Replicas of real dog tags worn by U.S. soldiers in World War II cover the entry wall to the new pavilion that will be opening at the National World War II Museum, in New Orleans, Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2023.
Replicas of real dog tags worn by U.S. soldiers in World War II cover the entry wall to the new pavilion that will be opening at the National World War II Museum, in New Orleans, Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2023. (Gerald Herbert/AP)
Kim Guise, curator for the National World War II Museum, shows a violin, hand made by Wilfred Lyon while a prisoner of the Germans, which will be on display at the new pavilion of the museum, in New Orleans, Friday, Sept. 29, 2023.
Kim Guise, curator for the National World War II Museum, shows a violin, hand made by Wilfred Lyon while a prisoner of the Germans, which will be on display at the new pavilion of the museum, in New Orleans, Friday, Sept. 29, 2023. (Gerald Herbert/AP)
A prosthetic device for a wounded U.S. soldier, part of the new pavilion of the National World War II Museum, is shown inside an archival wing of the museum before they are put on display, in New Orleans, Friday, Sept. 29, 2023.
A prosthetic device for a wounded U.S. soldier, part of the new pavilion of the National World War II Museum, is shown inside an archival wing of the museum before they are put on display, in New Orleans, Friday, Sept. 29, 2023. (Gerald Herbert/AP)
Kim Guise, curator for the National World War II Museum, shows a harmonica used by Wilfred Lyon while a prisoner of the Germans, which will be on display at the new pavilion of the museum, in New Orleans, Friday, Sept. 29, 2023.
Kim Guise, curator for the National World War II Museum, shows a harmonica used by Wilfred Lyon while a prisoner of the Germans, which will be on display at the new pavilion of the museum, in New Orleans, Friday, Sept. 29, 2023. (Gerald Herbert/AP)
A reproduction of the headstone of Army Corporal Sam Cordova, who was serving with the 60th Coastal Artillery Regiment in the Philippines when he was killed in action on Dec. 29, 1941, is part of the new pavilion of the National World War II Museum, in New Orleans, Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2023.
A reproduction of the headstone of Army Corporal Sam Cordova, who was serving with the 60th Coastal Artillery Regiment in the Philippines when he was killed in action on Dec. 29, 1941, is part of the new pavilion of the National World War II Museum, in New Orleans, Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2023. (Gerald Herbert/AP)
Images from the Buchenwald concentration camp are part of the new pavilion opening at the National World War II Museum in New Orleans, Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2023.
Images from the Buchenwald concentration camp are part of the new pavilion opening at the National World War II Museum in New Orleans, Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2023. (Gerald Herbert/AP)
A recreation of bunks in a concentration camp is part of the new pavilion of the National World War II Museum, in New Orleans, Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2023.
A recreation of bunks in a concentration camp is part of the new pavilion of the National World War II Museum, in New Orleans, Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2023. (Gerald Herbert/AP)
A portrait of Anne Frank is part of a replica of the home in Amsterdam where she hid, as part of the new pavilion opening at the National World War II Museum in New Orleans, Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2023.
A portrait of Anne Frank is part of a replica of the home in Amsterdam where she hid, as part of the new pavilion opening at the National World War II Museum in New Orleans, Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2023. (Gerald Herbert/AP)
Imagery of post-war Japan are part of the new pavilion of the National World War II Museum, in New Orleans, photographed Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2023.
Imagery of post-war Japan are part of the new pavilion of the National World War II Museum, in New Orleans, photographed Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2023. (Gerald Herbert/AP)
A bookcase revealing a secret hiding place is part of a replica of the home in Amsterdam where Anne Frank hid, in the new pavilion opening at the National World War II Museum in New Orleans, Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2023.
A bookcase revealing a secret hiding place is part of a replica of the home in Amsterdam where Anne Frank hid, in the new pavilion opening at the National World War II Museum in New Orleans, Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2023. (Gerald Herbert/AP)
A World War II veteran looks an exhibit at the National WWII Museum's new Liberation Pavilion in New Orleans on Friday, Nov. 3, 2023.
A World War II veteran looks an exhibit at the National WWII Museum's new Liberation Pavilion in New Orleans on Friday, Nov. 3, 2023. (Kevin McGill/AP)