Summary: <h1>Highlights - War in The Sky</h1><br> <ul> <li>The Mystery of the USS Cyclops | @ 02:40</li> <br> <li>Submarine Stories | @ 04:55</li> <br> <li>Learning to command on the front - Mike Shuster | @ 07:20</li> <br> <li>The 2nd Division: Army and Marines - Dr. Edward Lengel | @ 11:40</li> <br> <li>War In The Sky: Including the Red Baron goes down | @ 17:00</li> <br> <li>Midway Village reenactment - Dave Fornell | @ 20:25</li> <br> <li>Stars & Stripes newspaper - Robert H. Rheid | @ 27:25</li> <br> <li>"The Great Forgotten" Play - Karen & Kacie Devaney | @ 34:00</li> <br> <li>Speaking WWI: Pillbox | @ 39:25</li> <br> <li>Education Newsletter: Issue #12 | @ 41:05</li> <br> <li>WWI War Tech: Interrupter Gear | @ 42:05</li> <br> <li>Dispatch Newsletter: Headline Highlights | @ 44:30</li> <br> <li>The Centennial Buzz in Social Media - Katherine Akey | @ 47:05<a id="more-9417898"></a> </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 #68 - 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;">This week our guests include:</span></p><br> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Mike Shuster, from the great war project blog. Mike updates us on the American Expeditionary Forces as their inexperienced officers struggle with the challenges of battle command. </span></li> <br> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Dr. Edward Lengel with the story of the 2nd Division as they enter combat at Maizey</span></li> <br> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Dave Fornell shares the experience of organizing the largest WW1 reenactment event in the country</span></li> <br> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Robert H. Reid tells us about the Stars and Stripes and how it was revived for troop morale in WWI</span></li> <br> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Kacie and Karen Devaney with, The Great Forgotten: A stage play about WW1 Nurses - Not just during the war but after and continuing through the roaring 20’s</span></li> <br> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Katherine Akey with the commemoration of world war one in social media</span></li> <br> </ul><p> </p><br> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">All this and more... on 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;">[MUSIC]</span></p><br> <h1><span style="font-weight: 400;">Preface</span></h1><br> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">This week’s focus is on the War in The Sky. </span></p><br> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">You’ll learn about some new action up there, </span></p><br> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">the death of one of the most prominent aces of the era, </span></p><br> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">new educational materials arriving this week for teachers about the WWI air war, </span></p><br> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">and a story about the tech that kept pilots from shooting off their propellers as they engaged the enemy.</span></p><br> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">But first… as we jump into our centennial time machine and go back 100 years this week - we are going to start -- </span></p><br> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">not in the sky but with a mysterious story about the war on the seas and also Germany’s claims about the success of the</span></p>
