Spring Offensive - Episode #64




WW1 Centennial News show

Summary: <h1><span style="font-weight: 400;">Highlights</span></h1><br> <p><strong>Spring Offensive</strong></p><br> <ul> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Spring offensive in the media | @01:50</span></li> <br> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Operation Michael Overview - Mike Shuster | @10:10</span></li> <br> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">3rd Division, 6th Engineers grab a gun and go - Dr. Edward Lengel | @14:05</span></li> <br> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">‘Women’s Voices In Letters” exhibit - Lynn Heidelbaugh | @20:10</span></li> <br> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">US Army Women’s Museum - Dr. Francoise Bonnell | @25:30</span></li> <br> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Book “Paws of Courage” - Nancy Furstinger | @31:45</span></li> <br> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Journey’s end director - Saul Dibb | @38:00</span></li> <br> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">NC State 100C/100M project - Thomas Skolnicki, Benny Suggs and Commissioner Jerry Hester | @44:30</span></li> <br> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Centennial in Social Media - Katherine Akey | @53:20<a id="more-9297314"></a></span></li> <br> </ul><h1><span style="font-weight: 400;">Opening</span></h1><br> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Welcome to World War 1 centennial News - episode #64 - 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.</span></p><br> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Today is March 23rd, 2018 and our guests for this week include:</span></p><br> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Mike Shuster, from the great war project blog giving an overview of the big German Spring Offensive - Operation Michael </span></li> <br> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Dr. Edward Lengel with a story of US Combat Engineers joining in the fight</span></li> <br> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Lynn Heidelbaugh introducing the new women’s exhibit at the Smithsonian’s  National Postal Museum</span></li> <br> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Dr. Francoise Bonnell discussing the history of women and the US Army</span></li> <br> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Nancy Furstinger talking about man’s best friends in WWI -- and other critters...</span></li> <br> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Saul Dibb the director of the feature film Journey’s End  talks about being in the trenches to make the film</span></li> <br> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Thomas Skolnicki, Benny Suggs and US WWI Centennial Commissioner Jerry Hester, sharing the 100 Cities/100 Memorials project at NC State University</span></li> <br> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Katherine Akey with the WW1 commemoration in social media</span></li> <br> </ul><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">A great lineup of guest for WW1 Centennial News -- a weekly podcast brought to you by the U.S. World War I Centennial Commission, the Pritzker Military Museum and Library and the Starr foundation. </span></p><br> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">I’m Theo Mayer - the Chief Technologist for the Commission and your host. Welcome to the show.</span></p><br> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Link: </span><a href="https://u922627.ct.sendgrid.net/wf/click?upn=TvhtDiauxJVhRdbUMx2NHL6ODzLmx4MtfKCdFx-2FSGFT-2F-2BvTslsi4nREtpE9fQpL6w75dED92XR1c-2B-2F2VfDujzg-3D-3D_yI44ipc23I3w7Q4vEn-2BTlSpc0U3DNGazW9WuTD9uVtUUz17DVqSjS-2Fg7SJUPSll4ngbAkoMDlPM4Si71njX321ctkVkkvn5tB4aXCHPjfgs-2BnVSPWsg98PrHG-2FIOoNepG0J1rdWSJqauUMl7-2FqE6tsiS53gL-2Fal1vL2omxKZiMip5pwagQxbwBZZm40bkbD5Jh97ddKXu-2BvQU3GyowsDPt78bwXdj0uLJiEr4njagZGZNxBK8xU2WkDmYjnk6v0Mta01M7Ap-2FoGJvx9nIohxoXnbJjpWhDV-2BtVEQdudtcGk-3D"><span style="font-weight: 400;">https://open.spotify.</span></a></p>