The World War II Memorial reminds future generations that we must sometimes sacrifice for causes greater than ourselves. This war that changed the world was ’fought across six of the world’s seven continents and all of its oceans,’ British historian John Keegan wrote, ‘It killed 50 million human beings, left hundreds of millions of others wounded in mind and body . . . ‘ and divested great parts of the world.

The World War II Memorial reminds future generations that we must sometimes sacrifice for causes greater than ourselves. This war that changed the world was ’fought across six of the world’s seven continents and all of its oceans,’ British historian John Keegan wrote, ‘It killed 50 million human beings, left hundreds of millions of others wounded in mind and body . . . ‘ and divested great parts of the world.