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Allied Race to Victory: Oral Histories
Want to listen to more firsthand accounts of those who had boots on the ground during this time period? Listen to the stories of these veterans told through the Museum & Library’s Holt Oral…
Lecture Hall Donors
The lecture hall and television studio stand at the heart of the Museum & Library's mission to share information on military history and affairs and bring citizens and soldiers in close contact…
Commemorate the 75th anniversary of the end of WWII in Europe virtually
To commemorate the 75th anniversary of VE Day, the Pritzker Military Museum & Library is available virtually as a resource for this momentous occasion.
Pritzker Military Museum opens D-Day exhibit on 75th anniversary of invasion
Six veterans from the assault on Normandy recorded their stories for the exhibit. Medal of Honor recipient Walter Ehlers is among six D-Day veterans whose stories are included in video and audio…
Statement on the Resignation of President & CEO Kenneth Clarke and Selection of John Schwan as Interim
Through a Change of Command ceremony, Pritzker Military Museum & Library announced John Schwan as the interim president and chief executive officer of the Museum & Library, following the…
John M. Roddy, Jr.
A sailor who served on board multiple amphibious landing ships in WWII, MOMM3C Roddy's service is remembered by the Roddy Girls. John M. Roddy, Jr. was born on 16 July 1926 in Chicago, Illinois…
Thomas Zipprich
U.S. Navy veteran Thomas Zipprich is honored for his service by Sue Zipprich. Commissioned an Ensign, in 1962, after completing OCS. Assigned to USS Surfbird (ADG-383), as Communications /…
Carl Franklin Biddle
Carl Biddle Served in the Pacific Theater with the "First of the First" and then in European Theater with the U.S. Marine Corps during WWII. Carl is Memorialized by Robert Biddle and Laura Biddle…
David Emory Sohn
Staff Sergeant David E. Sohn served in the European Theater with the United States Army Air Force during WWII. Dave is memorialized by Jeanne Sohn, Wendy Pearson, Debbie Clarke, Kathe Sohn and…
Clayton Dale Otis
A veteran of WWII, Clayton Dale Otis is remembered by Eleanor Otis and his family. Private Otis served in the Army and was stationed in Okinawa during World War II. After the war, he returned to…
James H. Mukoyama, Jr.
Major General James H. Mukoyama, Jr. was born in Chicago, Illinois, on August 3, 1944. He retired from the Army in May 1995, after more than thirty years of total active and reserve component service…
Arie Friedman
Dr. Arie Friedman served a helicopter pilot and instructor in the United States Navy and as a doctor in the Naval Reserve Medical Corps. He is honored by the Pritzker Military Museum & Library. …
Karen T. Meter
A veteran of the U.S. Navy during the Vietnam War, Karen T. Meter is honored by Christopher Meter. Karen T. Meter served in the United States Navy from 1965 - 1972. During this time she served as…
William Keller
William Keller was born in Philadelphia on January 18, 1900. At 16, he left Philadelphia to enlist in the U.S. Army, serving as a private during World War I from June 20, 1916 through May 26, 1919…
Coleman T. Holt
Tuskegee Airman and World War II veteran Coleman T. Holt is the namesake of the Museum & Library's state-of-the-art Oral History Room. Holt is remembered by Colette Holt and Karen Pritzker. …
The General: William Levine, Citizen Soldier and Liberator
Explore the images, documents and artifacts from Major General William Levine's life and service that help tell the story of this American patriot in the latest Museum & library publication, The…
Citizen Soldier
These artifacts from veterans of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, and Coast Guard illuminate the experience of the Citizen Soldier in American history.
Faces of War: Documenting the Vietnam War from the Front Lines
An eye-opening exploration of the Vietnam War through a unique collection of photographs, motion pictures, and artifacts from the Department of the Army Special Photographic Office (DASPO).
American Icons of the Great War
Drawn exclusively from the Pritzker Military Museum & Library’s extensive collections of posters and other printed material, the six-part, 27-image exhibition tells the story of the role that art…