Learning Resource Library

Explore stories, activities, and sources that bring the Pacific War to life. Whether you're diving deep or just curious, you can search by topic, format, or interest to find something that sparks connection and understanding.

World War II with Tom Hanks: Episode 3

Museum Blogs

Episode 3 vividly portrays Operation Barbarossa, emphasizing strategic miscalculations, brutal combat, and the Soviet Union’s hard-fought survival.

History
Education
Featured Blog
Guest Speakers
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World War II with Tom Hanks: Episode 2

Museum Blogs

Episode 2 compellingly chronicles France’s fall and Dunkirk while highlighting strategic successes, historical nuances, and a few minor inaccuracies.

History
Education
Featured Blog
Guest Speakers
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World War II with Tom Hanks: Episode 1

Museum Blogs

Episode 1 effectively introduces WWII, blending compelling storytelling with historical nuance, though some context and debated interpretations are necessarily condensed.

History
Education
Featured Blog
Guest Speakers
Pacific Theater
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How to Appreciate World War II with Tom Hanks

Museum Blogs

An overview of the series' production, scope, and storytelling choices, with context for evaluating its strengths and inevitable limitations.

History
Education
Featured Blog
Guest Speakers
Pacific Theater
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The Stories Behind the Cases: How Oral Histories Bring History to Life

Museum Blogs

Discover how oral histories bring untold Pacific War stories to life in the George H.W. Bush Gallery.

History
Museum Stories
Battles & Campaigns
Pacific Theater
Artifacts & Collections
Okinawa
Servicemen & Servicewomen
Veteran
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Preserving the Voices of the Greatest Generation: The Center for Pacific War Studies’ Oral History Program

Museum Blogs

Discover thousands of firsthand World War II oral histories preserved through the Center for Pacific War Studies.

History
Museum Stories
Center for Pacific War Studies
Pacific Theater
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Brothers in the Army Air Forces: The Story of the Burlen Family Papers

Museum Blogs

Discover a collection from the Center for Pacific War Studies that shares a story of two brothers during World War II, shaped by service, loss, and enduring bonds.

History
Museum Stories
Center for Pacific War Studies
Pacific Theater
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John Crommelin, Defender of Naval Aviation

Historical Overviews

Aviation and Aircraft
Navy
Artifacts & Collections
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Healing the Pacific: The Wartime Service of Dr. Allen Y. DeLaney

Museum Blogs

Learn about a collection from the Center for Pacific War Studies that shares the story of Allen DeLaney, a U.S. Navy medical officer in the South Pacific during World War II.

History
Museum Stories
Center for Pacific War Studies
Navy
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Behind the Lines: How Special Training Units Helped Build the U.S. Army for World War II

Museum Blogs

Discover how World War II-era Special Training Units transformed struggling recruits into vital contributors to the U.S. Army's wartime success.

History
Education
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