WWII Memorial Museum

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WWII Memorial Museumdedicated to those who
served and their families

• The willingness with which our young people are
  likely to serve in any war, no matter how
  justified, shall be directly proportional as to
  how they perceive veterans of earlier wars were
  treated and appreciated by their nation.
• -- George Washington

Those who cannot remember the past are condemned
to repeat it. -- George Santayana Philosopher
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WWII Memorial Museumdedicated to those who
served and their families

• In 1993, nearly 50 years after the end of WWII,
  President Clinton authorized the American Battle
  Monuments Commission (ABMC) to establish a World
  War II Memorial in Washington, D.C.

• As the design of the government memorial was
  chosen, many WWII veterans became dismayed at the
  final design. Nothing they see is significant to
  the people who lived and died. The only
  significant feature is 4,000 gold stars. This is
  1/100th of a gold star for each of the 400,000
  killed in action instead of a name for each
  soldier killed. Also missing from the design is
  any reference to the silent casualties of the war
  the 800,000 mothers and fathers who gave their
  children for our freedom. They see the design of
  the memorial as an exercise in political
  compromise, where the war is being reduced to a
  few granite pillars and a pond to fall within
  the recent strict design rules of being placed on
  the National Mall at a pricey 200 million.

These veterans had a better idea . . .
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WWII Memorial Museumdedicated to those who
served and their families

• True to form, many WWII veterans banded together
  to create a memorial museum to be built away from
  the political fray of Washington, D.C. They
  created a memorial that reflected their values,
  commitment, and can-do attitude that made them
  one of the greatest generations of all.

• They began by establishing the Official WWII
  Veterans Website at http//ww2.vet.org This
  website was created with three goals
• The promotion and construction of a WWII
  Geographical Memorial Museum.
• Creating a massive database where all WWII
  veterans histories and stories could be archived
  and made available to all online and in the
  museum.
• Creating a friendly neighborhood for veterans
  and their families to share opinions and
  information with others. This is the WWII
  Veterans Forum, and has over 100,000 postings
  since its inception.

The following is the story of the birth of the
WWII Memorial Museum, created by veterans, for
veterans, and most importantly for their mothers
and fathers, families, and children . . . .
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WWII Memorial Museumdedicated to those who
served and their families

• Introducing the People-Oriented Non-Profit World
  War II Memorial Museum.
• We now have the design andan available
  architectural firm. Currently, there is a WWII
  museum in New Orleans, Louisiana. This
  ex-warehouse has more than 300,000 visitors a
  year.

Proposed WWII Geographical Historical Memorial
Museum
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WWII Memorial Museumdedicated to those who
served and their families

• There needs to be a World War II Memorial Museum
  dedicated to the quiet generation of veterans and
  their families who gave so much to keep our
  nation free. The current memorial in Washington
  only gives the 400,000 killed 1/100th of a gold
  star as recognition of their sacrifice! Other
  foreign wars in our history have a memorial
  museum associated with the Veterans for their
  history and related ancestors. WWII needs a
  Memorial Museum that the veterans ancestors can
  relate to and learn from.

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WWII Memorial Museumdedicated to those who
served and their families

• World War II had many more casualties than any
  previous foreign US engagement. Every veterans
  name, battle site, and family history would be
  listed on large computer screens inside the
  memorial museum. All battle sites could be seen
  on the ground level world map surrounding the
  memorial.
• Every veteran or family that chooses to enter
  information in our database will be able to view
  this information.

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WWII Memorial Museumdedicated to those who
served and their families

• Many non-profit museums have a steady stream of
  visitors even those not well established. For
  instance, you can see above that the New Orleans
  D-Day Museum attracts over 300,000 visitors a
  year. Multiply that by 10.00 each for admission,
  plus the revenue from gift shops, parking, and
  other items and you get over 3.5 million dollars
  revenue annually. This is more than enough income
  to sustain the museum and fund ongoing outreach
  projects for WWII veterans.

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WWII Memorial Museumdedicated to those who
served and their families

• More than 16 million servicemen included over 1
  million African Americans. There were the navy
  crewmen on the destroyer escort USS Mason. The
  Buffalo soldiers of the Army and the Tuskegee
  Airmen shown at the right served their country in
  WWII honorably and valiantly. Also, more than
  3,000 black Army men were instrumental in
  building the Alaska-Canada highway. Substantial
  information on these important veterans will be
  included in the museum.

The famed Tuskegee Airmen
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WWII Memorial Museumdedicated to those who
served and their families

• Inside the museum, all visitors will be able to
  research their chosen veterans war history and
  battles on large screens. Overall world battle
  maps, including geographical troop, ship, or air
  movements will be displayed. The museum will be a
  geographical teaching place as well as a place of
  history and remembrance.

A visitor to the museums high-tech information
center discovers his fathers war history
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WWII Memorial Museumdedicated to those who
served and their families

• It is high time we built a memorial dedicated to
  preserving the personal histories and battle
  experiences of WWII Veterans and the mothers,
  fathers, wives, husbands sons and daughters that
  sacrificed so much for a free America. Japan and
  Europe have a teaching museum for their WWII
  veterans, and we have an excellent teaching
  museum to the victims of the holocaust in
  Washington which serves nearly 1 million
  visitors a year.

But thats not the whole story . . . . .
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WWII Memorial Museumdedicated to those who
served and their families

• Under the beautiful superstructure would rest a
  nearly indestructible 8 thick monolithic dome.
  This museum structure would be a haven of safety
  for the community from tornadoes, hurricanes,
  fire, earthquakes, flooding, radiation,
  biohazards, and terrorist attacks while safely
  preserving the honor and history of the many
  thousands of mothers, fathers, sons and daughters
  who gave the ultimate sacrifice for our living
  generations of today.

Pressure dissipates around the curved dome.
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WWII Memorial Museumdedicated to those who
served and their families

• Please contact the WWII Historical Memorial
  Museum Foundation for more information regarding
  this important project. Sites throughout the
  country are now under consideration for the
  construction of this Museum. Your city may be
  looking for the economic boost this museum would
  provide. We have provided a large print of the
  proposed museum feel free to copy and
  distribute it. We appreciate any support you or
  your organization can offer. To contact us
• By Phone [phone] or 419-902-0448
• By Email radarman_at_ww2.vet.org
• Website http//ww2.vet.org
• By Postal WWII Historical Museum Foundation
• 870 Locust St.
• Perrysburg, OH 43551

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