WORLD WAR II NETWORK PRESERVING AMERICAS WWII HERITAGE Session - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior NATIONAL PARK SERVICE WORLD WAR II NETWORK PRESERVING AMERICA’S WWII HERITAGE Session Chair - Vincent L. Santucci GWS – March 17, 2011 E X P E R I E N C E Y O U R A M E R I C A

National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior IN MEMORIUM FRANK BUCKLES February 1, 1901 – February 27, 2011 “LAST SURVIVING AMERICAN WWI VETERAN” E X P E R I E N C E Y O U R A M E R I C A

National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior E X P E R I E N C E Y O U R A M E R I C A

National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior NPS WORLD WAR II NETWORK: PRESERVING AMERICA’S WWII HERITAGE BRANDON BIES, Site Manager, George Washington Memorial Parkway “WWII Military Intelligence Programs at P.O. Box 1142, Alexandria, Virginia” RACHEL MASON , Cultural Anthropologist, Alaska Regional Office “Remembering and Revisiting the Lost Villages of the Aleutians” ISABEL JENKINS ZIEGLER, Supervisory Curator / Curator of Record, Rosie the Riveter -WWII Home Front National Historical Park “World War II on the Home Front: The Challenge of Preserving Social Change” DANIEL A. MARTINEZ , Chief Historian, WWII Valor in the Pacific National Monument “WWII Valor in the Pacific National Monument: A New Interpretation and Meaning” STEPHEN HALLER, Senior Historian, Golden Gate National Recreation Area “Preserving World War II Resources at Golden Gate National Recreation Area” E X P E R I E N C E Y O U R A M E R I C A

National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior WORLD WAR II THEMES • COMBAT • COASTAL DEFENSES • MILITARY TRAINING • MILITARY INTELLIGENCE • POW / INTERNMENT CAMPS • PLANE CRASHES / SHIP WRECKS • WWII MEMORIALS • WWII LEADERS • CEMETERIES / WWII BURIALS • HOMEFRONT ACTIVITIES E X P E R I E N C E Y O U R A M E R I C A

National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior COMBAT (5) • ALEUTIAN WWII NHP • AMERICAN MEMORIAL PARK • NATIONAL PARK OF AMERICAN SAMOA • WAR IN THE PACIFIC NHP • WWII VALOR IN THE PACIFIC E X P E R I E N C E Y O U R A M E R I C A

National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior COASTAL DEFENSES (21) • ACADIA NP • BOSTON HARBOR ISLANDS NHP • CAPE COD NSS • CAPE HATTARAS NSS • CHANNEL ISLANDS NP • GATEWAY NRA • GOLDEN GATE NRA • GULF ISLANDS NSS • VIRGIN ISLANDS NP E X P E R I E N C E Y O U R A M E R I C A

National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior MILITARY TRAINING (16) • CAPE COD NSS • CATOCTIN MOUNTAIN PARK • GATEWAY NRA • GOLDEN GATE NRA • MISSISSIPPI NR & RA • PADRE ISLAND NSS • PRINCE WILLIAM FOREST • TUSKEGEE AIRMEN NHS E X P E R I E N C E Y O U R A M E R I C A

National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior MILITARY INTELLIGENCE (9) • BOSTON HARBOR ISLANDS NRA • CAPE COD NSS • CATOCTIN MOUNTAIN PARK • GEORGE WASHINGTON MEMORIAL PARKWAY • GOLDEN GATE NRA • GOVERNOR’S ISLAND NM • MISSISSIPPI NR & RA • PRINCE WILLIAM FOREST E X P E R I E N C E Y O U R A M E R I C A

National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior POW / INTERNMENT CAMPS (8) • BOSTON HARBOR ISLANDS NRA • GEORGE WASHINGTON MEMORIAL PARKWAY • GETTYSBURG NMP • GOLDEN GATE NRA • GOVERNOR’S ISLAND NM • LAVA BEDS NM • MANZANAR NHS • MINIDOKA INTERNMENT NM E X P E R I E N C E Y O U R A M E R I C A

National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior PLANE CRASHES & SHIPWRECKS (30) • ALEUTIAN WWII NHP • BIG BEND NP • CAPE LOOKOUT NSS • CHANNEL ISLANDS NP • DENALI NP • EL MALPAIS NM • GRAND CANYON NP • GUADALUPE MTS NP • SEQUOIA / KINGS CANYON NP E X P E R I E N C E Y O U R A M E R I C A

National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior WWII MEMORIALS (12) • AMERICAN MEMORIAL PARK • ANDERSONVILLE NHS • GEORGE WASHINGTON MEMORIAL PARKWAY • NATIONAL WWII MEMORIAL • MANZANAR NHS • U.S. MARINE CORPS WAR MEMORIAL • USS ARIZONA MEMORIAL • WAR IN THE PACIFIC NHP E X P E R I E N C E Y O U R A M E R I C A

National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior WWII LEADERS (5) • DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER NHS • FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT MEMORIAL • HARRY TRUMAN NHS • HOME OF FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT NHS • JOHN F. KENNEDY NHS E X P E R I E N C E Y O U R A M E R I C A

National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior WWII CEMETARIES / BURIALS (8) • ANDERSONVILLE NHS • GETTYSBURG NATIONAL CEMETERY • JEAN LAFITTE NHP • SHILOH NMP • WAR IN THE PACIFIC NHP E X P E R I E N C E Y O U R A M E R I C A

National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior WWII HOMEFRONT (34) • WAR PRODUCTION / MANUFACTURING • CIVIL DEFENSE • WOMEN IN UNIFORM • MORALE / PROPAGANDA • WAR BONDS • RATIONING • VICTORY GARDENS E X P E R I E N C E Y O U R A M E R I C A