National World War II Museum Pacific Theater Aviation Artifacts Display New Orleans USA // NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana — Aviation artifacts, including leather flight jackets, a life vest, and a plotting board, are displayed alongside a large-scale projection of a carrier flight deck within the "Road to Tokyo" gallery at the National World War II Museum. The "New Naval Warfare: First Blood" exhibit chronicles the strategic pivot forced upon the US Navy after the decimation of its battleship fleet at Pearl Harbor. Surviving assets like the USS Enterprise and her sister carriers functioned as floating

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