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.pdf View full length unedited video of service at:  ww1cc.org/sacredservice   Special Thanks Washington National Cathedral   Sponsors: The U.S. World War One Centennial Commission The Doughboy Foundation   Production: Producer & Host: Theo Mayer

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.worldwar1centennial.org/index.php/communicate/press-media/wwi-centennial-news/1953-four-questions-for-bob-laplander-of-finding-the-lost-battalion-and-doughboy-mia.html  http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/lostbattalion  https://www.facebook.com/robert.laplander  https://www.wsj.com/articles/doughboy-mia-makes-sure-missing-world-war-i-heroes-get-recognition-1495443601  https://www.army.mil/article/189688/volunteer_doughboy_team_works_to_bring_wwi_mias_home  https://www.legion.org/magazine/239680/doughboy-mia  Links to Harley info :https://www.harley-davidson.com/us/en/museum/explore/archives.html  http://www.ridingvintage.com/2012/12/war-machines-american-motorcycles-of-wwi.html  https://www.thrillist.com/cars/history-of-u-s-military-motorcycles  http://www.foxnews.com/auto/2018/06/29/100-year-old-harley-davidson-returns-from-france-to-honor-american-wwi-soldiers.html  https://www.facebook.com/operationtwinlinks/    Sponsors: The U.S. World War One Centennial Commission The Doughboy Foundation   Production: Producer & Host: Theo Mayer Line Producer: Katherine Akey & Katz Laszlo Interview editing: Mac Nelsen and Tim Crowe Research: JL Michaud

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 Then Historians Corner: The Cultural Impact of WWI - Dr. Jay Winter Links:http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-morrison-winter-20140625-column.html http://www.dw.com/en/world-war-i-created-new-culture-of-mourning/a-17233945 https://www.amazon.com/Remembering-War-between-History-Century/dp/0300110685 Japan’s Impact on WWI - Dr. Frederick Disckenson Links:http://www.history.upenn.edu/publications/2001/frederick-r-dickinson http://www.history.upenn.edu/publications/2013/frederick-r-dickinson https://www.dancarlin.com/product/hardcore-history-62-supernova-in-the-east-i/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WG_SzUVNo8I https://www.c-span.org/video/?322722-5/discussion-japan-world-war https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3oSaG0WiD8 The Impact of WWI on the World - Sir Hugh Strachan Links: https://www.asc.ox.ac.uk/person/67 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hew_Strachan  World War One Now Speaking WWI “Tank” - Host  link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_tank WWI War Tech Imaging - Host Links:https://blog.nationalarchives.gov.uk/blog/aerial-photography-first-world-war/  https://www.wired.com/2014/08/wwi-photos/   http://dronecenter.bard.edu/wwi-photography/  https://unwritten-record.blogs.archives.gov/2017/03/16/shooting-world-war-i-the-history-of-the-army-signal-corps-cameramen-1917-1918/     https://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/06/30/photos-world-war-i-images-museums-battle-great-war/    https://blog.scienceandmediamuseum.org.uk/the-vest-pocket-kodak-was-the-soldiers-camera/   https://encyclopedia.1914-1918-online.net/article/photography  https://www.amateurphotographer.co.uk/technique/interviews/vest-pocket-kodak-book-107481  Spotlight on the media They Shall Not Grow Old - Brent Burge Links: https://www.fathomevents.com  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74h-o8dFU8E    Sponsors: The U.S. World War One Centennial Commission The Doughboy Foundation Production: Producer & Host: Theo Mayer Line Producer: Katherine Akey Interview editing: Mac Nelsen and Tim Crowe Research: JL Michaud Intern: Rachel Hurt

