MacArthur Memorial

06/03/2026

It's !🚴🏻‍♂️🌎 Did you know? The Tour de France has only been cancelled twice- during both world wars. After being cancelled for five years, the 1919 Tour de France resumed as dozens of cyclists completed the journey through a war-torn France. In 2022, the WWI Podcast hosted Adin Dobkin to discuss their book Sprinting Through No Mans Land and the first Tour de France to occur after WWI. Listen now!

The Tour de France is one of the greatest endurance competitions in the world. An annual multi-stage men’s bicycle race, the Tour takes riders through France, and occasionally through neighboring countries. The competition began in 1903 and 2022 w...

06/02/2026

​Author Dr. Mark Van Ells presents on his latest book, Red Arrow across the Pacific: The Thirty-Second Infantry Division during World War II (2024). This virtual event will be streamed live and the presentation will be followed by an audience Q&A.​

06/02/2026

06/02/2026

How this WWII veteran became the Celebrity Centenarian of the Vegas Shoot.

06/01/2026

June 1, 1876: Arthur MacArthur III is born. Unlike his father and younger brother, Douglas MacArthur, Arthur joins the U.S. Navy. Promoted to captain in 1921, his career is tragically cut short when he dies of appendicitis in 1923. His military service is characterized by great energy and bravery, from the Spanish American War through WWI up until his passing. Last year, the WWI Podcast hosted historian Jeff Acosta to discuss the eldest MacArthur brother's WWI service. Listen now!

Arthur MacArthur III is less well known than his younger brother General Douglas MacArthur and his father, the Civil War hero Arthur MacArthur Jr., but his military career was also quite consequential and full. From the Spanish-American War to his...

05/31/2026

In May 1919, Brigadier General Douglas MacArthur returned to the United States after serving occupation duty in Germany. He is greatly disappointed at the lack of recognition he and the rest of the 42nd "Rainbow" Division men receive when they return to the country after serving in the Great War. He would also grow increasingly concerned by events happening in Europe in the months following the armistice, especially the Treaty of Versailles. He writes to an old comrade that it seemed to him to be a "treaty of perpetual war rather than perpetual peace," and would be increasingly convinced that another global conflict was on the horizon.

05/31/2026

Did you know that Harry S. Truman was the only U.S. president with World War I combat experience? Recently, the hosted Mark Adams, Director of the Truman Presidential Library and Museum, to discuss Truman's World War I service and its long term impact on his life and leadership.
Listen to full episode: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1618126/episodes/19259627

05/30/2026

John F. Kennedy was born in 1917. In addition to being a president of the United States, Kennedy was also a WWII veteran. He joined the US Naval Reserve in 1940 and served as a PT boat commander in the Panama Canal and the Pacific Theater. An incident in the Solomon Islands in August 1943 during which his PT boat was cut in half by a Japanese destroyer left him with serious injuries, made worse as he towed another injured crewman to shore. However, the rescue of he and his crew would earn them nation-wide fame. His older brother, Joe Kennedy, Jr., would also serve in the WWII as a USN pilot but was killed in action in 1944 while serving in England.