WW1 Centennial News for March 29, 2019 - Episode #116
The player below allows you to share and download the show from here as well. See buttons on the top right. Contact us if you have any questions.
Highlights: Frank Buckles, The Last Doughboy!
Episode #116
Host - Theo Mayer
- 100 Years Ago This Week - Host | @ 02:15
- Colonial Self Determination? - Mike Shuster | @ 11:35
- Revisit Wilson’s 14 points - Host | @ 15:50
- Doris Kellogg, Mechanic, Nurse, & more - Dr. Edward Lengel | @ 20:10
- Congressional Gold Medal for Hello Girls? - Host | @ 26:00
- Valor Medal Review Task Force - Dr. Westcott & Ashlyn Weber | @ 27:40
- Frank Buckles stimulates legacy - Ken Buckles | @ 33:45
- Big Prize - TransAtlantic Flight - Host | @ 40:50
- Dispatch highlights - Host | @ 44:00
More....
Interactive transcript with "Search & Play".
With the WW1 Centennial News Interactive Transcript, 1. click on any word in the transcript and the audio will begin to play from that word. 2. Use Control+F, or Command+F on a Mac and put in any search term to highlight in the transcript for quick "Search & Play". 3. Copy sections of the transcript for articles.
Note: The transcript publishes 24-48 hours after the episode. If the space below is blank - check tomorrow.
View the PDF transcript
World War I - THEN
100 Years Ago This Week
The Headlines of Mid March, 1919 - Host
https://timesmachine.nytimes.com
The Great War
Massacre in Korea - Mike Schuster
http://greatwarproject.org/2019/03/24/massacre-in-korea/
Wilson’s 14 points
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/wilson-delivers-fourteen-points-speech
Stories of Service
Women Building Ford Trucks: Doris Kellogg in WW1- Dr. Edward Lengel
http://www.edwardlengel.com/women-building-ford-trucks-doris-kellogg-in-world-war-i/
http://www.edwardlengel.com/about/
World War I - NOW
Commission News
Congressional Gold Medal for Hello Girls - Host
Valor Medal Review Task Force - Part II -Timothy Westcott & Ashlyn Weber
https://www.facebook.com/parkuniversity/photos/a.10151868157907349/10156759996647349/?type=3&theater
https://www.park.edu/people/dr-timothy-westcott/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashlyn-weber-66a063120
https://www.facebook.com/George-S-Robb-Centre-for-the-Study-of-the-Great-War-1133039406843201/
Remembering Veterans
Ken Buckles on his Relative, Frank Woodruff Buckles
http://www.rahusa.us/about/kenbuckles/
http://arlingtoncemetery.net/fwbuckles.htm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Buckles
Articles and Posts
Highlight from the Dispatch Newsletter - Host
Sponsors:
The U.S. World War One Centennial Commission
The Pritzker Military Museum & Library
The Starr Foundation
The General Motors Foundation
Walmart
Production:
Executive Producer: Dan Dayton
Producer & Host: Theo Mayer
Line Producer: Katalin Laszlo
Written by: Theo Mayer
Special segment host:
Mike Shuster
Dr. Edward Lengel
Researcher and writing support:
JL Michaud
Dave Kramer
WW1 Centennial News Video Podcast on iTunes
https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/ww1-centennial-news/id1209764611?mt=2
Weekly Dispatch Newsletter
http://www.worldwar1centennial.org/index.php/communicate/2015-12-28-18-26-00/subscribe.htm