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://nyti.ms/2CtE0JK https://nyti.ms/2CsJCUp https://nyti.ms/2CtFrrp https://nyti.ms/2CrI0KF https://nyti.ms/2BZNzib https://nyti.ms/2BZNURZ https://nyti.ms/2C0YJnc https://nyti.ms/2CsA7ES https://nyti.ms/2BWtPw6 https://nyti.ms/2BYSZdx https://nyti.ms/2BVm2i9 https://nyti.ms/2CtdmR8 https://nyti.ms/2CsoOMK https://nyti.ms/2CsZmqm https://nyti.ms/2CvMnUQ https://nyti.ms/2BYdtmt https://nyti.ms/2C1RlHQ https://nyti.ms/2CrsVsn https://nyti.ms/2C0ZL2y Great War Project http://greatwarproject.org/2018/10/07/horrible-massacre-in-syria/ America emerges: Military Stories from WW1 http://www.edwardlengel.com/alvin-yorks-tragic-glory/ https://www.facebook.com/EdwardLengelAuthor/ http://www.edwardlengel.com/about/ World War One Now Remembering Veterans https://www.worldwar1centennial.org/index.php/nj-wwi-centennial-events/eventdetail/6717/remembering-world-war-i-through-the-eyes-of-a-wwi-veteran-charles-edward-dilkes.html https://www.worldwar1centennial.org/index.php/commemorate/family-ties/stories-of-service/2952-charles-edward-dilkes-sgt.html Speaking WWI - The Teddy Bear Suit  https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/3087941.pdf   Historian Corner https://www.amazon.com/Dugouts-Trenches-Baseball-during-Great/dp/0803290721 http://www.aabaseball.org/ https://www.loc.gov/collections/stars-and-stripes/?sb=date https://twitter.com/ww1baseball?lang=en   100Cities/100Memorials - Springdale PA www.ww1cc.org/100cities   Sponsors: The U.S. World War One Centennial Commission The Doughboy Foundation   Production: Producer & Host: Theo Mayer Line Producer: Katherine Akey Additional Scripting: Dr. Edward Lengel Interview editing: Mac Nelsen and Tim Crowe Research: JL Michaud Intern: Rachel Hurt

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 World War One Then October 1918 Roundtable: Dr. Edward Lengel, Katherine Akey, Host Historian Corner with Rob Laplander https://www.amazon.com/Finding-Lost-Battalion-Legends-Americas/dp/1411676564 https://www.worldwar1centennial.org/index.php/doughboy-mia-home.html  World War One Now Remembering Veterans https://www.worldwar1centennial.org/index.php/commemorate/family-ties/stories-of-service/4382-john-chester-foster.html https://www.worldwar1centennial.org/commemorate/family-ties/stories-of-service.html http://ww1cc.org/guide  https://history.army.mil/html/bookshelves/resmat/wwi/prologue/default/index.html https://history.army.mil/index.html https://history.army.mil/html/bookshelves/collect/wwi-cb.html Spotlight in the Media https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IF7a-370JeE https://www.c-span.org/video/?450879-1/the-lost-battalion  http://www.echofilmsproductions.com/the-lost-battalion.html Guests: Dr. Edward Lengel, Military historian and author  Rob Laplander, Author, citizen historian and the driving force behind the Doughboy MIA project Mike Shuster, Curator for the great war project blog Dr. Tom Jackson, Executive Director of the Georgia WW1 Centennial Commission Mark Foster, grandson of WW1 Veteran John Foster Dr. Erik Villard, Digital Historian at the Center for Military History Mark Fastoso and John King, two of the Producers of the new documentary titled The Lost Battalion Katherine Akey, WWI Photography specialist and line producer for the podcast Sponsors: The U.S. World War One Centennial Commission The Pritzker Military Museum & Library The Starr Foundation Production: Producer & Host: Theo Mayer Line Producer: Katherine Akey Interview editing: Mac Nelsen and Tim Crowe Research: JL Michaud Intern: Rachel Hurt

It has been 100 Years in The Making - this entire episode is dedicated to story of how the National WWI Memorial In Washington, D.C. is coming to be.

