The Pritzker Military Library features books, art, live webcasts, and audio podcasts about the Citizen Soldier in American military history. Our events and gallery exhibits are free and open to the public.
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- Location:
- Chicago, IL, 60611
- Phone:
- (312) 587-0234
- Mon - Fri:
- 8:30 am - 4:30 pm
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Events
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- Doug Stanton, "Horse Soldiers"
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Thursday, July 9 at 6:00pm - Doug Stanton, "Horse Soldiers"
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Thursday, July 9 at 6:00pm - Michael Pearlman, "Truman and ...
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Wednesday, June 24 at 6:00pm - Medal of Honor with Ed Tracy: ...
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Thursday, June 18 at 6:00pm - David Kilcullen, "The Accident...
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Tuesday, June 16 at 6:00pm - Ron Werneth, "Beyond Pearl Har...
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Thursday, June 11 at 6:00pm - Warren Kozak, "LeMay: The Life...
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Thursday, June 4 at 6:00pm - P.W. Singer, "Wired for War"
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Thursday, May 28 at 6:00pm - Medal of Honor with Ed Tracy: ...
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Thursday, May 21 at 6:00pm - Front & Center with John Calla...
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Thursday, May 7 at 6:00pm
Pritzker Military Library General Quarters: Periscope Up! Here's the second of our two events for this weekend, "Submarine Saturday".
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During the war in the Pacific, when a submarine was destroyed, there wasn’t much hope for its crewmen. Of the fifty-two that were lost, only seven U.S. subs yielded prisoners of war for the Japanese, while the rest – with some 3,500 sailors in all – remain on what submariners call “eternal patrol”. ...
Pritzker Military Library Join us this weekend for Submarine Saturday! We have two great events about World War II in the Pacific, starting at 10AM (preceded by a free reception with coffee & donuts). First up:
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We Were Pirates is adapted from the colorful diaries and recollections of Robert Hunt, an enlisted man who served aboard the USS Tambor during World War II. The Tambor was one of the most storied submarines of the war, returning intact from thirteen patrols. ...
Pritzker Military Library Coming up this afternoon at 3PM: we're webcasting live with Prof. Archie Brown on "The Rise and Fall of Communism".
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Once a club of sixteen nations, whose membership ruled nearly half the globe, they are now reduced to five; even as the economic crisis of 2008 offered what seemed like a golden opportunity to re-emerge, they didn’t make a peep.
Pritzker Military Library First Division fans take note: we're webcasting live on Thursday at 6PM with James Carl Nelson, author of "The Remains of Company D: A Story of the Great War"
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Face down in a field of wheat, blood leaking from both sides of his body, John Nelson waited for what remained of his life. Above him, the hot summer air was split by German machine guns and artillery fire. All around him, the future was ending for the doughboys of Company D.
Pritzker Military Library Webcasting live right now! Tanya Biank on Fort Bragg, Fayetteville, and the real "Army Wives".
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Army life involves more than two hundred years of tradition, rules, and regulations, and it offers long periods of monotony interspersed with moments of life or death. Soldiers get trained for it, but there’s no course that can prepare you for being an Army wife.
Pritzker Military Library Coming up this Thursday: Live webcast with Tanya Biank, author of "Army Wives: The Unwritten Code of Military Marriage". If you have experiences to share, post them here or send them for the live Q&A.
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Army life involves more than two hundred years of tradition, rules, and regulations, and it offers long periods of monotony interspersed with moments of life or death. Soldiers get trained for it, but there’s no course that can prepare you for being an Army wife.
Pritzker Military Library Starting in a couple minutes! Hear the incredible first-hand account of a Marine combat veteran from Fallujah, Navy Cross recipient, and PTSD survivor, and send in your comments for the live Q&A.
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This is how the story is normally shown: the hero introduced, the mission explained, the vow made, the battle fierce, the rescue victorious, the hero acclaimed. Curtains down, lights out. Story’s over. Left alone in the darkness: the hero and his anger, screaming behind a wall of silence.
Pritzker Military Library Coming up this Thursday: Marine, Navy Cross recipient, Fallujah veteran Jeremiah Workman talks about PTSD and his new book. Don't miss the live webcast!
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This is how the story is normally shown: the hero introduced, the mission explained, the vow made, the battle fierce, the rescue victorious, the hero acclaimed. Curtains down, lights out. Story’s over. Left alone in the darkness: the hero and his anger, screaming behind a wall of silence.
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We're webcasting live on the end of World War II in Europe and the rebuilding of Germany - join in the live Q&A! http://www.pritzkermilitarylibrary.org/e
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The Nazis took a vow from the memory of their nation’s defeat in World War I: there would be no armistice to end this war, no humiliating terms of surrender to drape on the mantle of the Fatherland. It ...
Pritzker Military Library Some news we're proud to announce: we've won the 2009 National Medal for Museum and Library Service! This is quite an honor, and a real tribute to our friends and supporters like you.
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Pritzker Military Library to Receive National Medal for Museum and Library Service Nation’s Highest Award for Community Service
Pritzker Military Library Coming up this Thursday at the Pritzker Military Library: Richard Bessel on defeated Germany in 1945 - rebuilding, de-Nazi-fication, and more. Join us for the live webcast!
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The Nazis took a vow from the memory of their nation’s defeat in World War I: there would be no armistice to end this war, no humiliating terms of surrender to drape on the mantle of the Fatherland. It ...
Pritzker Military Library Webcasting live right now! Interview and Q&A with the author of "Last Journey: A Father and Son in Wartime"
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Their book began as The Great Conversation – a father and son chewing over life, faith, and philosophy, debating the reasons behind the war in Iraq and discussing the situation on the ground there. But with a sniper’s bullet, the book became a father’s Last Journey with his son.
Pritzker Military Library Tomorrow at 12:30PM central: when S/Sgt. Darrell Griffin was killed in Iraq, his father set out to finish the book his son began. Live webcast and interview by Rick Kogan:
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Their book began as The Great Conversation – a father and son chewing over life, faith, and philosophy, debating the reasons behind the war in Iraq and discussing the situation on the ground there. But with a sniper’s bullet, the book became a father’s Last Journey with his son.
Pritzker Military Library Coming up at 6PM central: our live webcast on the Bataan Death March, with authors Michael and Elizabeth M. Norman. Queue up your questions for the online Q&A!
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Don’t stop walking. You haven’t slept in days, and you haven’t eaten a full meal for more than four months. Your entire body is shaking from dysentery and malaria, sweating what little water remains within you, and you see a waterfall ahead, only a few steps away, in the shade.
Pritzker Military Library Coming up this week at the Pritzker Military Library: the story of the Bataan Death March and its aftermath. Join us for the live webcast on Thursday at 6PM central.
Source: www.pritzkermilitarylibrary.org
Don’t stop walking. You haven’t slept in days, and you haven’t eaten a full meal for more than four months. Your entire body is shaking from dysentery and malaria, sweating what little water remains within you, and you see a waterfall ahead, only a few steps away, in the shade.
