Thursday, January 30

A Day in the Life of a Tanker

All Ages | FREE EVENT

By DuPage County Historical Museum

Date and time

Thursday, January 30, 2025 · 7 - 8pm CST

Location

DuPage County Historical Museum & Wheaton Park District Administration Building

102 East Wesley Street Wheaton, IL 60187 United States

Refund Policy

Refunds up to 7 days before event

About this event

Event lasts 1 hour

U.S. Army Armor Officer (retired) Major Steve Fixler, who spent 25 years in the Army as a tanker, will not only explain how he lived on a tank, but also how tankers lived on their tanks from WWI to the present. Attendees will learn how tankers fought and operated in wide open land, forests, jungles, deserts and even mountains. See what uniforms they wore in 100-degree heat and 0-degree cold. Steve will also show authentic tanker uniforms from WWI, WWII and the present. A Zoom option will be available for this program.

Organized by

DuPage County Historical Museum

The DuPage County Historical Museum functions as the only institution dedicated to the collection, preservation and interpretation of the material culture documenting the county of DuPage, Illinois.

Its principal purposes are to educate the general public through the collection, preservation, interpretation, and exhibition of materials which document the history of DuPage County and its relationship to Illinois and the nation, and to provide local history services for historical organizations and for scholarly endeavors.