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WW1 Centennial News for Wednesday September 13, 2017 - Episode #37

Lusitania sinking shift American anti-war sentiment

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WWI Centennial News SPECIAL
PART I: The Great Debate

This week and next week, we are going to break format as we present a 2-part special podcast version of  “In Sacrifice for Liberty and Peace”.

This two part special is an adaptation from a live staged event the Commission produced on the April 6, 2017 centennial of America’s entry into: The war that changed the world.

Edward Bilous as the artistic director, and Chris Christopher as the US WW1 Centennial Commission’s executive producer pulled together an amazing group of artists, historians musician, actors, and others for a live performance staged outdoors at the National WWI Museum and Memorial  in Kansas City to an audience of over 3,000 attendees.

For this 2-part special we have excerpted key moments from the story that unfolds, the music that was performed and the readings from a cast of amazing actors, orators, musicians and other luminaries.

Part 1 examines the great debate in America about getting into the war.

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WW1 Centennial News for Wednesday September 6, 2017 - Episode #36

German occupying forces subjugated local citizens in many ways

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Highlights

• Life inside German Occupied Belgium |@ 03:15
• Some memorable stories from the front - Mike Shuster |@ 13:3 0
• Preview of Camp Doughboy - Governors Island, NY 9/16-9/17 |@ 19:00
• Preview of Pershing Days - Laclede, MO, 9/15-9/17 with Alicyn Ehrich and Denzil Heaney |@ 20:15
• $10,000 WWI academic competition |@ 24:55
• Speaking WWI - Cooties! Yuk! |@ 26:00
• 100C/100M with Jim Yocum on Santa Monica CA project |@ 27:15
• CBS Radio ConnectingVets.com |@ 33:15
• Phil Eaton - Coast Guard Winged Warrior of WW1 |@ 34:40
• WWrite Blog on Champagne |@ 35:35

And more...

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WW1 Centennial News for Wednesday August 30, 2017 - Episode #35

Pvt. John Elk - Company D, 139th Infantry, 35th Division
from Bismarck, ND - Full Blooded Sioux Indian Doughboy

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Highlights:

• Please donate to the Hurricane Harvey victims |@ 01:00
• WW1 in China and Japan |@ 02:30
• Mike Shuster - The fire at Salonika |@ 11:35
• Dr. “Russ” McDonald on 49th UTTC International Powwow |@ 18:15
• Speaking WWI - This week: “Field Day” |@ 24:50
• Joel Mize on 100C/100M project in Mussel Shoals, AL |@ 26:00
• Chris Connelly - Story of Service about USMC grandfather |@ 34:20
• Tanveer Kalo - former intern becoming subject matter expert |@ 40:30
• The Buzz - This week in social Media |@ 41:50

And more...

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WW1 Centennial News for Wednesday August 23, 2017 - Episode #34

The delivery of letters from home is a great event. Giving out the mail to the Red Cross chauffeurs at the garage, Paris

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Highlights

• Moving the goods - The railroads and the war effort |@ 01 :00
• Lynn Heidelbaugh - The postal service in WW1 |@ 08:20
• The “Hat in the ring Gang” - Centennial of the 94th Aero Squadron |@ 13:40
• Mike Shuster - Dissent in the German forces |@ 15:15
• Richard Rubin & Jonathan Bratten - Being German ain't easy in 1917 |@ 19:50
• Speaking WW1 - This week’s word “Strafe” |@ 29:30
• John Motley - 100C/100M project in Fort Towsen, OK |@ 30:20
• Andrew Carroll - Center for American War Letters |@ 36:45

And more…  

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WW1 Centennial News for Wednesday August 16, 2017 - Episode #33

Training Camp Activities. Bayonet fighting instruction by an
English Sergeant Major, Camp Dick, Texas.

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Highlights

• Getting ready for training camp - War Department issues 30 lesson manifesto |@02 :00
• RG Head on the War In The Sky - 1917 overview |@06:00
• Richard Rubin & Jonathan Bratton on the Storyteller & The Historian on the Naval Reserve Act |@12:40
• Mike Shuster on the war in the middle east |@18:45
• Speaking WWI: “Thingumyjig” |@25:20
• Anne Taylor & Ruth Edmonson Johnson on 100 Cities / 100 Memorials |@26:20
• Professor Jeff Jakeman on Penrose Vass Stout: Aviator, architect and artist |@32:15
• The eclipse of 1918: What comes around, comes around |@37:00
• Susan Werbe on telling the WWI story with the voice of people |@37:50

And more…  

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WW1 Centennial News for Wednesday August 9, 2017 - Episode #32

