Meuse Argonne - Liggett Takes Charge

Battles of the First World War Podcast

Mike Cunha

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4.8 • 812 Ratings

🗓️ 13 February 2023

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

LTG Hunter Liggett took command of the American Expeditionary Force’s 1st Army in October of 1918. He had his work cut out for him–1st Army desperately needed reorganizing, refitting, and retraining.

Robert J. Laplander and I collaborated on creating an audiobook version of his book “Finding the Lost Battalion: Beyond the Rumors, Myths and Legends of America's Famous WW1 Epic” and here it finally is.

The audio version of “Finding the Lost Battalion” comes to you in podcast form, ready to download and provide nearly 36 hours of the retelling of America’s WW1 epic of devastating modern battle and indomitable bravery under horrific conditions.

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0:00.0	Unquestionably, there is such a thing not only as being too old to fight, but too fat.
0:11.1	That disqualification is the more serious if the fat is above the collar.
0:20.0	Lieutenant General Hunter Liggett First Army, A-E-F, commanding. I'm ... ...
0:38.3	... You know, I'm going to Hey folks, welcome to the battles of the First World War podcast.
1:24.3	Episode 89, Ligget takes command.
1:30.1	Let's start off with some admin notes.
1:33.5	PayPal shout out to Ryan. Thank you so much for your kind gifts, sir. It is greatly
1:38.9	appreciated. PayPal is a great way to donate to the podcast if you're interested in giving without committing
1:46.1	to something like Patreon. Donations through PayPal and Patreon go to maintaining the servers
1:52.8	and the website and then towards research materials so we can make more content.
1:58.4	Just type in the podcast email address Verdoncast at gmail.com to help support the show.
2:09.3	Patreon shout out to Michael and Mike, two different gentlemen, and Warren.
2:14.8	Thank you so much.
2:16.8	As patrons on Patreon, you will be helping to financially support
2:20.6	the podcast. As thanks, you will have early access to all new episodes, as well as transcripts
2:26.4	and bibliographies for those episodes. Patrons also have other perks, such as extra episodes
2:32.2	that have not yet been released.
2:36.6	If this sounds interesting to you, check us out on patreon.com backslash Battles of the First
2:44.8	World War podcast. Patronage of the BFWP can begin with as little as a dollar per episode, and it is greatly appreciated.
2:54.5	Patrons are only charged when a new episode is released.
3:02.0	Hey, do you happen to like the sound of my voice?
3:05.7	Or, perhaps you really like Rob Laplander's writing style?
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