Pall Mall Doughboys

Welcome to the Pall Mall Doughboys podcast by Sgt. Alvin York State Historic Park! We cover a wide range of topics related to World War I. Join Gavin and I speaking with the diligent researchers of Doughboy MIA. In their own words, Doughboy MIA is a nonprofit foundation committed to the commemoration and accounting of the U.S. Missing in Action of the Great War. Their hard work seeks to when and w...

Welcome to the Pall Mall Doughboys podcast by Sgt. Alvin York State Historic Park! We cover a wide range of topics related to World War I. For those that missed this years Great War Expo, enjoy this final bonus episode with the America 250th panel. Be sure to stay tuned for our May episode's release. Thank you for listening! We hope you found this episode interesting or informational. Let us know...

Welcome to the Pall Mall Doughboys podcast by Sgt. Alvin York State Historic Park! We cover a wide range of topics related to World War I. For those that missed this years Great War Expo, enjoy this bonus episode with the 30th Division panel. Be sure to stay tuned for one more bonus episodes providing our Expo panels to our listeners over the next few days, before our May episode's release. Thank...

Welcome to the Pall Mall Doughboys podcast by Sgt. Alvin York State Historic Park! We cover a wide range of topics related to World War I. For those that missed this years Great War Expo, enjoy this bonus episode with the Homefront panel. Be sure to stay tuned for two more bonus episodes providing our Expo panels to our listeners over the next few days, before our May episode's release. Thank you...

Welcome to the Pall Mall Doughboys podcast by Sgt. Alvin York State Historic Park! We cover a wide range of topics related to World War I. For those that missed this years Great War Expo, enjoy this bonus episode with the World War 1 Commemoration panel. Be sure to stay tuned for three more bonus episodes providing our Expo panels to our listeners over the next few days, before our May episode's r...

Welcome to the Pall Mall Doughboys podcast by Sgt. Alvin York State Historic Park! We cover a wide range of topics related to World War I. This is a long one! Gavin and I, recap the 3rd Annual Great War Expo on April 11, 2026. Discussing the exhibits, historians, and panels. We also have our interview (Starting at roughly 38:41) with Randy Gaulke, with Knee Deep Into History Battlefield Tours, and...

Welcome to the Pall Mall Doughboys podcast by Sgt. Alvin York State Historic Park! We cover a wide range of topics related to World War I. The 3rd Annual Great War Expo is coming! Join us April 10–11, 2026 for two days of WWI history at Sgt. Alvin C. York State Historic Park and in Monticello, KY. Enjoy discussion panels, exhibits, vendors, living historians, Model T displays, and guided tours of...

Welcome to the Pall Mall Doughboys podcast by Sgt. Alvin York State Historic Park! We cover a wide range of topics related to World War I. War Animal Remembrance Day episode keeping alive just a few of the many stories of animals serving during the First World War. Thank you for listening! We hope you found this episode interesting or informational. Let us know if you have any questions by reachin...

Welcome to the Pall Mall Doughboys podcast by Sgt. Alvin York State Historic Park! We cover a wide range of topics related to World War I. Today's episode we are talking with Emily Mangum, with the Franklin Battlefield Trust and member of the Pall Mall Doughboys, discussing some common misconceptions and myths regarding medicine in World War 1 - often born from our experiences in and our perceptio...

Welcome to the Pall Mall Doughboys podcast by Sgt. Alvin York State Historic Park! We cover a wide range of topics related to World War I. Today, we are discussing the Veterans Day Event here at Sgt. Alvin C. York State Historic Park that was on November 8th, 2025 - joining me are Gavin Abbott and Jonathan Chinouth. Thank you for listening! We hope you found this episode interesting or information...

Welcome to the Pall Mall Doughboys podcast by Sgt. Alvin York State Historic Park! We cover a wide range of topics related to World War I. In this episode, travel up to Gettysburg, PA with us to the site of Dwight Eisenhower's retirement home. The now Eisenhower National Historic Site invited the Pall Mall Doughboys to join in on the programming on May 4th and 5th, 2024, and we were able to interv...

