Ambulance: Episode #82
Long before the United States entered the war, the American Hospital of Paris and the American Field Service provided invaluable medical assistance to France. Nicole Milano, head archivist and historical publications editor for American Field Service Intercultural Programs, joins the show to discuss the contributions of the AFS in WW1.
https://www.american-hospital.org/en/american-hospital-of-paris/about-us/our-history.html
https://french.columbia.edu/events/american-paris-true-story-american-hospital-paris
http://www.ourstory.info/
http://net.lib.byu.edu/estu/wwi/memoir/AFShist/AFS1a.htm
https://afs.org/2017/08/21/a-new-exhibition-honors-afs-volunteer-efforts-during-wwi/
https://circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/2015/07/14/afs-and-american-volunteerism-in-world-war-i/
Great War ProjectIn an exceptionally fierce phase of combat, the Americans and the French decisively repel the Germans and extinguish the threat to Paris.
http://greatwarproject.org/2018/07/22/intimate-pictures-of-war-in-the-trenches/
America Emerges: Military Stories from WW1In the intense fighting for Croix Rouge (Red Cross) Farm, the U.S. 42nd “Rainbow” Division proves its mettle, and a young Douglas MacArthur is rewarded with a promotion.
http://www.edwardlengel.com/portfolio/thunder-and-flames-americans-in-the-crucible-of-combat-1917-1918/
http://www.edwardlengel.com/enter-douglas-macarthur-the-rainbow-division-at-croix-rouge-farm-1918/
https://www.facebook.com/EdwardLengelAuthor/
http://www.edwardlengel.com/about/
World War One Now Commission NewsWe’re thrilled to announce that a U.S. Postal Service Stamp to honor WW1 veterans is now available! Rebekah Wilson, a former Commission staffer, joins to us to share the story of how the Stamp came to be.
https://about.usps.com/news/national-releases/2018/pr18_ma042.htm
https://store.usps.com/store/product/buy-stamps/wwi-turning-the-tide-S_477404
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KV3js_2YYfk
Updates from the StatesThe World War I Maquette, the 1/6th scale model of the National Memorial to be built in Pershing Park, will be featured in an upcoming WW1 event, “Over Here”, in Grass Lake, Michigan.
www.ww1cc.org/memorial
https://www.facebook.com/events/1670421929715475/
https://www.worldwar1centennial.org/index.php/michigan-in-ww1-events/eventdetail/51369/over-here-a-michigan-world-war-1-centennial-event.html
Spotlight on the MediaAuthor Andrew Capet joins the show to discuss his new WW1 book: Good War, Great Men.
https://www.amazon.com/Good-War-Great-Men-Battalion/dp/0692116478/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8
http://www.kean.edu/libertyhall/events/wwilecture-sept27
https://313thmachinegun.blogspot.com/
https://www.facebook.com/313mgbn/
100 Cities/100 MemorialsKathleen C. Wyatt, the Administrator and Secretary of the Greater Cape May Historical Society, and Harry Bellangy, President and Historian of the Society, come on the show discuss World War I commemoration in Cape May, New Jersey.
www.ww1cc.org/100cities
Speaking WW1/WW1 War TechThis week, Speaking WW1 and WW1 Tech share the same topic: the Ambulance.
http://history.amedd.army.mil/booksdocs/HistoryofUSArmyMSC/chapter2.html
http://www.vlib.us/medical/ambulnce/ambulnce.htm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_mv__ap4yE&feature=youtu.be (start around 2 minutes)
http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/public_health/World-War-I-debut-of-the-motorized-ambulance.html
http://www.trauma.org/archive/history/prehospital.html#larrey01
https://books.google.com/books?id=LFSVxO98ugAC&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false
https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/2014/07/pull-over-its-an-emergency-world-war-i-ambulance-drivers/
Articles and PostsThis week’s Dispatch Newsletter headlines: the Washington Memorial Chapel at Valley Forge joins our Bells of Peace initiative, the story of Harry Truman in WW1, the USS San Diego, F. Scott Fitzgerald on the WWrite Blog, and the latest Story of Service installment.
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 Verdun 16 story about American cemeteries and the repatriation of fallen American troops after the war, and a video on Facebook about American Ace Eddie Rickenbacker from PBS.
https://verdun1916.eu/?p=7073
https://www.facebook.com/AmericanExperiencePBS/videos/10156582873049122
Episode #29, Launching the Lottery | The Storyteller & The Historian | Governors Island WW1 History Weekend | NZ "Luck of the Dray" | Youtube's Extra Credits channel and more...
Episode #28, Farewell to James Nutter | Poland in WW1 | Government federalizes US Shipbuilding | Junior Master Gardener Poppy Project | They Also Served but were overlooked and more...
Episode #27, Espionage Act attack on bill of rights | Logistics | Eat WWI in NYC | One Woman show on WWI Nurses | President Trump to Paris for WWI Commemorative event and much more...
Episode #26, June 28, 2017 | What's a Chautauqua!!? Harley Davidson in WW1, The Red Cross we know today, Aviator Lewis Bennet, many events in France - and more...
Episode #25, June 21, 2017 - Where Are The Americans!? Cylinder recording archives - National History Day WW1 Award winners and more...
Episode #24, Flag Day 1917-like not other, Wondering about Wonder Woman, Liberty Bonds rock it, The violin of Private Howard, AND more
Episode #23, "Over There" Hit song turns 100, "Billy Bishop Goes To War", Soldiers executed for having PTSD, and Lovin' the Donut Lassies June 7, 2017
Episode #22, May 31, 2017 - War bonds, fake news, prostitutes, shoes, trucks and draft dodgers!
Episode #21, May 24, 2017 - First US Army personnel land 100 years ago this week
Episode #20, May 17, 2017 -National WW1 Memorial gets OK to proceed
Episode #19, May 10, 2017 - Mother's day special and Monkey Glands
Episode #18, May 3, 2017 - Boeing historian insight on Bill Boeing and Sgt. Stubby the film update
Episode #17 - April 26, 2017
Episode #16 - April 19, 2017
Episode #15 - April 12, 2017
Episode #14 - April 5, 2017
Episode #13 - March 29, 2017
Episode #12 - March 22, 2017
Episode #11 - Special Edition - Press Conference
Episode #10 - March 15, 2017
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