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Isabelle Cook

Cook and her fellow nurses were ordered to set up their first hospital close to the front. So close that they were forced to wait for the Allied defeat of the Germans in Tunisia before travelling to…

Women served as Navy nurses in small numbers during the War of 1812 and even throughout the Civil War. The Navy Nurse Corps was created in 1908 when the first group of women entered the Naval Medical…

BEWARE of the Wrath of a Patient Man!

“Beware the fury of a patient man,” is a line from Absalom and Achitophel (1681) by the English poet John Dryden. The War Savings Stamps and Liberty Bond campaigns asked people to promise to buy a…

And They Thought We Couldn’t Fight

The Victory Liberty Loan was issued in April 1919, after the close of the war. Propaganda for the loan stated the money was to be used to bring the soldiers home and take care of them upon return…

Send Smokes To Sammy!

World War I (1914-1918) established the cigarette as a dominate product of modern consumer culture. Prior to the war, Progressive Era reformers attempted to abolish tobacco use. However, in 1917,…

Gee!! I Wish I Were a Man

Even the “Christy Girl” wanted to enlist in the Navy or Coast Guard during World War I (1914-1919). Dressed in a uniform she is not only the picture of ideal femininity, she is beautifully patriotic…

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Pritzker Military Presents

More Than 500 Streaming Video Programs Right Here, Right Now. Pritzker Military Presents is an original program series that airs each week on Chicago Public Television, WTTW Prime,…

Citizen Soldier

Airing on Chicago Public TV Station WTTW Channel 11, each content-rich 26-minute episode of Citizen Soldier explores topics on military history, affairs, and policy through interviews and…

PMP: On The Homefront - Allied Race to Victory Tour Part 2

PMP: On the Homefront The Allied Race to Victory: A Walk-Through of the Philippines Campaign Museum Curator, James Brundage, conducts the second installment in his (virtual) walk-through series…

PMP: On The Homefront - George C. Marshall

PMP: On the Homefront George C. Marshall Dr. Rob Havers, President & CEO of the Museum & Library, explores the life and service of George C. Marshall.

PMP: On The Homefront - Winston Churchill

PMP: On the Homefront Churchill in War and Peace President and CEO of the Museum & Library, Dr. Rob Havers, walks our audience through Winston Churchill's unsuccessful 1945 fight to win the…

War & Society: Peter Paret & Gerhard Weinberg

Citizen Soldier: War and Society Renowned military historians and past Pritzker Literature Award recipients, Peter Paret and Gerhard Weinberg, discuss the interdependent relationship between war…

Enemy in the Vietnam War: Tim O'Brien & Karl Marlantes

Citizen Soldier: Enemy in the Vietnam War Renown authors and Vietnam veterans, Tim O’Brien and Karl Marlantes, discuss the difficult moral questions that go hand-in-hand with military conflicts as…

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2019 Year in Review

The Pritzker Military Museum & Library's 2019 Year in Review Presented at the PMML's annual Liberty Gala, this short video highlights major events and achievements from the previous year,…

William Trimble: Admiral John S. McCain

William Trimble: Admiral John S. McCain and the Triumph of Naval Air Power Author William Trimble visits the Museum & Library to discuss the life and professional career of Adm. John S…

Tom Hone, The Battle of Midway: The Naval Institute Guide to the U.S. Navy's Greatest Victory

Tom Hone, The Battle of Midway: The Naval Institute Guide to the U.S. Navy's Greatest Victory Author Tom Hone visits the Museum & Library to discuss his masterful, all-embracing work…

Antony Beevor

Widely regarded as one of the top military writers in the world, Beevor will officially receive the award November 8 at the Museum & Library's 2014 Liberty Gala, where he will be honored for…