FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. – (CLARKSVILLENOW.COM)  The Don F. Pratt Museum at Fort Campbell offers a history of the 101st Airborne Division featuring a reference library and archives, guided and unguided tours, historical films, gift shop, lectures and educational programs.

Established in 1956 as a division museum for the 101st the exhibits  cover the “Screaming Eagles” from the early 1940s to present.

Memorabilia from Brig. Gen. Don F. Pratt, along with some of the personal possessions of Generals William C. Lee, Maxwell D. Taylor, Anthony C. McAuliffe and William C. Westmoreland, are among the featured exhibits.

Other exhibits include a completely restored CG-4A cargo glider—which carried glider-borne Soldiers into combat during World War II, two 17th century bronze eagles,   An illuminated Dutch Manuscript recognizing the Divisions role in Liberating Holland in WW2, captured enemy weapons and equipment from Vietnam, a recruiter’s jeep from the 1970s and items which had belonged to Adolph Hitler and other high ranking Nazi officials.

Location: 5702 Tennessee Avenue on Fort Campbell.

Hours: Monday-Saturday, 9:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

Info: Schedule tours or briefings by calling (270) 798-3215.

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Dutch Manuscript recognizing the Divisions role in Liberating Holland in WW2, captured enemy weapons and equipment from Vietnam, a recruiter’s jeep from the 1970s and items which had belonged to Adolph Hitler and other high ranking Nazi officials.

The museum also features individual displays on airborne warfare including items from the 11th Airborne Division, the 12th Armored Division, the 14th Armored Division, the 20th Armored Division, the 173rd Airborne Brigade, the 187th Airborne Regimental Combat Team, the 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne), and the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne). An outdoor park

The centerpiece of the park is the “Brass Hat”—a fully restored C-47 aircraft resembling the plane used to carry the division commander, Maj. Gen. Maxwell D. Taylor, into Normandy during World War II.

The museum is open Monday through Saturday, 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. (closed Christmas and New Year’s Day).

For more information or to schedule tours or briefings, call (270) 798-3215/4986. The gift shop phone number is (931) 431-2003.