thank you both for being with us. let me begin with you, and the travels to the battlefield of world war i. what struck you, what did you see? thehe first thing i saw was american battle, the american cemeteries are just absolutely fantastic. they are really gorgeous. cemeteries are very nice, very well maintained organize. the french cemeteries were just a total disaster, they were neglected and overrun. the battlefield sites, there is one that is totally still intact that you can go see. a lot of verdun and the argonne, if you don t mind the possibility of getting blown up by an unexploded shell. you can actually see a lot. host: how likely is that? guest: people are still getting blown up. that is because people see a rusty shell and bring it up, and of course it is a mustard gas shell. host: what surprises me is how many people died in world war i, the bloodiest war in world history. can you explain? guest: i m not sure about the bloodiest war in world history. host: in t
provider. washington journal continues. ist: our look at world war for the next hour and a half. joining us is john mosier, the author of the book the myth of the great war. warichael kazin, his book against war. thank you for joining us. we appreciate it. john mosier, let me begin with you in the travel to the battlefields of world war i. what struck you? what did you see? guest: the first thing i saw is the american cemeteries are absolutely fantastic. they are really gorgeous. the german cemeteries are very nice, well maintained, organized. the french cemeteries when i first started going there were a total disaster. they were in fact neglected and overrun. is battlefield sites, there one that is totally still intact that you can go see. a lot of her down in the argonne argonne, ifd the you don t mind the possibility of getting blown up by an unexploded shell. host: how likely is that? guest: people are still getting blown up. that is because people see a up, andell
it was then that the roosevelt family felt that quentin would be more honored by lying next to his older brother. and so the american battle monuments commission allowed the family to take quentin s remains and place it in a world war ii cemetery. because there s such interest in seeing roosevelt s fountain in the site nearby where the plane was shot down, the local village has placed this historical marker, showing the type of plane he flew, a new port. underneath it here is young quentin with his mascot and dog. here is an early photograph of this fountain after it was first constructed. the fountain is on avenue quentin roosevelt in chamery in france. [water rushing] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] monday night on the committee caters, verizon senior monday night on the communicators, verizon senior communicator talks about with david mccabe. what is different a
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