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History of Vietnam
On December 31, 1964, there were 23,300 American soldiers in Vietnam. Exactly one year later, there would be 184,300 U.S. troops in Vietnam. Despite this massive commitment of forces, many in the…
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…
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…
Emaciated American POWs Liberated at Limburg by 1st Army
These POWs, liberated by U.S. First Army Forces from a German prison camp near Limburg, were captured during the Battle of the Bulge.
In the Women’s Camp at Mauthausen Concentration Camp, Survivors Queue up for Soup
Until late 1943, Mauthausen housed very few female prisoners. A designation as a women’s concentration camp in 1944 paved the way for several hundred female political prisoners to be sent to…
Mauthausen
The Mauthausen concentration camp was comprised of several camps in Austria, utilizing forced labor to mine granite for Hitler’s grand architectural designs. Built in 1938, approximately 200,000…
Sixteen of the Nineteen Defendants on Trial for War Crimes Committed During the War at Dora-Mittelbau
In August 1947, an American military tribunal brought to trial nineteen of the former camp personnel to face charges for acts committed against prisoners. All but four of the defendants were found…