WW1 Centennial News: Episode #49 - African American Saga in WW1 | Brits capture Palestine | WW1 Air war Docs | 100C/100M Carmel By The Sea | The American in Paris | WWrite | Buzz & more..

Summary: <h1>Highlights</h1> <ul> <li>The African American saga in WW1 @ | 01:30 </li> <li>11th Engineers Cambrai follow up @ | 08:55</li> <li>Brits capture Jerusalem from Turks - Mike Shuster @ | 09:40</li> <li>Millionaire’s Unit & Lafayette Escadrille documentary film producer - Darroch Greer @ | 13:55</li> <li>AmazonSmile for the holidays @ | 21:35 </li> <li>Speaking WW1- Foxhole, Dugout and Cubbyhole @ | 22:35</li> <li>100C/100M profile - Carmel By The Sea memorial arch - Ian Martin @ | 23:25</li> <li>The American in Paris documentary - Antony Easton @ | 30:05</li> <li>Mexican born, illegal immigrant most decorated Texan soldier in WW1 @ | 38:15</li> <li>WWrite Blog - German songwriter/soldier found from rediscovering his music @ | 39:05</li> <li>The Buzz - Katherine Akey @ | 40:20<a id="more-8295974"></a></li> </ul><h1>Opening</h1> Welcome to World War 1 centennial News - It’s about WW1 THEN - what was happening 100 years ago this week - and it’s about WW1 NOW - news and updates about the centennial and the commemoration. Before we get going - we’d like to send our thoughts and warm wishes to all the people of southern california who are experiencing the devastation of fires raging through your communities. Our thoughts are with you. Today is December 6th, 2017. Our guests this week include: <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;">Mike Shuster, updating us on events in the middle east </li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">Darroch Greer telling us about his films, The Millionaire’s Unit and The Lafayette Escadrille</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">Ian Martin from the 100 Cities/100 Memorials project in Carmel-by-the-sea California</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">Antony Easton sharing his experience making the film The American in Paris</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">And Katherine Akey, the shows line producer and the commission's social media director...</li> </ul> WW1 Centennial News is brought to you by the U.S. World War I Centennial Commission and the Pritzker Military Museum and Library. I’m Theo Mayer - the Chief Technologist for the Commission and your host. Welcome to the show. [MUSIC] <h1>Preface</h1> The African American saga in World War 1 is both inspiring and terrible … Less than a generation after the civil war, this is a time where black american men and women are considered second class citizens at best. Chad Williams is the chair of the African & Afro-American Studies Department at Brandeis University and author of “Torchbearers of Democracy: African-American Soldiers in the World War I Era,”. quote:

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WW1 Centennial News: Episode #49 - African American Saga in WW1 | Brits capture Palestine | WW1 Air war Docs | 100C/100M Carmel By The Sea | The American in Paris | WWrite | Buzz & more..