Our Friends in France: Episode #80
the Franco-American relationship is our theme for this week’s history segment. We are going to take a look at how we honored --- and frustrated each other -- and we thought we might even set our centennial time machine to take a little deeper dive and touch on our relationship where it started -- At very birth of our nation as we explore Franco American relations 100 years ago this week and more…
https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1918/07/15/102721314.pdf
https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1918/07/15/102721328.pdf
https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1918/07/16/102722235.pdf
War in the SkyTheodore Roosevelt’s beloved youngest son, Quentin, is shot down behind enemy lines and presumed dead.
https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1918/07/18/102723502.pdf
https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1918/07/19/102724244.pdf
https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/svc/tmach/v1/refer?pdf=true&res=9B01E5DB143EE433A2575AC1A9619C946996D6CF
https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1918/07/20/98269287.pdf America Emerges: Military Stories from WW1Despite less-than-ideal circumstances, the Doughboys manage to stymie a strong German offensive, and the US 3rd Division earns its nickname: the Rock of the Marne.
http://www.edwardlengel.com/portfolio/thunder-and-flames-americans-in-the-crucible-of-combat-1917-1918/
http://www.edwardlengel.com/turning-point-the-rock-of-the-marne-july-1918/
https://www.facebook.com/EdwardLengelAuthor/
http://www.edwardlengel.com/about/
Famous American literary figures, including Ernest Hemingway, are participating in the war in a variety of locations and capacities. Meanwhile, bolstered by one million American troops, the “Allies are seizing the initiative.”
http://greatwarproject.org/2018/07/08/hemingway-in-italy-dos-passos-in-france/
World War One Now Commission News This past Friday, July 13, The US WWI Centennial Commission announced a new $1.8 million WWI education program that brings together National History Day, the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, and the National WWI Museum & Memorial.https://www.worldwar1centennial.org/index.php/communicate/press-media/wwi-centennial-news.html
Remembering VeteransDebra Dudek, an military genealogy research expert, joins the show to discuss her work and provide research advice to our audience.
https://www.amazon.com/World-Genealogy-Research-Guide-Non-Combatant/dp/1980916845
Stories of ServiceIf YOU have information about your ancestor’s service in WW1, you can submit it to a permanent national archive on our website! Host Theo Mayer explains.
ww1cc.org/stories - for submittal
https://www.worldwar1centennial.org/commemorate/family-ties/stories-of-service.html - for exploring the stories
https://www.rollofhonor.org/ww1/ - for connecting the story to service profiles
100 Cities/100 MemorialsThese week on 100 Cities/100 Memorials, Saugerties, New York, residents Bill Payne, Vince Buono and Lisa Polay join the show to talk about the WWI Centennial Room at American Legion Post 72.
www.ww1cc.org/100cities
Speaking WW1This week on Speaking WW1, our word is “Alleyman”, an American nickname for the Germans derived from French.
https://www.amazon.com/Tommy-Doughboy-Fritz-Soldier-Slang/dp/1445637839
http://public.oed.com/the-oed-today/recent-updates-to-the-oed/previous-updates/june-2014-update/release-notes-the-language-of-world-war-i/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=33&v=fX-nRlVw5Io
WW1 TechThe subject of this installment of WW1 Tech is the Mortar, an ancient weapon that comes of age during the Great War.
http://www.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/645160.pdf
http://www.firstworldwar.com/weaponry/mortars.htm
https://www.militaryfactory.com/smallarms/detail.asp?smallarms_id=650
https://www.militaryfactory.com/smallarms/detail.asp?smallarms_id=651
https://www.britannica.com/technology/artillery/Mortars#ref520761
http://www.worldwar1.com/dbc/smortar.htm
https://www.britannica.com/technology/mortar-weapon
http://www.landships.info/landships/artillery_articles/7_58cm_minenwerfer.html
Articles and PostsThe headlines from this week’s Dispatch newsletter: Doughboy 4th of July celebrations overseas, a new video from the American Battle Monuments Commission, “100 Years of Mateship” between the US and Australia, a WWI article from the Virginian-Pilot Newspaper, and remembering Private Lee G. Winslow. Also, check out our official merchandise!
