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---- Download the Service program (a keepsake in its own right) at: https://www.worldwar1centennial.org/images/2018-ace/pdf/wwi_armistice_sacred-service_program_11_11_2018 ..read more

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 LaplanderRead 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 Epilog | 32:50----more---- RELATED LINKS Rob Laplander Links https://www.amazon.com/Robert-Laplander/e/B06W5MR685%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share  https://www ..read more

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 Commission News Bells of Peace 2019 & Bells of Peace Participation App - Host Link: http://ww1cc.org/bells https://tombguard.org/centennial/#national_salute  World War One ..read more

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 & Patrick Murray | @37:50----more---- World War One Then 100 Years Ago  https://nyti.ms/2C0dzub https://nyti.ms/2CtilRK https://nyti.ms/2CsOhG6 https://ny ..read more

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 Spotlight On The Media 2: Lost Battalion Documentary - Mark Fastoso & John King | @42:50----more---- World War One Then October 1918 Roundtable: Dr. E ..read more

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 Weishaar & Sabin Howard | @ 18:00 Interpretation & Education - Dr. Libby O’Connell | @ 24:20 “A Soldier’s Journey” - Sabin Howard | @ 28:35 Where Tradition ..read more

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 Posts Raising Money for the National WWI Memorial Ken-Ton Bee article https://www.kentonbee.com/articles/town-resident-raising-funds-to-support-wwi-memorial-project-in ..read more

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  http://ww1cc.org/memorial-design    Brooke USA web site http://ww1cc.org/horses    Sources Nalewicki, Jennifer, “The Animals that Helped Win Worl ..read more

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 Worker & WWI   Sources Helgeson, Jeffrey, “American Labor and Working-Class History, 1900-1945,” Oxford Research Encyclopedias https://oxfordre.com/americanh ..read more

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 | @ 28:15 Bringing Soldiers to God and God to Soldiers - Dr. John Boyd | @ 32:05 Donuts and Coffee - Patri O’Gan | @ 34:25 ----more---- FOCUS ON: The Non-Com ..read more