Citizen Soldier Season 3 Episodes

Episode 1

In Our Voices: Veterans from WWII, Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan

Sat, Jan 24, 2026

Moderated by Laura Washington, this collaboration between the Illinois Holocaust Museum and Pritzker Military Museum and Library presents a powerful conversation between veterans from World War II, Vietnam, and the Iraq/Afghanistan conflicts. The different generations of veterans discuss the ways in which military service has changed over the last 60 years, consistent practices among the military, as well as how their sacrifice shapes the world today.

Episode 2

The First World War with Hew Strachan & Anthony Beevor

Sun, Jan 26, 2020

Episode 3

War and Society

Sun, Feb 2, 2020

Episode 4

Capturing the Faces of War - DASPO Photographers in Vietnam

Sun, Feb 9, 2020

Veterans of the Department of the Army Special Photographic Office discuss how they captured the horrors and humanity of the Vietnam War armed with their cameras and operating on direct orders from the Army Chief of Staff.

Episode 5

German Military History

Sun, Feb 16, 2020

Episode 6

George Washington and the Citizen Soldier Tradition

Sun, Feb 23, 2020

Gordon Wood, Scott Stephenson, and Philip Mead explore the role of George Washington in the American Revolution. Throughout the episode, the panel discusses and describes how Washington first established the citizen soldier tradition.

Episode 7

Enemy In The Vietnam War: Tim O'Brien & Karl Marlantes

Sun, Jan 19, 2020

Episode 8

Overlooked Aspects of the Battle of the Bulge

Sun, Mar 1, 2020

Dr. John Morrow Jr. discusses some of the overlooked aspects of the Battle of the Bulge, one of the largest battles in which American forces have ever fought. While most scholars when writing about the Bulge focus on Bastogne and General Patton, Morrow puts the battle into context and illuminates other aspects of this important WWII battle.

Episode 9

USS Olympia

Sun, Mar 1, 2020

A panel of military experts discuss the history of one of America's oldest Navy ships, USS Olympia. From the Battle of Manila Bay in the Spanish-American War, to its final mission of carrying the body of an unknown soldier from France to the United States in 1921, the story of USS Olympia represents and solidifies the United States' emergence as a world naval power.

Episode 11

9. The American Revolution with David Hackett Fischer and Rick Atkinson

Sun, Mar 1, 2020