An American Red Cross angel provides comfort to a wounded man

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Highlights

• Then: The American Red Cross - Part 2 |@ 01:00
• Storyteller & Historian: The Herbert Hoover Food Administration |@ 07:00
• Mike Shuster: Where did “Doughboy” come from? |@ 13:30
• Feature: The US Mint WWI Commemorative Coin |@ 17:45
• NEW: Speaking WWI this week “Slaker” |@ 19:30
• Event Picks: Portland Maine, Los Angeles |@ 20:25
• 100C/100M: Neil Urban on Veterans of WWI of the USA Monument in Arizona |@ 22:40
• Media: Professor Sir Hew Stachan & Catriona Oliphant on Podcast Docudrama - “Enter The Peace Broker” |@ 28:55
• Articles: National Guard, Rainbow Division and The Wool Brigade |@ 39:50
• The Buzz: Katherine Akey on Social Media |@ 43:15

And more…  

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WW1 Centennial News for Wednesday August 2, 2017 - Episode #31

Mud was one of the true horrors of WW1

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Highlights

• Civil rights march in NYC 100 years ago |@ 01:15
• Draft dodging, bobbing and weaving |@ 03:15
• Passchendaele the battle of the MUD |@ 08:45
• “The Song of Mud” by Mary Borden |@ 12:40
• The Storyteller and the Historian |@ 17:00On being an intern at the US WW1 Centennial Commission |@ 23:00
• Event Picks of the week |@ 27:00
• 100C/100M Profile - Memorial Park in Mobile Alabama |@ 29:00
• Motorcycles and Memorials |@ 34:15
• Working on America’s WW1 Memorial |@ 41:30
• Dazzle Camouflage and Peach Pits |@ 42:40

AND MORE...

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WW1 Centennial News for Wednesday July 26, 2017 - Episode #30

Balloon observers part of the War in The Sky

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Highlights

• Feature: Orville Wright on winning the war with air power |@ 01:15
• Feature: James Higgs Balloon Observer |@ 03:30
• Guest: Mike Shuster on GAS |@ 07:30
• Guests: Richard Rubin & Jonathan Bratten on building a national army |@ 12:00
• Event: William C. Gorgas and the Great War in Tuscaloosa, AL |@ 19:00
• Guest: Dr. Libby O’Connell about the history of food |@ 20:30
• Feature: introducing the 100 Cities / 100 Memorials Review Committee |@ 27:00
• Guest: David Craig on the Maryland WW1 Centennial Commemoration |@ 30:15
• Guest: Laura Vogt on the National WWI Museum and Memorial in KC |@ 36:00
• Buzz: Facebook post on the Kodak VPK - vest pocket camera |@ 42:00
• Shout out: to the commission’s summer of 2017 interns |@ 44:00

AND MORE...

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WW1 Centennial News for Wednesday July 19, 2017 - Episode #29

US Secretary of War Baker draws the first draft lottery number

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Highlights

• Launching the Lottery: Feature |@ 01:15
• A tale of combat between a merchantman and a U-boat: Feature |@ 03:15
• The Russians and the Balkans: Guest Mike Shuster |@ 06:30
• The Storyteller & The Historian with Dissent in 1917: Guests Richard Rubin and Jonathan Bratten |@ 10:35
• Wrapup on Bastille Day: Feature |@ 16:30
• “The Extraordinary Adventures of Colonel Hughes”: Event |@ 18:30
• Governors Island WWI History Weekend: Guest Kevin Fitzpatrick |@ 20:00
• “Luck of the Draw”, NZ art projects commemorating WW1: International |@ 24:45
• Nieuport 11’s on Vimy Ridge Commemorative flight arrive in London: |@ 28:15
• Youtube history hit channel “Extra Credits”: Guest James Portnow |@ 29:00
• Stephanie Trouillard young french journalist on the WWrite Blog |@ 35:15

And more…

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WW1 Centennial News for Wednesday July 05, 2017 - Episode #27

"The Nurses of WW1 were not young girls" - Ellouise Schoettler 

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Highlights

• History: Pershing’s 4th of July 1917 |@ 01:30

• History: Race riots in East St. Louis |@ 03:45

• Feature: US Official Bulletin - Logistics |@ 06 :00

• Guest: Joe Johnson, Logistics Expert: Defense Acquisition University |@ 10:30

• Guest: Mike Shuster, Espionage Act attack on bill of rights |@ 15:50

• News: President Donald Trump heading to Paris for WW1 Franco/US commemoration parade |@ 20:30

• Event: Commissioner O’Connell “Feeding The Fight” with WWI culinary event in NYC |@ 22:00

• Guest: Ellouise Schoettler “Ready to Serve” - one woman show about WWI Nurses |@ 23:15

• States: Texas exhibit: “From Cowboy to Doughboy” & Jim Hodgson article |@ 29:15

• International: London mail tunnels reopen as museum attraction |@ 30:10

• Feature: 16-year-old teenage girl flies 100-year-old Jenny |@ 31:20

• WWrite Blog: New post flips on convention with writer exploring redeeming qualities of combat violence!? |@ 34:00

And more….

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