WW1 Centennial News

WW1 Centennial News

WWI Centennial News - The Doughboy Podcast is about what happened 100 years ago during and after the War that changed the world and how those changes still echo in our daily lives.

Episodes

November 9, 2019 79 mins
SPECIAL: Sacred Service

If you play this episode on 11/11 starting at 10:03:30 am local, the Bells of Peace will toll at 11am exactly.

Episode #148

Host: Theo Mayer

This special episode brings you the sound of World War I Armistice Day Sacred Service, a multi-denominational service honoring the Centennial of the WWI Armistice, from the WWI Centennial Commission in partnership with Washington National Cathedral. ----more----

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SPECIAL: First Man into Germany - And He Did it on a Harley

Episode #147

SPECIAL: 

First into Germany: SGT Roy Holtz - And he did it on a Harley

By author Robert Laplander Read by Host, Theo Mayer

  • Introduction | 01:55 
  • Part 1: Yup, That’s Me! | 03:10
  • Part 2: It’s Off to War… | 08:25
  • Part 3: Rolling With the Red Arrow! | 14:25
  • Part 4: Oh… You’ve GOT to be kidding!? | 20:05
  • Part 5: The Real Story Behind the Picture. | 27:10
  • Epil...
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October 27, 2019 47 mins

WWl Through Many Lenses

Host: Theo Mayer

  • Bells of Peace 2019 - Host | @02:05
  • The Cultural Impact of WWI - Dr. Jay Winter | @05:05
  • Japan’s Impact on WWI - Dr. Frederick Dickenson | @11:55
  • The Impact of WWI on the World - Sir Hugh Strachan | @19:50
  • Speaking WWI: Tank - Host | @27:15
  • WWI War Tech: Many lenses looking - Host | @28:55
  • They Shall Not Grow Old: A vision realized - Brent Burge | @33:10----more----
SPECIAL Commis...

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October 20, 2019 48 mins
Overtures To Peace & Baseball

Episode #145

Host: Theo Mayer

  • Overtures to peace - Host | @01:30
  • Atrocities in Syria - Mike Shuster | @08:20 
  • America Emerges: Sgt. Alvin York - Dr. Edward Lengel | @13:00
  • Remembering Veterans: Charles Edward Dilkes - Dr. Virginia Dilkes | @20:45
  • Speaking WWI: Teddy Bear Suit - Host | @28:05
  • Historian’s Corner: Baseball in WWI - Jim Leeke | @31:20
  • 100C/100M: Springdale PA - Mayor Jo Bertoline & Pat...
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October 1918 & The Lost Battalion 

Episode #144

Host: Theo Mayer

  • October 1918 Overview Roundtable - Dr. Edward Lengel & Katherine Akey | @02:15
  • Historians Corner: Lost Battalion - Ron Laplander | @18:25
  • Shifting sands and hard fighting - Mike Shuster | @25:10
  • Remembering Veterans: Story of John Foster - Mark Foster | @29:40
  • US Army CMH WWI Website - Dr. Erik Villard | @35:00
  • Spotlight On The Media 1: Dr. Edward Lengel | @40:15
  • ...
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October 6, 2019 58 mins
FOCUS ON: The New WWI Memorial

Episode #143

Host - Theo Mayer

  • Announcement: Bells of Peace 2019 | @ 01:10
  • NCPC Design approval | @ 03:35
  • Why we MUST build this  - Terry Hamby | @ 06:20
  • If not YOU then WHO? - Edwin Fountain | @ 08:25
  • Why a Nat. Memorial in KC and DC? - Dr. Mathew Naylor | @ 11:50
  • The Memorial in the Park - Edwin Fountain | @ 14:30
  • The International Design Competition - Host | @ 16:40
  • “And the Winner is:” - Joe W...
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September 28, 2019 44 mins
Highlights: Dr. John Morrow: Lifetime Achievement

Episode #142

Host - Theo Mayer

  • Posts raising money for Nat. WWI Memorial - Derek Sansone & David Hamon  | @ 02:10
  • 100 Years ago - Host | @ 08:55
  • Born in the Month of September - David Kramer | @ 16:30
  • Lifetime Achievement in Military Writing - Dr. John Morrow | @ 22:50
  • The Buzz: Selected Posts from the Internet - Host | @ 37:15----more----
Opening Century In The Making Po...

