# Citizen Soldier (TV program)

Citizen Soldier is a television program produced by the Pritzker Military Museum & Library. It airs on PBS channel WTTW. Each 26 minute episode of Citizen Soldier explores topics on military history, affairs and policy through interviews and panel discussions with scholars, military personnel, and authors. From exploring the military necessity of the Emancipation Proclamation with James McPherson to an alternative history of the Battle of Midway during World War II, this series seeks to educate the public about important aspects of history and policy.

## Production

Citizen Soldier is created by Pritzker Military Museum and Library as part of the Library's mission to develop appropriate programs focusing on the Citizen Soldier in the preservation of democracy.

## Series overview

| Season | Season | Episodes | Originally aired | Originally aired |
| Season | Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
| | 1 | 10 | 2013 (2013) | 2013 (2013) |
| | 2 | 11 | 2014 (2014) | 2015 (2015) |
| | 3 | 9 | 2020 (2020) | 2020 (2020) |
Two episodes from the second season won Telly Awards. The fourth episode, "The Tuskegee Airmen Of World War II" won in the Online Video category and the ninth episode, "The Next Battlefield: On Cyber War" received its prize in the Film & Video category.

## Episode List
### Season 1

| Season | Episode | Title | Hosted By | Panel Members | Sponsored By | Original Air Date | Original Record Date |
| 1 | 1 | "The Reserves and the National Guard in the 21st Century" | Major General Andrew B. Davis | Colonel Paul Hastings, Major General William D. Razz Waff, Secretary Dennis M. McCarthy, Major General William M. Enyart, | Reserve Officers Association | TBA | 10 May 2012 |
| This program features a discussion of the United States Military Reserves and the National Guard in the 21st century. ||||||||
| 1 | 2 | "150 Years After the Emancipation Proclamation" | Kenneth Clarke | James McPherson James Cornelius | Abraham Lincoln Library and Museum Foundation | 17 February 2013 (2013-02-17) | 28 September 2012 |
| This program features a discussion about the military necessity of the Emancipation Proclamation. ||||||||
| 1 | 3 | "Into the Fire featuring Medal of Honor Recipient Dakota Meyer and Bing West" | Bing West | Dakota Meyer | Marine Corp Scholarship foundation | TBA | 11 November 2012 |
| A conversation between Medal of Honor recipient Sergeant Dakota Meyer and noted author Bing West about Meyer's experience in the battle of Ganjigal. ||||||||
| 1 | 4 | "Battle of Cantigny" | Dr. John Allen Williams | James Carl Nelson, Paul Herbert | First Division Museum at Cantigny | TBA | November 14, 2012 |
| Dr. John Allen Williams moderates a discussion between James Carl Nelson, author of The Remains of Company D: A Story of the Great War and Paul Herbert, Executive Director of the First Division Museum at Cantigny about the WWI Battle of Cantigny and Colonel McCormick's legacy. ||||||||
| 1 | 5 | "Lake Michigan's Lost World War II Aircraft" | Bob Rasmussen | Taras Lyssenko, Captain Ed Ellis, Bill Marquardt | A&T Recovery, The Naval Aviation Foundation and Glenview Hangar One foundation | TBA | 4 December 2012 |
| This episode features a discussion about carrier qualifications during World War II and the ongoing efforts to recover and preserve the aircraft lost during the war. ||||||||
| 1 | 6 | "Changes And Challenges: Women In Today's Military" | Stacey Baca | Erica Borggren, Dr. Rebecca J. Hannagan, Kimberly Mitchell | Sponsored by Easter Seals, Inc with additional support from Chicago Foundation for Women. | 25 September 2013 (2013-09-25) | 24 January 2013 |
| This episode features a discussion of the issues female veterans encounter during and after service in the military. ||||||||
| 1 | 7 | "Max Hastings & Rick Atkinson: The Embedded Journalist And Military History" | Rick Atkinson | Sir Max Hastings | Norwich University | TBA | 3 February 2013 |
| This episode features a discussion between two historians and journalists about the role that embedded journalists play in military history. ||||||||
| 1 | 8 | "The War In The Atlantic And The U-505" | John Allen Williams | Marc Milner Stephen Budiansky Kurt Haunfelner | Museum of Science and Industry | TBA | 4 February 2013 |
| In this episode the panel discussed the Battle of the Atlantic from a global perspective. ||||||||
| 1 | 9 | "The POW Experience" | John Barr | John Borling, Donald E. Casey, Rhonda Cornum | Hillshire Brands | TBA | 12 February 2013 |
| This panel featured three American veterans who were prisoners of war in different conflicts. They discussed their experiences as POWs and how they endured their time in captivity. ||||||||
| 1 | 10 | "Nazi Concentration Camp Liberators" | Elizabeth Brackett | Dr. Waitman Beorn, Michael Hirsh, Dr. Keith Huxen, Major General William Levine, Dan Baker, Don Johnson | National WWII Museum | TBA | 28 March 2013 |
| This episode focuses on the liberation of concentration camps including first hand account by men who were there. ||||||||

