[max americana]

I’d like to add something: there “was” an HBO series called the Mighty Eighth, and due again to “politics”, it will never see the light of day. I was lucky..really lucky to see the first episode due to some connections and it’s DAMN GOOD. On youtube, there’s a trailer for it. Don Miller, who wrote Masters of the Air about the 8th Air Force, consulted on Band. He heavily referred Hanks and his contribution to the Museum. I want to, like you, see both museums some day.

[Michael.SF.]

My father served on the USS Boxer at the tail end of the war (enlisted at 17 in Dec. 1944). By early summer of ‘45 they were in the Philippines awaiting the planned invasion of Japan.

At the museum there is a display that shows the number of ships, men, tanks, planes, landing craft etc. that was either used or planned for for three amphibious assaults: Anzio, Normandy and Japan.

Anzio was the largest at that time, Normandy more than doubled Anzio. The Japanese invasion was more than double that of Normandy. The chart was stunning when one saw what was being planned.

The museum is a must see for any WWII history fan.