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-washington/ Derek Sansone Email: KillerBee05@hotmail.com David Hamon Email: David.hamon@worldwar1centennial.org  World War I - THEN 100 Years Ago Sources   New York Times Archive (paid)Feather weight cars https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/browser 09/30/1919 page 11 Official Bulletin - President urges congress to pass Suffrage https://www.worldwar1centennial.org/index.php/educate/places/official-bulletin/3557-ww1-official-bulletin-volume-2-issue-425-september-28-1918.html The Kentuckian, October 8, 1919, p. 1, https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn86069398/1919-10-08/ed-1/seq-1/#date1=09%2F25%2F1919&index=2&rows=20&searchType=advanced&language=&sequence=0&words=Alvin+York&proxdistance=5&date2=10%2F15%2F1919&ortext=&proxtext=&phrasetext=alvin+york&andtext=&dateFilterType=range&page=1   “Veterans of Thirtieth Start First Big Reunion,” The News Scimitar, September 29, 1919, p. 1, https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn98069867/1919-09-29/ed-1/seq-1/#date1=09%2F25%2F1919&index=7&date2=10%2F15%2F1919&searchType=advanced&language=&sequence=0&words=ALVIN+YORK&proxdistance=5&rows=20&ortext=&proxtext=&phrasetext=alvin+york&andtext=&dateFilterType=range&page=1 Born In The Month Of Theodore Roosevelt Jr: 9/13/1887-7/12/1944 Jane Addams: 9/6/1860-5/21/1935 Maurice Chevalier: 9/12/1888-1/1/1972 Scott Fitzgerald: 9/24/1896-12/21/1940   Sources   Hall, Zoe Dare, “French Entertainer Tricks His Way Out of German POW Camp,” The Telegraph, November 29, 2013, https://www.telegraph.co.uk/history/world-war-one/inside-first-world-war/part-four/10483881/prisoner-of-war-camp-escape-chevalier.html   Whitman, Alden, “The Elegant Boulevardier,” New York Times, January 2, 1972, https://www.nytimes.com/1972/01/02/archives/the-elegant-boulevardier-maurice-chevalier-singer-and-actor-is-dead.html   “Theodore Roosevelt Jr., The Theodore Roosevelt Center https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/Learn-About-TR/TR-Encyclopedia/Family-and-Friends/Theodore-Roosevelt-Jr.aspx   BG Theodore Roosevelt Jr., Military Hall of Honor https://militaryhallofhonor.com/honoree-record.php?id=1622   Zahniser, J. D., “Jane Addams, Secular Saint, Scorned During World War I,” American History,  https://www.historynet.com/jane-addams-secular-saint-scorned-during-wwi.htm   Michals, Debra, Jane Addams, National Women’s History Museum https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/jane-addams   Scott Fitzgerald, (1896-1940), F. Scott Fitzgerald Society, https://fscottfitzgeraldsociety.org/about-us-2/biography/ World War I - NOW Historians Corner John Morrow, recipient of the 2019 Pritzker Military Museum & Library Literature Award for Lifetime Achievement in Military Writing https://willson.uga.edu/history-professor-john-morrow-wins-pritzker-award-for-lifetime-achievement-in-military-writing/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_H._Morrow_Jr. http://history.uga.edu/directory/people/john-morrow-jr https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-morrow-92685321/ The Buzz https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-09-24/how-world-war-i-changed-watches-forever   https://lititzrecord.com/news/wilbur-employees-world-war-history-to-be-preserved-in-the-park/   https://www.forces.net/news/pre-wwi-battleship-wreck-granted-heritage-protection   https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/World-War-I-Veterans-Honored-in-Denton-560985601.html   http://www.wbiw.com/2019/09/23/orange-county-historical-society-hosti

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 World War I,” Smithsonian, https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/animals-that-helped-win-world-war-I-180963042/   Tams, Leah, “How Did Animals (Even Slugs) Serve in World War I?” National Museum of American History, https://americanhistory.si.edu/blog/how-did-animals-even-slugs-serve-world-war-i   World War One Centennial Commission Episode 13 https://www.worldwar1centennial.org/index.php/communicate/2015-12-28-18-26-00/weekly-sync-call/2106-ww1-centennial-news-episode-13-3-29-2017.html   World War One Centennial Commission Episode 50 https://www.worldwar1centennial.org/index.php/communicate/2015-12-28-18-26-00/weekly-sync-call/3851-ww1-centennial-news-episode-50-12-15-2017.html   World War One Centennial Commission Episode 94 https://www.wo...-19-2018.html   World War One Centennial Commission Episode 63 https://www.wo...-16-2018.html   World War One Centennial Commission Episode 52 https://www.wo...-29-2017.html   World War One Centennial Commission Episode 120 https://www.wo...04-26-19.html Sponsors: The U.S. World War One Centennial Commission The Doughboy Foundation Production: Executive Producer: Dan Dayton Producer & Host: Theo Mayer Line Producer: Juliette Cowall Written by: David Kramer & Theo Mayer Editing: Mac Nelsen Tim Crowe Website support: JL Michaud Special guests: Cindy Rullman and Jo Ellen Hayden from Brooke USA Journalist and Author Andrew Blechman Jacy Jenkins and Jordan Beck from Fun Academy Motion Pictures Leah Tams from the University of Mary Washington

