World War II

This is a story of families torn apart during war and never reunited. It’s a story of cultural identity and how that first disruption echoes into the present day. The internment of Japanese Americans during World War II is a well-known story. Little known is the deportation of people of Japanese descent from Central and South American countries to U.S. camps.

The remains of World War II U.S. Army Pfc. Robert Bryant were buried with military funeral honors at Park Hill Cemetery in Bloomington on Saturday. Bryant was killed in action while searching for wounded rangers from his unit in September 1943.

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After 82 years, Robert L. Bryant, a Bloomington man who went missing in action during World War II, has been identified. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency confirmed his identification on Sept. 18, 2024.

Veterans from the Livingston County War Museum shared their experiences with students from Heartland Community College in an event titled, "Through the Eyes of Veterans."

On the heels of the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize being awarded to Japanese anti-nuclear advocacy group Nihon Hidankyō, Naomi Satoh returns to discuss her in-progress illustrated novel based on personal and familial oral histories gathered from survivors of the 1945 bombings over Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

The words of a World War II prisoner of war from Normal show a grim situation filled with privation, guard brutality, and occasional diversions. This comes from Robert S. Hall’s wartime journal, recently donated to the McLean County Museum of History.

A woman from Normal is marking the anniversary of D-Day by sharing her late husband's story.

Lena Doering was just 5 years old in 1940, when Germany, under Adolf Hitler, invaded Romania, where her family lived. They were rounded up and put on a train heading out of the country.

The McLean County Museum of History is about to rededicate a memorial honoring the 336 McLean County men and women who gave their lives for freedom during World War II.