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Museum Addition Opens With Fanfare, Ceremony

NEW ORLEANS -- The dedication of the $60 million expansion of the National World War II Museum was a star-studded red carpet event, with appearances by actors Tom Hanks and Mickey Rooney, among others. Full Article at WDSU New Orleans

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  1. U.S. Ambassador to Japan John Roos, second left, visits the Peace Memorial Park in Itoman, one of the fiercest battlegrounds in World War II in Okinawa Prefecture (state), Japan, Monday, Nov. 30, 2009.
  2. NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 11:  World War II veterans Margie Zwick, Women's Army Corps, and Arnold Strauch, U.S. Army, look on before the annual Veterans Day parade November 11, 2009 in New York City.
  3. WOOTTON BASSETT, UNITED KINGDOM - NOVEMBER 11:  Second World War veteran Wally Simmonds, 94, is comforted by Barbara Blundell after he spoke at a service of remembrance besides the war memorial on November 11, 2009 in Wootton Bassett, England.
  4. LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - NOVEMBER 08: (EMBARGOED FOR PUBLICATION IN UK NEWSPAPERS UNTIL 48 HOURS AFTER CREATE DATE AND TIME) Cherie Blair attends the Remembrance Sunday Service at the Cenotaph on November 8, 2009 in London, England.
  5. WOOTTON BASSETT, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 08:  Civic leaders watch the parade as it passes the War Memorial during a Remembrance Parade along the High Street on November 8, 2009 in Wootton Bassett, England.
  6. NEW ORLEANS - NOVEMBER 06:  Former California Governor Pete Wilson speaks a a press conference on Museum expansion and 'Beyond All Boundaries' 4-D cinematic experience at the National World War II Museum on November 6, 2009 in New Orleans, Louisiana.
  7. NEW ORLEANS - NOVEMBER 06:Mickey Rooney holds up the Silver Service Medal issued by the National World War II Museum during the Dedication Ceremony on November 6, 2009 in New Orleans, Louisiana.
  8. NEW ORLEANS - NOVEMBER 05: Actor Ron Livingston attends the grand opening of The National World War II Museum expansion on November 5, 2009 in New Orleans, Louisiana.
  9. German Chancellor Angela Merkel speaks before a  joint session of the US Congress, November 3, 2009 at the Capitol in Washington, DC.

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