September 20, 2019 36 mins
FOCUS ON: The Animals of WWI

Host - Theo Mayer

  • Breaking News: CFA’s final approval of Memorial design- Host | @01:25
  • Horses in WWI - Cindy Rullman & Joe Ellen Hayden | @05:05
  • Pigeons in WWI - Andrew Blechman | @12:20
  • Dogs and Mascots in WWI - Jacy Jenkins & Jordan Beck | @21:00
  • Legless, Wingless critter serving in WWI - Leah Tams  | @30:25 ----more---- 
PODCAST NOTES Download approved Memorial Design 

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September 14, 2019 45 mins
Highlights: The American Worker & WWI

Episode #140

Host - Theo Mayer

  • Government, Industry & Labor in WWI - Host | @ 05:15
  • Labor Gains & Labor Losses - Dr. Mark Robbins | @ 10:05
  • A Century in the Making: Article by Traci Slatton- Host | @ 19:20
  • Historian's Corner - Col. Michael Visconage, USMC (ret.) | @ 30:15
  • The Buzz: Posts from the internet - Host | @ 39:05----more----
World War I - THEN 100 Years Ago The American Work...

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September 8, 2019 42 mins
FOCUS ON: The Non-Combatants of WWI

Episode #139

Host - Theo Mayer

  • Unprecedented  logistics - Joe Johnson | @ 05:00
  • The US Army Signal Corps - Host | @ 09:15
  • The Hello Girls - Dr. Elizabeth Cobb | @ 11:30
  • Medical Support Services & the AFS - Nicole Milano | @ 15:50
  • The US Postal Service in WWI - Lynn Heidelbaugh | @ 22:15
  • The Stars & Stripes - Robert Rheid | @ 25:40
  • The Doughboy’s Sweetheart: Elsie Janis - Dr. Edward Lengel | @...
September 1, 2019 43 mins
Highlights: War Football & The NFL

Episode #138

Host - Theo Mayer

  • 100 Years Ago: Woodrow Wilson’s last chapter - Host | @ 02:15
  • A Century In The Making: From the Sabin Howard Sculpture Studio - Host | @ 12:15 Remembering Veterans: Camp Doughboy “4” - Kevin Fitzpatrick | @ 13:45 
  • Spotlight on the Media: “War Football: World War I and the Birth of the NFL” - Chris Serb | @ 22:30
  • Articles & Posts: Weekly Dispatch - Host | @ 34:50...
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Highlights: American Legion Post #43: Revitalized and Relevant

Episode #137

Host - Theo Mayer

  • 100 Years Ago: Headlines last week of August 1919 - Host | @ 02:15
  • Born in the Month of August- Dave Kramer | @ 09:05
  • Remembering Veterans: American Legion Post 43 Revitalized - Fernando Rivero & Lester Probst | @ 14:45 
  • Articles & Posts: Dispatch Newsletter - Host | @ 32:55----more----
World War I - THEN 100 Years Ago: Headline...

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August 18, 2019 44 mins
Highlights: The Ghost Fleet of Mallows Bay

Episode #136

Host - Theo Mayer

  • 100 Years Ago: The Turning Tide - August 1918 - Host | @ 02:10
  • 100 Years Ago: The Aftermath - August 1919 - Host | @ 07:20
  • Remembering Veterans: The Ghost Fleet of Mallows Bay - Daniel J. Basta | @ 09:25 
  • Commission News | @ 22:05
  • Spotlight on the Media: “Over There with Private Graham” - Steve Badgley, Bruce Jarvis | @ 24:55 
  • Articles & Posts: Weekly Dis...
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August 10, 2019 38 mins
Highlights: Focus ON: War in the Sky

