The Great War Society Visits The Furama Hotel Los Angeles April 22 -24, 2005 Our Program Friday, April 22nd 7:30 am Registration Desk Opens 8:30 am Sal Compagno & Bob Denison Welcome and Opening Presentation 8:45 am John M. Cooper European War to a World War 9:30 am Jack Tunstall Europe on the Eve of America's Entry 10:30 am Refreshment Break 11:00 am David Woodward US--British Relations Before and During the War 12 noon Meal Break & Roundtable Luncheons 1:30 pm Nancy Gentile Ford Americans All: US Foreign-Born Soldiers 2:30 pm Robert Cowley What No-Man's-Land Meant to the Yanks 3:30 pm Refreshment Break 4:00 pm Tom Gudmestad The 26th Division at the Chemin des Dames 5:00 pm End of Day’s Presentations 6:00 pm Wine Reception Dinner on Own 8:00 pm Film Presentation Saturday April 23rd 7:30 am Registration Desk Opens 8:30 am David Woodward Pershing and the Allies 9:30 am Robert Ferrell The Failure of the 35th Division at the Meuse-Argonne 10:30 am Refreshment Break 11:00 am Tom Gudmestad The 2nd Division and the Marine Brigade at Blanc Mont 12 noon Meal Break & Roundtable Luncheons 1:30 pm Michael Hanlon October 8, 1918: The AEF's Busiest Day 2:30 pm Robert Cowley Hunter Liggett and the Meuse Argonne 3:30 pm Refreshment Break 4:00 pm Alfred Cornebise Stars & Stripes and Higher Education in the AEF 5:00 pm End of Day’s Presentations 6:00 pm Reception & Banquet Guest Speaker: Robert Wohl America in 1914 9:00 pm Film Presentation Sunday, April 24th 8:00 am Registration Desk Opens 8:30 am Jack Tunstall The Versailles Treaty: The European Perspective of the US Role 9:15 am Joseph Meeler The 332nd Infantry at Ponte della Delizia 10:00 am Refreshment Break 10:30 am Elizabeth Gard US Women in World War I 11:15 am John Cooper Woodrow Wilson: The Man and Spirit 12 noon Sal Compagno Seminar Close Film Festival The Great War Society Annual Film Festival runs concurrently with our daytime presentations and will also include three evening programs. Thursday 7:00 PM The Unbeliever (1918) Friday 8:00 PM My Forgotten Man (1933)/For Me And My Gal (1942) Saturday 9:00 PM The Last Flight (1931) A continuous schedule of films, videos and documentaries will be presented during the day. Andrew Melomet, our Film Festival Host, has a Bachelor of Arts in Communications from Fordham University and attended film school at New York University. He worked in the film and home video industries for many years, primarily in marketing and distributing. He reviews DVDs for Home Media Retailing (formerly Video Store Magazine) and writes the monthly column, “Andy’s Nickelodeon” for The St. Mihiel-Trip Wire, the Society’s on-line newsletter. For a printable version of the application form, Click Here. Or, To Send an Email to Receive a Brochure, Click Here.