This week, we take stock of the American military’s rapid transformation from a state-based, decentralized system, to the massive national war machine that helps defeat the German empire.
https://www.sunypress.edu/pdf/61348.pdf
https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1917/07/10/96254109.pdf
https://books.google.com/books?id=sNYc6alAb4IC&pg=PA12&lpg=PA12&dq=%22militia+act+of+1903%22+national+guard+federalized+funding&source=bl&ots=H5vIX8Y5os&sig=c60BYCbirq2hanPz00nMTtzvGjA&hl=en&sa=X&ei=rybUUZiVFrTJ0gGZ1YHwDg&ved=0CEwQ6AEwBTgK#v=onepage&q=%22militia%20act%20of%201903%22%20national%20guard%20federalized%20funding&f=false
Great War ProjectThe Allies pioneer a new method of gas warfare, resulting in “a threatening cloud… as we had never before witnessed.”
http://greatwarproject.org/2018/07/15/a-new-method-of-gas-warfare/
America Emerges: Military Stories from WW1The U.S. First and Second divisions participate in a major assault against the Germans, aiming to capture the high ground south of Soissons.
http://www.edwardlengel.com/portfolio/thunder-and-flames-americans-in-the-crucible-of-combat-1917-1918/
http://www.edwardlengel.com/battle-of-soissons-1st-and-2nd-divisions-july-18-1918/
https://www.facebook.com/EdwardLengelAuthor/
http://www.edwardlengel.com/about/
World War One Now Commission News On July 19th, the Commission of Fine Arts met in Washington D.C. to approve the design of the National World War I Memorial.www.ww1cc.org/memorial
Updates from the StatesDrew Ulrich, the Curator of the Delta Cultural Center in Arkansas, joins us to discuss a new exhibit honoring the men and women of Arkansas who served in the Great War.
http://www.deltaculturalcenter.com/exhibits/over-here-and-there
Spotlight on the MediaCorine Reis, a public historian from France, makes her second appearance on the show to discuss her magnificent World War I Blog: Waldo Peirce Goes to War.
https://waldopeircegoestowar.tumblr.com/
100 Cities/100 MemorialsCity of Yuma (Arizona) Mayor Douglas J. Nicholls and Yuma County Chamber of Commerce Executive Director John Courtis join the show to talk about their city’s Armed Forces Memorial Park.
www.ww1cc.org/100cities
Speaking WW1This week on Speaking WW1, our word is “snapshot”, which describes the quick action of firing a gun from a trench or taking a photo.
https://www.amazon.com/Tommy-Doughboy-Fritz-Soldier-Slang/dp/144563
7839/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1508848013&sr=8-1&keywords=tommy+doughboy+fritz
https://encyclopedia.1914-1918-online.net/article/photography
https://books.google.com/books?id=e1uOAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA82&lpg=PA82&dq=snapshot+word+origin&source=bl&ots=lbRMBtv72g&sig=0z6RxsEwfHGJrS79B1ivAL5GoKI&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjs3Nijnr7XAhWH0iYKHcyvC-M4ChDoAQgoMAA#v=onepage&q=snapshot%20word%20origin&f=false
WW1 TechFor WW1 Tech, we examine the various ways that photography impacted the Great War, from aerial reconnaissance to the U.S. Signal Corps to personal cameras on the front.
https://encyclopedia.1914-1918-online.net/article/photography
https://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/06/30/photos-world-war-i-images-museums-battle-great-war/
https://rememberingwwi.villanova.edu/photography/
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/history/world-war-one/inside-first-world-war/part-eight/10742060/aerial-photography-world-war-one.html
http://ww1centenary.oucs.ox.ac.uk/memoryofwar/staged-photography-and-photography-as-a-stage/
https://www.theatlantic.com/projects/world-war-i-in-photos/
Articles and PostsThe headlines for this week’s dispatch newsletter: a bipartisan effort on Capitol Hill to honor the “Hello Girls”, pilot and actor “Wild Bill”, a story about Native American veterans, and featured Doughboy Corporal Edward Graham. Also, check out our official merchandise, including the Navy Blue Doughboy polo shirt!
http://www.ww1cc.org/dispatch
http://www.worldwar1centennial.org/index.php/communicate/2015-12-28-18-26-00/subscribe.html
The BuzzKatherine Akey highlights our recent social media activity, including a video on Facebook from the National Museum of the Marine Corps. Be sure to engage with the Commission on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter, and check out our podcast-specific twitter account! Links below:
https://www.facebook.com/USMCMuseum/videos/10155904338792880
https://www.facebook.com/ww1centennial/
https://www.instagram.com/ww1cc/?hl=en
https://twitter.com/WW1CC
https://twitter.com/theww1podcast
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WWl Through Many Lenses - Ep.# 146
Overtures To Peace & Baseball - Ep.#145
October 1918 & The Lost Battalion - Ep.#144
FOCUS ON: The New WWI Memorial Ep.#143
Dr. John Morrow: Lifetime Achievement Ep.#142
FOCUS ON: The Animals of WWI - Ep.#141
The American Worker & WWI - Ep.#140
FOCUS ON: Non-Combatants of WWI - Ep.#139
War Football & the NFL - Ep.#138
American Legion Post #43 Revitalized: Ep.#137
The Ghost Fleet of Mallows Bay - Ep.#136
Focus ON: War in the Sky Ep.#135
American Philanthropy & WWI - Ep.# 134
WWI Remembered in KC & DC - Ep.# 133
Red Summer Riots - Ep.# 132
Monumental Scale! - Ep.#131
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