California WW1 Centennial Task Force

Managing Board Co-Directors

Bill Betten
Sal Compagno
Col. Andre N. Coulombe
Hugh E. Crooks, Jr.
Mike Hanlon
Brigadier General R.G. Head, Ph.D. USAF (Ret.)
Prof. Jennifer Keene, Ph.D
Courtland Jindra
Dennis Matarrese
Major General Michael J. Myatt USMC (Ret.)
Stephen M. Payne, Ph.D.
Anthony Powell
Lester Probst
Prof. Jonathan Roth, Ph.D.
Col. Fred Rutledge

Northern California Committee

Sal Compagno
Mike Hanlon
Stephen M. Payne, Ph.D.
Lt. Col. Kenneth Nielsen
Major General Michael J. Myatt USMC (Ret.)
Anthony Powell
Col. Fred Rutledge
Prof. Jonathan Roth, Ph.D.

Southern California Committee

Bill Betten
Maria Carrillo
Col. Andre N. Coulombe
Brigadier General R.G. Head, Ph.D. USAF (Ret.)
Courtland Jindra
Lester Probst
Jeff Sharp

Education Committee

Bill Betten, Master of Arts in Education, (Retired teacher DUSD, OUSD, AGUSD)
Lauren Weiss Bricker, Ph.D., Professor of Architecture at Cal State Polytechnic University, Pomona
Scott Corbett, Ph.D, Lecturer, History, CSUCI
Jennifer Keene, Ph.D., Professor and Chair of the Department of History, Chapman University
Michael Powelson, Ph.D., Lecturer, History, CSUCI
Jonathan Roth, Ph.D., Professor of History, SJSU, Burdick Military History Project Director [Committee Chair]
Miriam Raub Vivian, Ph.D., Professor of History, CSUB

Website Administrator

Bill Betten

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MEMORIAL DAY – 2018: A Speech Given at the Montclair Veteran’s Memorial Commemoration

By Bill Betten
Co-Director of the California WW1 Centennial Task Force

The following was a speech given at the 2018 Memorial Day commemoration at the Veteran's Memorial Wall in the Montclair Memorial Garden by Bill Betten, Co-Director of the California WW1 Centennial Task Force, as featured guest speaker during the commemoration on Monday, May 28, 2018. The talk was a central to the dedications and commemorations given that day.

Bill Betten, Co-Director of the California WW1 Centennial Task Force is an author and retired educator. See his biography here. codirector bill betten cww1ctf