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| I. | Introduction |
National World War II Memorial, United States national memorial authorized in 1993 and completed in 2004. It is the first national memorial honoring all Americans who took part in World War II (1939-1945): the 16 million who served in the war, the more than 400,000 who died in it, and millions more who supported the war effort at home.