### Season 2

| Season | Episode | Title | Hosted By | Panel Members | Sponsored By | Original Air Date | Original Record Date |
| 2 | 1 | "Refighting The Pacific War - Alternate History And The Battle Of Midway" | Jim Bresnahan | Elliot Carlson, John Lundstrom, and Jon Parshall | U.S. Naval Institute | TBA | 29 March 2012 |
| Jim Bresnahan leads a panel of historians in exploring an alternate history of World War II in this episode of Citizen Soldier. Panelists Elliot Carlson, John Lundstrom, and Jon Parshall discuss the "what if" questions surrounding the Battle of Midway. ||||||||
| 2 | 2 | "In Our Voices, Veterans From WWII, Vietnam, Iraq And Afghanistan" | Laura S. Washington | David H. Hymes James Mukoyama | Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center | TBA | 11 November 2012 |
| This episode features veterans discussing the ways in which military service has changed in the last 60 years, the ways in which it will never change, and how their sacrifice shapes our world today. ||||||||
| 2 | 3 | "Winston Churchill Is The Last Lion" | Greg Burns | Paul Reid | The Churchill Centre | TBA | 28 February 2013 |
| Paul Reid Discusses his book, " the Last Lion", Winston Churchill and Reid's relationship with the historian William Manchester. ||||||||
| 2 | 4 | "The Tuskegee Airmen Of World War II" | Dr. Daniel Haulman | Bob Jordan O. Lawton Wilkerson | Seedlings Foundation | 1 February 2015 (2015-02-01) | 12 September 2013 |
| An exploration of the history and heritage of America's first black military aviators ||||||||
| 2 | 5 | ""The Fiction Of War," With Tim O'Brien And Karl Marlantes" | Karl Marlantes | Tim O'Brien | Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund | 18 January 2015 (2015-01-18) | 15 November 2013 |
| An insightful discussion by Vietnam veterans and award-winning fiction writers Tim O'Brien and Karl Marlantes on the subjects of literature, war, politics, and writing. ||||||||
| 2 | 6 | "The Big Red One On D-Day" | Paul Herbert | Joseph Balkoski, John C. McManus, and Steven Zaloga | First Division Museum At Cantigny Park | 9 November 2014 (2014-11-09) | 13 March 2014 |
| Leading historians discuss the United States Army " Big Red One" First Division History ||||||||
| 2 | 7 | "Navy SEALs: The Unspoken Sacrifice" | Kenneth Clark | Retired Vice Admiral Robert Harward Stephanie Freid-Perenchio Mike Martin | Stone Park by the Lake | 25 January 2015 (2015-01-25) | 15 May 2015 |
| Retired Vice Admiral Robert Harward discusses the SEAL experience with documentary photographer Stephanie Freid-Perenchio and SEAL Mike Martin ||||||||
| 2 | 8 | "On The Brink Of World War I: Citizen Soldier" | Dr. John Allen Williams | Doran Cart Dr. Nikolas Gardner Dr. Saje Mathieu | National World War I Museum at Liberty Memorial and Shook, Hardy, & Bacon through the Charles Bacon Fund. | 16 November 2014 (2014-11-16) | 12 June 2014 |
| Leading Historians Discuss the causes of the outbreak of the First World War ||||||||
| 2 | 9 | "Cyber War: The Next Battlefield" | Kenneth Clarke | Michael V. Hayden Jason Healey | Cyber Conflict Studies Association, | 22 February 2015 (2015-02-22) | 26 September 2014 |
| General Michael Hayden, a retired four-star Air Force General and former director of both the NSA and CIA, discusses with cyber security expert Jason Healey the rapidly evolving role played by technology in military, intelligence and counterintelligence operations. ||||||||
| 2 | 10 | "The Ongoing Story Of USS Pueblo, With Executive Officer Edward R. Murphy, Jr.: Citizen Soldier" | Dr. John Allen Williams | Edward R. Murphy, Jr. | Colonel (IL) J.N. Pritzker, IL ARNG (Retired) and Act One Mayne Stage. | 8 February 2015 (2015-02-08) | 30 September 2014 |
| Author and former Navy Lieutenant Edward R. Murphy Jr. shares his experiences as Second in Command aboard USS Pueblo, the American spy ship famously captured and held by North Korea since 1968. ||||||||
| 2 | 11 | "Never Forget: Antony Beevor And Rick Atkinson" | Rick Atkinson | Antony Beevor | Plante Moran | 15 February 2015 (2015-02-15) | 7 November 2014 |
| Two leading historians speak on the duty of documenting the past for future generations. ||||||||