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/americanhistory/view/10.1093/acrefore/9780199329175.001.0001/acrefore-9780199329175-e-330 Keir, Malcolm, “Post-War Causes of Labor Unrest,” The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, January 1919, pp. 101-109,  https://www.jstor.org/stable/1014423 Mintz, Steven, “Historical Context: Post-World War I Labor Tensions,” The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, https://www.gilderlehrman.org/content/historical-context-post-world-war-i-labor-tensions  “How War Amplified Federal Power in the Twentieth Century,” Foundation for Economic Education,  https://fee.org/articles/how-war-amplified-federal-power-in-the-twentieth-century/ Exploring the Labor Movement in WWI Dr. Mark Robbins Links: https://www.delmar.edu/degrees/history/faculty-listing.html https://www.amazon.com/Middle-Class-Union-Organizing-Post-World/dp/0472130331 World War I - NOW CENTURY IN THE MAKING Traci Slatton: https://medium.com/@tslatton/and-so-it-begins-sabin-howard-starts-sculpting-the-national-wwi-memorial-e31d4b20cda7 Gallery of images and videos https://photos.app.goo.gl/bEdrAjQCdYuLRa1V8   Remembering Veterans A Historian Commemorates WWI - Col. Micheal Visconage, USMC (Ret.) Links: https://www.militarycityusaradio.org/main/marine-corps-colonel-ret-mike-visconage/ The Buzz Links Veterans worried as WWI monument faces demolishing http://www.fox2detroit.com/news/local-news/-that-legacy-needs-to-be-carried-on-veterans-worried-as-wwi-monument-faces-demolishing Veterans Group Marks 100-Year Milestone for WWI’s Polish-American Freedom Fighters https://citylimits.org/2019/09/11/veterans-group-marks-100-year-milestone-for-wwis-polish-american-freedom-fighters/  “ETCHED IN MEMORY” https://www.facebook.com/theworldwar/photos/a.10150262914016241/10157508089181241/?type=3&theater John Logie Baird https://www.helensburghadvertiser.co.uk/news/17894519.john-logie-baird-features-new-ww1-exhibition-holyrood/   Sponsors: The U.S. World War One Centennial Commission The Doughboy Foundation Production: Executive Producer: Dan Dayton Producer & Host: Theo Mayer Line Producer: Juliette Cowall Written by: Theo Mayer and David Kramer Editing: Mac Nelsen Tim Crowe Website support: JL Michaud Special guests: Col. Michael Visconage, US Marine Corps (Ret.) Dr. Mark Robbins Special thanks to novelist Traci Slatton for allowing us to read her article in M on the show

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-Combatants of WWI Sources Terrett, Dulany, “The Signal Corps: The Emergency (to 1941),” The Army Signal Corps, https://history.army.mil/html/books/010/10-16/CMH_Pub_10-16-1.pdf   DARPA https://www.darpa.mil/about-us/about-darpa   Gray, Andrew, “The American Field Service,” American Heritage, December 1974, https://www.americanheritage.com/american-field-service   “World War I Rations:  Full Belly, Fully Ready,” Army Heritage Educational Center, https://www.armyheritage.org/75-information/soldier-stories/359-worldwar1rations   World War I Centennial Commission Podcast, Episode 27 https://www.worldwar1centennial.org/index.php/communicate/2015-12-28-18-26-00/weekly-sync-call/2747-ww1-centennial-news-episode-27-7-05-2017.html   World War I Centennial Commission Podcast, Episode 62 https://www.worldwar1centennial.org/index.php/communicate/2015-12-28-18-26-00/weekly-sync-call/4179-ww1-centennial-news-episode-62-03-09-2018.html   World War I Centennial Commission Podcast, Episode  82 https://www.worldwar1centennial.org/index.php/communicate/2015-12-28-18-26-00/weekly-sync-call/4838-ww1-centennial-news-episode-82-7-27-2018.html   World War I Centennial Commission Podcast, Episode 34 https://www.worldwar1centennial.org/index.php/communicate/2015-12-28-18-26-00/weekly-sync-call/3043-ww1-centennial-news-episode-34-8-23-2017.html   World War I Centennial Commission Podcast, Episode 68 https://www.worldwar1centennial.org/index.php/communicate/2015-12-28-18-26-00/weekly-sync-call/4369-ww1-centennial-news-episode-68-04-20-2018.html   World War I Centennial Commission Podcast, Episode 69 https://www.worldwar1centennial.org/index.php/communicate/2015-12-28-18-26-00/weekly-sync-call/4385-ww1-centennial-news-episode-69-04-27-2018.html   World War I Centennial Commission Podcast, Episode 54 https://www.worldwar1centennial.org/index.php/communicate/2015-12-28-18-26-00/weekly-sync-call/3949-ww1-centennial-news-episode-54-01-12-2018.html   World War I Centennial Commission Podcast, Episode 115 https://www.worldwar1centennial.org/index.php/communicate/2015-12-28-18-26-00/weekly-sync-call/6077-ww1-centennial-news-episode-115-03-22-19.html   Senate Hello Girl Bill https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/206/all-info House Hello Girl Bill https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/1953 Sponsors: The U.S. World War One Centennial Commission The Doughboy Foundation Production: Executive Producer: Dan Dayton Producer & Host: Theo Mayer Line Producer: Juliette Cowall Written by: Theo Mayer and David Kramer Editing: Mac Nelsen Tim Crowe Website support: JL Michaud Special guests: Joe Johnson of the Defense Acquisition University Professor Elizabeth Cobbs Nicole Milano from the American Field Services Lynn Heidelbaugh from the Smithsonian’s National Postal Museum Robert Rheid from Stars & Stripes Historian Dr. Edward Lengel The US Army Chaplains Corps Dr. John Boyd Patri O’Gan from the Smithsonian Institution