On this day in 1941, a PBY Catalina helped locate the German battleship Bismarck. Long-range patrol aircraft like the Catalina became essential eyes over the ocean in the Battle of the Atlantic. The American Heritage Museum is close to completing our epic restoration of a Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina that fought in the Battle of the Atlantic in 1942-1943. The restoration taking place in Florida will be wrapped up this summer and the aircraft is planned to make its first public appearance at the EAA AirVenture Oshkosh Airshow in July.
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The final month is here for the Road to Victory WWII Jeep Sweepstakes!![]()
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Now through June 4th, use promo code DOUBLEDN to get DOUBLE ENTRIES with every purchase toward winning an original, road-ready 1944 Ford GPW Jeep.![]()
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The sweepstakes closes June 21st, and the Grand Prize will be drawn June 30th. Enter today and help support the American Heritage Museum’s mission to preserve and share history for future generations.![]()
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The Road to Victory Sweepstakes - Win a Road-Ready, Original WWII Jeep!
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This is not your average Jeep. The American Heritage Museum is giving YOU the chance to win a real, period-correct, road-ready 1944 Ford GPW Jeep — an authentic WWII-era military vehicle — in the ...
The American Heritage Museum is open on Monday, May 25th from 10:00am to 5:00pm in observance of Memorial Day - General Admission tickets may be purchased at:
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This Memorial Day, we pause to honor the brave men and women who made the ultimate sacrifice in service to the United States. Their courage, devotion, and selflessness secured the freedoms we enjoy today and continue to inspire generations of Americans.![]()
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As we gather with family and friends today, may we also remember those who never came home and reflect on the true meaning of the day.![]()
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From all of us at the American Heritage Museum, we thank and remember our fallen heroes. Never forgotten.
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Speaker Series: The Party Dolls – Escape from the Zoo Annex – Vietnam POW Story
July 5, 2025 @ 1:00 pm, ending 2:30 pm
Free with standard museum admission
Join us on Saturday, July 5th, 1pm to 2:30pm, for an engaging talk by award winning author George Hayward on his book The Party Dolls.
On 10 May 1969, two American prisoners of war escaped from a brutal Hanoi prison camp called the Annex. Their story is one of incredible bravery against the longest of odds. It’s also one of bitter conflict. Air Force Captains John Dramesi and Ed Atterberry escaped with help from their fellow prisoners, but that help was not given freely. The suffering it brought killed Atterberry, and scarred others for life.
Photo: John Dramesi on the left, AHM’s Hanoi Hilton Exhibit center, Ed Atterberry on the right.
THE PARTY DOLLS is the riveting, award-winning* true Vietnam War story of a failed escape code-named “the Party,” told by the former POWs who planned it. Author and former Air Force journalist George Hayward wrote it based on interviews he did between 1995 and 2002 with those POWs, and never released until this book. This is the most detailed account ever released of a heroic yet divisive—and little-known—episode from a divisive American conflict.
*2021 winner for Nonfiction Military History, Best Indie Book Awards® (BIBA®) and 2022 winner Military Nonfiction, Independent Press Awards.
