Oct 1 2009 Live Blog
7:03:42 PM: New blog entry: Oct 1 2009 Live Blog http://bit.ly/4zt1H
7:07:11 PM: Taking the intro right now
7:13:11 PM: Interview with Gerhard Wienberg is playing right now
7:15:02 PM: Gerhard received the 2009 Pritzker Military Library Literature Award for Lifetime Achievement
7:16:16 PM: Weinberg loved his American education so much that he quickly decided he wanted to become a secondary school teacher in the USA
7:20:46 PM: Weinberg taught American History and American Government for the Information and Education Headquarters of the 8th US Army.
7:23:44 PM: Weinberg returned to the University at Albany and used his G.I. Bill benefits to receive a B.A. in social studies
7:23:58 PM: He also got an M.A. at the University of Chicago
7:26:40 PM: Weinberg worked for the Air Force in Montgomery, Alabama at the Human Resources Research Institute on the “War Documentation Project.”
7:30:46 PM: Weinberg’s father was unemployed and decided to open an office to advise Jews leaving Germany
7:34:40 PM: In 1933, the Nazis came to power and passed a law forbidding all Jewish persons from holding civil service positions
7:44:37 PM: Gerhard’s father was a decorated Soldier who had fought in the German Army during World War I and his mother was a loving homemaker
7:56:30 PM: Gerhard spent a lot of time in Japan
7:57:41 PM: For his more than 50 years of military historical research, Gerhard will be honored with a $100K honorarium, citation and medallion
8:13:44 PM: Just listened to This is War from Smile Empty Soul
8:14:11 PM: Now talking with Sean Danielsen who is the lead singer for the band
8:25:17 PM: Sean broke his leg in 4 places and tore his ACL last week
8:51:51 PM: TAlking politics with Marcus and AFghan stratgey
8:58:56 PM: Smile Empty Soul is donating a brand new signed Schecter guitar to the you served ebay store to raise money for @soldiersangels
9:02:17 PM: We closed out the show with one more Smile Empty Soul song
