Beyond Bourbon Street - An Insider's Guide To New Orleans

National WWII Museum in New Orleans Did you know the National WWII Museum is in New Orleans? What's the connection to WWII and New Orleans? Come along as we explore the museum and learn the answers to these questions and more! Today's guest is Dr. Robert Citino, Senior Historian at the National WWII Museum. Dr. Citino is an award-winning military historian and scholar. He published ten books and numerous articles about WWII and 20th century military history. Dr. Citino also taught at West Point for one year and for two years at the U.S. Army War College. In this episode we talk about the museum's founding, and its placement in New Orleans. We discuss Stephen Ambrose (Band of Brothers, and Eisenhower biographer) and Nick Mueller, the two who led the charge to create the National WWII Museum. We learn about Andrew Higgins and his landing craft. Dr. Citino takes us on an audio tour of the museum where we learn about exhibits including: The Arsenal of Democracy Road to Tokyo Road to Berlin The D-Day Invasion of