Highlights: The Sinking of the USS San Diego

Episode #119

Host - Theo Mayer

100 Years Ago This Week - Host | @ 02:25

Germany Receives the Allied Dictates - Mike Shuster | @ 10:55

The Polar Bear Expedition - James Carl Nelson | @ 14:45

War Memoirs from WWI: Charles Carrington  - Dr. Edward Lengel | @ 22:10

May 2, 2019 Memorial at Cypress Hills Nat. Cemetery - Alain Dupuis | @ 27:55

The Sinking of the USS San Diego - Dr. Alexis Catsambis | @ 32:30

Minnesotan Doughboys Remembered - Susi Adler | @ 41:25

New Education Newsletter - Host | @ 49:55

Highlights from the Dispatch - Host | @ 51:10

World War I - THEN

100 Years Ago This Week

Two story tracks from this week 100 years ago, Italy & Japan, 1919 - Host

https://timesmachine.nytimes.com

The Great War Project

Germany receives the allied dictates - Mike Shuster

http://greatwarproject.org/2019/04/14/an-undiplomatiic-german-performance/

Remembering Veterans

The Polar Bear Expedition - James Nelson Carlson

Book link:

https://www.amazon.com/Polar-Bear-Expedition-Forgotten-1918-1919/dp/0062852779/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&linkCode=sl1&tag=smithsonianco-20&linkId=95b4c562125cf9405a552ce0206308e6&language=en_US

https://www.amazon.com/James-Carl-Nelson/e/B00294I39A/ref=dp_byline_cont_book_1

Review:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/forgotten-doughboys-who-died-fighting-russian-civil-war-180971470/

New syllabus that includes polar bears in National Curriculum

https://history.army.mil/html/bookshelves/resmat/wwi/prologue/default/prologue-sec01.html

Historians Corner

War Memoirs from WWI: Charles Carrington  - Dr. Edward Lengel

http://www.edwardlengel.com/not-disillusioned-charles-carrington-8-best-world-war-i-memoir/

http://www.edwardlengel.com/about/

http://bit.ly/2tILSQI

World War I - NOW

Commission News

May 2, 2019 Memorial at Cypress Hills Nat. Cemetery - Alain Dupuis

https://www.worldwar1centennial.org/index.php/communicate/press-media/wwi-centennial-news/6128-public-invited-to-special-wreath-ceremony-at-cypress-hills-national-cemetery-nyc.html

https://frenchwarveterans.com/

Remembering Veterans

The sinking of the USS San Diego - Dr. Alexis Catsambis

Navy Commemorates the 100th Anniversary, https://www.public.navy.mil/surfor/lpd22/Pages/Navy-Commemorates-100th-Anniversary.aspx

“We Finally know what sank the USS San Diego,” Smithsonian

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/we-finally-know-what-sank-uss-san-diego-during-world-war-i-180971035/

https://www.archaeological.org/lecturer/alexiscatsambis

https://nautiluslive.org/people/alexis-catsambis

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0199336008/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i0

Updates from The States

Minnesotan Doughboys Remembered - Susi Adler

https://www.facebook.com/groups/2070559592974501/

https://youtu.be/Y_Y74qRYSCo

Education

New Education Newsletter - Host

https://www.theworldwar.org/education/archive#signup

https://www.theworldwar.org/education/archive#past

Articles and Posts

Highlight from the Dispatch Newsletter - Host

http://ww1cc.org/dispatch  

 

Sponsors:

The U.S. World War One Centennial Commission

The Pritzker Military Museum & Library

The Starr Foundation

The Diana Davis Spencer Foundation

The Richard Lounsbery Foundation

Production:

Executive Producer: Dan Dayton

Producer & Host: Theo Mayer

Line Producer: Katalin Laszlo

Written by: Theo Mayer

Special segment host:

Mike Shuster

Dr. Edward Lengel

Researcher and writing support:

Dave Kramer

JL Michaud