The day has passed when armies on the ground or navies on the sea can be the arbiter of a nation's

destiny in war. The main power of defense and the power of initiative against an enemy has

passed to the air.

Brigadier General William Billy Mitchell,

Chief of Air Service, First Army, AEF, November, 1918. The The The Hey, folks, welcome to the battles of the First World War podcast, episode 91, Wings

Over the Meuse.

So it's been about a minute, hasn't it?

Happy to be back here doing this in narrative form.

This is, of course, what the podcast is really about.

I've been out for a while because of family, but it's been for good family things. So it's been busy, but it's been good,

but busy things. Or busy but good things, however you want to look at it. Both are good.

There's also been tour prep going on in the form of research, route preparation by map,

getting people in places to all sync up for the first week of July. Again, great, but rather busy stuff.

There are some big things to talk about, but even bigger right now are shoutouts to some folks

who have made PayPal donations and Patreon signups.

First up is Rick, who made an incredibly generous donation to the podcast.

Rick learned of the BFWP through Mr. Steve Schaffer

of the Milwaukee County Historical Society.

And he's been listening since.

So a hearty thanks to Mr. Schaffer as well.

Thank you both, gentlemen.

For the Patreon signups, we have Yel, Michelle, Pete, Matthew, and Paul.

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