One Minute Before Eleven (Nov. 11, 1918)
From The Daily Muster · 09:34
Show by Edward Parcaut
He was killed one minute before the guns of World War One fell silent. The Daily Muster: one story from American history, every day. CHAPTERS 0:00 Intro 1:08 Signed Before Dawn 2:25 A Clerk from Highlandtown 3:48 The Letter 4:46 Something to Prove 6:00 Hold Where You Are 6:59 The Eleventh Hour SOURCES - History of the Seventy-ninth Division, A.E.F., during the World War: 1917-1919 (1922; Internet Archive): https://archive.org/details/historyofseventy0079th - National Archives News: Last American Death of WWI: https://www.archives.gov/news/articles/last-american-death-wwi - National Archives, The Text Message blog: Now Available Online, Burial Cards of World War I Soldiers (Gunther burial card): https://text-message.blogs.archives.gov/2018/11/08/now-available-online-burial-cards-of-world-war-i-soldiers/ - U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs: History of Veterans Day: https://department.va.gov/veterans-day/history-of-veterans-day/ - NBC News: Sgt. Henry Gunther, Was Last American Death of WWI Hero or Victim? (2014): https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/sgt-henry-gunther-was-last-american-death-wwi-hero-or-n245056 - Associated Press via Military Times: In the Final Hours of World War I, a Terrible Toll (2018): https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2018/11/08/in-the-final-hours-of-world-war-i-a-terrible-toll/ - Todd DePastino, The Last Man to Die in World War I (Doughboy Foundation): https://doughboy.org/the-last-man-to-die-in-world-war-i/ - HISTORY.com: The Last American Killed in World War I (Christopher Klein): https://www.history.com/news/world-war-i-armistice-last-american-death - Wikipedia: Henry Gunther (cross-check; cites Persico and Baltimore Sun): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Gunther - The Lorraine Cross (79th Division newspaper), "Was Last to Pay Supreme Sacrifice," February 20, 1919, reprinted in History of the Seventy-ninth Division, A.E.F. (1922), Appendix VII, page 505 (Internet Archive scan): https://archive.org/details/historyofseventy0079th/page/505/mode/1up New episode every morning at 7 a.m. Eastern. Follow the show so it's waiting for you. Watch with archival photos and maps on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheDailyMuster Every episode on the calendar: https://dailymuster.com Narrated with an AI clone of the host's own voice. The Daily Muster is supported by Parcaut Supply Co., veteran-owned apparel: https://parcautsupplyco.com
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