Episode #135

Host - Theo Mayer

SPECIAL: Focus ON: War in The Sky

  • Introduction - Host | @ 01:45
  • Balloonatic: James Allen Higgs Jr. - Host | @ 04:35
  • Erwin Bleckley & the Lost Battalion - LtCol Doug Jacobs USA (Ret.) | @ 08:05
  • WWI War Tech: Interrupter Gear - Host | @ 13:50
  • PTSD in WWI Pilots - Mark Wilkins | @ 16:40
  • Eddie Rickenbacker Profile - Host | @ 23:30
  • Quentin Roosevelt Killed - Host | ...
August 3, 2019 38 mins
Highlights: American Philanthropy & WWI

Episode #134

Host - Theo Mayer

  • 100 Years Ago: American Philanthropy and WWI - Host | @ 02:00
  • A Century of the Rockefeller Foundation - David Rockefeller Jr. | @ 09:20
  • Commission News: Focus on the Memorial - Host | @ 17:00
  • Remembering Veterans: Americans All - Nancy Gentile Ford | @ 19:10
  • Articles & Posts: Weekly Dispatch - Host | @ 30:40----more----
World War I - THEN 100 Years A...

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July 28, 2019 41 mins
Highlights: WWI Remembered in KC & DC

Episode #133

Host - Theo Mayer

  • How Treaties Are Created - Host | @ 02:23
  • Food Sales at Post Offices - Host | @ 08:50
  • National WWI Museum and Memorial in KC - Dr. Matthew Naylor | @ 10:55
  • Doughboy Foundation - Dan Dayton | @ 21:20
  • Born in the Month of July - Dave Kramer | @ 31:30 
  • Articles & Posts: Weekly Dispatch - Host | @ 34:35----more----

 

World War I - THEN 100 Years Ago This We...

July 20, 2019 39 mins
Highlights: Red Summer Riots 1919

Episode #132

Host - Theo Mayer

  • 100 Years Ago: Red Summer Riots - Dr. Jeffrey Sammons | @02:10
  • Great War Project: Retrospective - Mike Shuster | @15:15
  • Introducing the A.E.F. Memorial Corps - Host | @25:15
  • New Digital Download: Hello Girls Single - Host | @27:35
  • Articles & Posts: Weekly Dispatch - Host | @31:00----more----
World War I - THEN 100 Years Ago This Week Red Summer 1919 - Dr. J...

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July 14, 2019 44 mins
Highlights: Monumental Scale! 

Episode #131

Host - Theo Mayer

  • 100 Years Ago: Let Me Count The Ways - host | @02:15
  • A Century In The Making - Sabin Howard | @14:40
  • Education: NHD WWI History Award Winner - Tim Proskauer | @25:25
  • Articles & Posts: Weekly Dispatch - Host | @37:45----more----
World War I - THEN 100 Years Ago This Week Let Me Count The Ways - Host

WWI - Where the money came from and what it bought?

Links

“The...

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July 7, 2019 40 mins

Episode #130

Host - Theo Mayer

  • 100 Years Ago This Week: Ike’s Big Road Trip - Host |@ 01:50
  • Remembering Veterans: Veterans History Project - Col Karen Lloyd USA (ret.) |@ 11:15
  • Spotlight On the media: Ernst Jünger Documentary - Elsa Minisini |@ 22:20
  • Articles & Posts - Weekly Dispatch - Host |@ 33:55
World War I - THEN 100 Years Ago This Week Ike’s Big Road Trip

Sources

Highway History, Federal Highway Administration, ht...

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June 30, 2019 38 mins
Highlights: 4th of July, 1919

Episode #129

Host - Theo Mayer

  • 4th of July, 1919 - Host |@ 02:05
  • Extra Extra: The Treaty is signed - Mike Shuster |@ 08:40
  • The WWrite Blog - Dr. Jennifer Orth-Veillon |@ 14:00
  • Bladensburg Peace Cross - Host |@ 25:50
  • Articles & Posts - Host |@ 31:15----more----
World War I - THEN 100 Years Ago This Week First July 4th post- Armistice - Host

Special Report by David Kramer

“A Champion is Born,”...

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