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----more----
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
