Memorials and museums testify to man’s weariness with war
World War II paratrooper Tom Blakey shared his experiences with visitors at The National WWII Museum in New Orleans in December 2014. He died the following month at age 94. (Jay Jones / For the Chicago Tribune)
Museums share the tales of terror and triumph that ended 70 years ago with VJ Day.
A statue of Adm. Chester Nimitz, one of the U.S. Navy leaders at the close of World War II, greets visitors outside the Battleship Missouri Memorial in Honolulu. (Jay Jones/For Chicago Tribune / Chicago Tribune)
