February 2003 |
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TRENCH REPORT...With Spring approaching our correspondents are sending a lot of news of battlefield excursions organized by GWS and WFA members. Stalwart Western Front Navigators Frank Jordan and Tom Gudmestad have an exciting two week trip to the Western Front in May coordinated by Orinda Travel of California. Doug Gangler of World War Specialty Tours in Pennsylvania is planning two ten day packages, one in April and later in July. (Click here for more details on all the trips) . . .Christina Holstein passes word that on February 23rd
there will be a walk to commemorate the 87th anniversary of the opening of the battle of Verdun. The walk will take in part of the old front line between Azannes - Herbebois - Ornes - Grémilly- Azannes. Anyone who registers with the organizers and completes the walk - which isn't more than
10 miles at the most - will receive a commemorative medal. (Email Christina if you want more information) . . . Also, if you are travelling to New York in the next three months, you may want to book tickets for Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme, a play by Frank McGuinness at Lincoln Center's Mitzi E. Newhouse Theatre . . .Lots of World War I events are on the horizon. Please check our events calendar below . . . We've even heard from our pals at the Civil War Roundtable; their 53rd annual Gettysburg trip is due to start April 30th.(Details).
 Marker on Verdun's "Sacred Way"
 This month we are presenting another focused reading list. Featured are the two most original theorists produced by the British Army in the First World War: JFC Fuller and BH Liddell Hart.
 Lt. James Reese Europe, Conductor of the Legendary Harlem Hellfighters Band of the 369th Infantry, learned his musical skills on the piano and violin in his hometown of Washington DC from community volunteers who were members of John Philip Sousa's US Marine Corps band.
 French Ace Charles Guynemer |
 Hungarian War Minister Samuel HazaiMemorable February Dates:
Great War Society founder Flip Carroll was memorialized on January 11th with a Mass and jolly reception for his family & friends at Santa Cruz, California.(Tribute). . . Basil Hayden died at home in Paris, Bourbon County, Kentucky on January 9, 2003. He was 103 and veteran of WW1 although he never served overseas. After the War he became the first basketball All American for the University of Kentucky. . .Henry Botterell, 106, the last of Canada's World War 1 fighter pilots died January 3 in a Toronto nursing home. A bank employee who joined the Royal Naval Air Service in 1916, Mr. Botterell crashed during a training run before his first mission, then recovered and rejoined the service six months later. He was credited with shooting down a German observation balloon and told dramatic stories of survival in aerial battles.[Article]
 Three Guidelines for longevity from retired Col. Frank Steer, the oldest living graduate of West Point and a World War I veteran, who celebrated his 102nd birthday Jan. 12 at the Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Kaneohe Bay.
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| The following individuals are hereby thanked for their contributions to this issue of the Trip Wire: Pete Guthrie, Christina Holstein, Jim McIntosh. The Liddell Hart - Fuller reading list was found on the website of the US Army Command and General Staff College. Until next month, your editor, Mike Hanlon. |
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