• World War II Memorial

    World War II Memorial

    District of Columbia

Service, Sacrifice, Unity & Victory

The Second World War brought the United States out of the Great Depression and the nation emerged as a world power. The World War II Memorial is a reminder of the sacrifice, unity and service of a unique generation of Americans. They arose to eventual victory and the country transformed itself into a new age. 

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Stars

The Freedom Wall is comprised of 4,048 gold stars. Each gold star represents one hundred American service personnel who died or remain missing in the war.  The 405,399 American dead and missing from the Second World War are second only to the loss of more than 620,000 Americans during our Civil War.