## Resources

* ↑ "Citizen Soldier". IMDb.
* ↑ "Citizen Soldier". WTTW. Public Broadcasting Service. Retrieved October 14, 2015.
* ↑ "Mission Statement". Pritzker Military Museum and Library. Retrieved June 30, 2015.
* ↑ "The 36th Annual TELLY Awards - Winners". tellyawards.com.
* ↑ "The 36th Annual TELLY Awards - Awards". tellyawards.com. Archived from the original on June 29, 2015. Retrieved July 2, 2015.
* ↑ "The Reserves and the National Guard in the 21st Century". Pritzker Military Museum and Library. Retrieved June 30, 2015.
* ↑ "150 Years After the Emancipation Proclamation". Pritzker Military Museum and Library. Retrieved June 30, 2015.
* ↑ "Into the Fire featuring Medal of Honor Recipient Dakota Meyer and Bing West". Pritzker Military Museum and Library. Retrieved June 30, 2015.
* ↑ "The Battle of Cantigny, WWI". Pritzker Military Museum and Library. Retrieved June 30, 2015.
* ↑ "Lake Michigan's Lost World War II Aircraft". Pritzker Military Museum and Library. Retrieved June 30, 2015.
* ↑ "Changes and Challenges: Women in Today's Military". Pritzker Military Museum and Library. Retrieved June 30, 2015.
* ↑ "Max Hastings & Rick Atkinson: The Embedded Journalist and Military History". Pritzker Military Museum and Library. Retrieved June 30, 2015.
* ↑ "The War in the Atlantic and the U-505". Pritzker Military Museum and Library. Retrieved June 30, 2015.
* ↑ "The POW Experience". Pritzker Military Museum and Library. Retrieved June 30, 2015.
* ↑ "Nazi Concentration Camp Liberators". Pritzker Military Museum and Library. Retrieved June 30, 2015.
* ↑ "Refighting the Pacific War - Alternate History and the Battle of Midway". Pritzker Military Museum and Library. Retrieved June 30, 2015.
* ↑ "In Our Voices: Veterans from WWII, Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan". Pritzker Military Museum and Library. Retrieved June 30, 2015.
* ↑ "William Manchester and Paul Reid: The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill, Defender of the Realm, 1940-1965". Pritzker Military Museum and Library. Retrieved June 30, 2015.
* ↑ "The Tuskegee Airmen of World War II". Pritzker Military and Library. Pritzker Military Museum and Library. Retrieved June 30, 2015.
* ↑ "The Fiction of War, with Tim O'Brien and Karl Marlantes". Pritzker Military Museum and Library. Retrieved June 30, 2015.
* ↑ "Citizen Soldier: The Big Red One on D-Day". Pritzker Military Museum and Library. Retrieved June 30, 2015.
* ↑ "Citizen Soldier: SEAL The Unspoken Sacrifice". Pritzker Military Museum and Library. Retrieved June 30, 2015.
* ↑ "Citizen Soldier: On the Brink of World War I". Pritzker Military Museum and Library. Retrieved June 30, 2015.
* ↑ "Cyber War: The Next Battlefield". Pritzker Military Museum and Library. Retrieved June 30, 2015.
* ↑ "The Ongoing Story of USS Pueblo, with Executive Officer Edward R. Murphy, Jr". Pritzker Military Museum and Library. Retrieved June 30, 2015.
* ↑ "Never Forget". Pritzker Military Museum and Library. Retrieved June 30, 2015.