Welcome to the Pall Mall Doughboys, a podcast by Sgt. Alvin York State Historic Park! We cover a wide range of topics related to World War I. On this episode, we talk with historian, reenactor, and dart champion Billy Jack of Elizabethton, Tennessee. He has spent a lot of time researching the 30th division, a division made up of Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia National Guard...

Welcome to the Pall Mall Doughboys podcast by Sgt. Alvin York State Historic Park! We cover a wide range of topics related to World War I. Thank you for listening! We hope you found this episode interesting or informational. Let us know if you have any questions by reaching out to pallmalldoughboys@gmail.com. Or if you have any topics you would like to suggest or hear about on future episodes.

Welcome to the Pall Mall Doughboys podcast by Sgt. Alvin York State Historic Park! We cover a wide range of topics related to World War I. Join Rangers Nate Dodson and Tanner Wells as they detail the plans for the Great War Expo being held on April 6th, 2024 at Sgt. Alvin C. York State Historic Park. We discuss why April 6 is an important date, introduce our lecturers and workshops, and recall fon...

Welcome to the Pall Mall Doughboys podcast by Sgt. Alvin York State Historic Park! We cover a wide range of topics related to World War I. In this episode we talk with Louis Varnell, owner of the History Company in Ft. Oglethorpe GA. A purveyor of all things historical and military, Lou was one of the first WW1 Living Historians to program at Sgt. Alvin C. York State Historic Park. On this episode...

Welcome to the Pall Mall Doughboys podcast by Sgt. Alvin York State Historic Park! We cover a wide range of topics related to World War I. On this episode, Alec Parsons, the newest member of the staff at Sgt. Alvin C. York State Historic Park, tells us about the research he has conducted on his family member, Clyde Hestand of Moss, TN, who was onboard the infamous USS Leviathan, aka the "Ship of D...

Welcome to the Pall Mall Doughboys podcast by Sgt. Alvin York State Historic Park! We cover a wide range of topics related to World War I. This week we are talking with Mr. Sam Reed, a longtime living historian and prominent member of the "Pall Mall Doughboys". We talk Living History, Model T Fords, and our recent "Kidnap the Kaiser" program that Sam helped make possible. Thank you for listening!...

Welcome to the Pall Mall Doughboys podcast by Sgt. Alvin York State Historic Park! We cover a wide range of topics related to World War I. This episode explores WW1 songs and singing, featuring field recordings from the Red Cross Canteen at Sgt. Alvin C. York State Historic Park's Veterans Day event 2023. Mr. Gavin Abbott, longtime volunteer and distinguished member of the Pall Mall Doughboys, tal...

Welcome to the Pall Mall Doughboys podcast by Sgt. Alvin York State Historic Park! We cover a wide range of topics related to World War I. Visit tnstateparks.com/parks/sgt-alvin-c-york for more information on upcoming events. November 11th - Tennessee at War: A Living History event at Sgt. Alvin C. York State Historic Park April 6, 2024 - The Great War Expo Poem - "A Soldier's Grave" recited by Da...

Welcome to the Pall Mall Doughboys podcast by Sgt. Alvin York State Historic Park! We cover a wide range of topics related to World War I. Today's episode is a talk with creator and host of the Battles of the First World War podcast Mike Cunha about an overview of the Meuse-Argonne Offensive, particularly where the 82nd Division was operating. We hope you enjoy! Battles of the First World War podc...

Welcome to the Pall Mall Doughboys podcast by Sgt. Alvin York State Historic Park! We cover a wide range of topics related to World War I. Today's episode is a summary of Alvin York's life so you can get to know the man we will be spending a few of our first episodes on. This is a reading of a paper written by the late Dr. Michael Birdwell, a good friend of the park and former curator of the York...

Hello there and welcome to our introductory episode of the Pall Mall Doughboys Podcast! In this episode we discuss who we are and why we are starting this podcast. This podcast was started by the Sergeant Alvin C. York State Historic Park in Pall Mall, Tennessee. As the home place of one the most well known First World War Medal of Honor recipients we strive to keep the memory of those that served...