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 videos from French reenactment groups on Facebook, and a new seven-part video series on WW1 from the US Army Center of Military History, also on Facebook.
https://www.facebook.com/charle.robac/posts/2099055857028921
https://www.79thmemorygroup.com/
https://www.facebook.com/trainsettraction/
https://www.facebook.com/armyhistory/posts/10156598516337853
WW1 Centennial News: Episode #48 - Thanksgiving reflections | Tank Warfare at Cambrai | Intro to Commissioner Zoe Dunning | Yurok Native American Doughboys | 1914 Memoire | Much more...
WW1 Centennial News: Episode #47 - Thanksgiving special from the Nov. 9, 2017 Ceremonial Groundbreaking of the National WWI Memorial at Pershing Park in Washington DC.
WW1 Centennial News: Episode #46 - Suffrage in WW1 | Passchendaele ends | Meet Joe Weishaar | "Snapshot" | Travels with Darley | 100C/100M Jackson, MO | Story of service | more..
WW1 Centennial News: Episode #45 - POWs in WW1 | Tomb of the Unknown Soldier | Dingbat | Millionaire's Unit | North Dakota | 100C/100M Wheaton, IL | Warrior in Khaki | and more..
WW1 Centennial News: Episode #44 - US naval war of 1917 | Ghost Fleet of Mallows Bay | The Balfour Declaration | Veterans Day | 100C/100M Riverside, IL | and more..
WW1 Centennial News: Episode #43 - US deployment to the front begins | Edwin Fountain on America's WWI Memorial in DC | Poppy News | Nark | 100C/100M Danville PA | and much more...
WW1 Centennial News: Episode #42 - Trading with the enemy | Mata Hari | Little companies flying high | Educating educators | Short Hairs | Kenneth Clarke | US Air Service Memorial
WW1 Centennial News: Episode #41A - UPDATE - The kids & WWI | Building Bombers | DHS commemorates | Speaking WWI "Cushie" | Lost Sketchbooks | Roll of Honor | 100C/100M Trafford, PA and more...
WW1 Centennial News: Episode #41 - The kids & WWI | Building Bombers | DHS commemorates | Speaking WWI "Cushie" | Lost Sketchbooks | Roll of Honor | 100C/100M Trafford, PA and more...
WW1 Centennial News: Episode #40 - "Ask Alexa" | Spy ring in Palestine | Richard Rubin | Booby Trap | 100C/100M Ridgewood, NJ | David Hanna | #CountdownToVeteransDay and more...
WW1 Centennial News: Episode #39 - Food | Those Draftin' Blues | Terry Hamby new Chair | First 50 "WWI Centennial Memorial" | Mayor Ann Roth | Author Christy Leskovar and more...
WW1 Centennial News 2-PART SPECIAL : Episode #38 - “In Sacrifice for Liberty and Peace” Part 2 - America Declares War.
WW1 Centennial News 2-PART SPECIAL : Episode #37 - “In Sacrifice for Liberty and Peace” Part 1 - The Great Debate
WW1 Centennial News: Episode #36 -German Occupied Belgium| Camp Doughboy NYC | Pershing Days | 100C/100M profile | Word=Cooties…
WW1 Centennial News: Episode #35 - China & Japan | 49th UTTC International Powwow | Story of Service | 100C/100M profile | Word=Field Day…
WW1 Centennial News: Episode #34 - Trains | Planes | You've got Mail | Dissent in German Forces | Being German in America | War Letters | 100C/100M profile | Word=Strafe...
Get Ready Training Camp, boys | War in The Sky | Naval Reserve Act |Thingumyjig | Penrose Vass Stout | 1918 Eclipse and more...
WW1CN Epsiode #32 | Red Cross update | Where did "Doughboy" come from? | Hoover's Food Administration | "Slaker" | Arizona WWI Memorial | Podcast Docudrama "Enter The Peace Broker" | more...
Episode #31,Civil Rights, “The Song of Mud”, Mobile AL Memorial Park, Motorcycles and Memorials, On Being an Intern, Dazzle Camouflage, Peach Pits and more...
Episode #30, Orville Wright on air power | Balloon Spies | Dr. Libby O'Connell food history | Maryland Commemoration | WWI Museum & Memorial in KC | and more...
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