million expansion, including the new U.S. Freedom Pavilion: The Boeing Center. (TODAY)
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The real-life women who inspired the iconic Rosie the Riveter image worked in factories between 1939 to 1945 to arm WWII soldiers with aircraft, ships and tanks. They recall the challenges they faced taking on work done exclusively by men while some of them were still only teens. NBC's Ann Curry reports. (TODAY)
Couple finds letters from Japanese internment camps in the century-old Denver building they purchased. KUSA's Kevin Torres reports. (NBC News)
Kyle Miller, 16, is determined to preserve war stories that never made it into the history books by interviewing and digitally archiving the memories of 1000 veterans. NBC's Rehema Ellis reports. (Nightly News)
14-year-old Pennsylvania teenager finds a WWII era mortar while doing yard work. WGAL's Jim Sinkovitz reports. (NBC News)
An architect is turning World War II concrete, reinforced bunkers into luxurious living spaces in Germany. TODAY.com's Dara Brown reports. (TODAY)
A can of lard given to a German man in the 1940s has been opened and its contents eaten for the first time. TODAY.com's Dara Brown reports. (TODAY)
Nearly 70 years since the attack on Pearl Harbor propelled America into World War II, Congress paid tribute to Japanese-American war veterans. NBC's Tom Costello reports. (Nightly News)
The "greatest generation" of men who fought in World War II included soldiers of all colors, although the armed forces were officially segregated. Toward the end of the war, for a brief moment, that barrier came down. NBC's George Lewis has the story. (Nightly News)
The widow of an American sailor tears up as a New Zealand couple returns her late husband's World War II diary. KTVB-TV's Scott Evans reports. (NBC News)