We Are So Close: Help Award a Congressional Gold Medal for the WWI Hello Girls
Battles of the First World War Podcast
Release Date: 10/10/2024
We Are So Close: Help Award a Congressional Gold Medal for the WWI Hello Girls
Battles of the First World War Podcast
Following up on a podcast discussion we had last year to help the push to award the Congressional Gold Medal to the US Army’s Hello Girls of WW1, we have good news: We are so close to reaching the numbers we need! The Hello Girls of the WW1 US Army have never been officially recognized for the groundbreaking service they provided as America’s first women soldiers. In this call to action, an incredible group of people come back on to talk about why the Hello Girls should receive the Congressional Gold Medal. Joining us are: Congressman Emanuel Cleaver,...
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World War 1 - Coalition Warfare & Command Challenges
Battles of the First World War Podcast
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Arras & Cambrai 1918: Canadian WW1 History, a Discussion with Michel Gravel
Battles of the First World War Podcast
Historian Michel Gravel comes on the podcast to discuss his focus on First World War history: the efforts of Canadian soldiers in the battles between Arras and Cambrai, France in 1918. There may be a few awkward cuts in the flow of the conversation as our internet connection was frequently unstable. Sorry about that. Michel’s works can be found here: Michel’s GoFundMe for “La place Joseph Kaeble, VC, MM,” in Neuville-Vitasse, France: The BFWWP is on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/BattlesoftheFirstWorldWarPodcast. Any...
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Battles of the First World War Podcast
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Battles of the First World War Podcast
A short episode inspired by a visit to the German Soldatenfriedhof in Liny-devant-Dun, France. The BFWWP is on Patreon: . Any questions, comments or concerns please contact me through the website, www.firstworldwarpodcast.com. Follow us on Twitter at @WW1podcast, the Battles of the First World War Podcast page on FaceBook, and on Instagram at @WW1battlecast. Not into social media? Email me directly at [email protected]. Please consider reviewing the Battles of the First World War Podcast on iTunes.
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“Agent of the Iron Cross: The Race to Capture German Saboteur-Assassin Lothar Witzke during World War I” with Author Bill Mills
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Author Bill MIlls comes on the podcast to discuss his book Agent of the Iron Cross: The Race to Capture German Saboteur-Assassin Lothar Witzke during World War I. Spies, deception, intrigue, and sabotage: these are not the stories we usually think when we think WW1. They are part of this story, though. Buy the book here: The BFWWP is on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/BattlesoftheFirstWorldWarPodcast. Any questions, comments or concerns please contact me through the website, www.firstworldwarpodcast.com. Follow us on Twitter at @WW1podcast, the Battles of...
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Meuse Argonne - Assessment
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My Great Grandfather’s War: AEF 30th Division and 119th Infantry Regiment with David Brady
Battles of the First World War Podcast
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Tannenberg - Complete Destruction
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This is a release of a former Patreon-only episode. Elements of the German 8th Army push to outflank and encircle the Russian 2nd Army, while outmaneuvered Russian soldiers fight desperately yet resolutely. The Russian 2nd Army is surrounded, sealing their fate. The only tactical victory of the First World War ends in a stunning Russian defeat. More of Aislingeach’s awesome music is here: The BFWWP is on Patreon: . Any questions, comments or concerns please contact me through the website, www.firstworldwarpodcast.com. Follow us on...
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AEF 2nd Corps, 27th & 30th Divisions with Historian Pat Gang
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info_outlineFollowing up on a podcast discussion we had last year to help the push to award the Congressional Gold Medal to the US Army’s Hello Girls of WW1, we have good news:
We are so close to reaching the numbers we need!
The Hello Girls of the WW1 US Army have never been officially recognized for the groundbreaking service they provided as America’s first women soldiers. In this call to action, an incredible group of people come back on to talk about why the Hello Girls should receive the Congressional Gold Medal.
Joining us are:
Congressman Emanuel Cleaver, representing Missouri's Fifth Congressional District, and the original sponsor, H.R. 1572 Hello Girls Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2023:
(https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/1572/text)
Dan Dayton, Former Executive Director, U.S. World War I Centennial Commission
Catherine Bourgin, granddaughter of Hello Girl Marie Edmee LeRoux
Carolyn Timbie, granddaughter of Hello Girls Chief Operator Grace Banker
Chris Christopher, Captain, USN (Ret.), US WW1 Centennial Commission
Diane Boettcher, Captain, USN (Ret.), genealogical researcher
Support a Congressional Gold Medal for the WWI Hello Girls! Instructions are here:
US listeners, email or call your Congressional Representatives today!
The BFWWP is on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/BattlesoftheFirstWorldWarPodcast.
Any questions, comments or concerns please contact me through the website, www.firstworldwarpodcast.com. Follow us on Twitter at @WW1podcast, the Battles of the First World War Podcast page on FaceBook, and on Instagram at @WW1battlecast. Not into social media? Email me directly at [email protected]. Please consider reviewing the Battles of the First World War Podcast on iTunes.