WW1 Centennial News: Episode #45 - POWs in WW1 | Tomb of the Unknown Soldier | Dingbat | Millionaire’s Unit | North Dakota | 100C/100M Wheaton, IL | Warrior in Khaki | and more..

Highlights

POWs in WW1 | @01:30

The war on the eastern front is over - Mike Shuster | @11:15

Tomb of the Unknown Soldier - Gavin McIlvenna | @15:50

Speaking WW1 “Dingbat” | @22:40

100C/100M, Wheaton IL - Nancy Flannery & Rob Sperl | @24:15

The Millionaire’s Unit - Dr. Marc Wortman | @30:50

North Dakota WW1 Centennial Committee - Darrell Dorgan | @38:00

Warrior in Khaki - Native American Warriors - Michael and Ann Knudson | @44:15

WWrite Blog - Pierre Lemaitre’s, The Great Swindle | @51:20

The Buzz - Native American History Month | @52:25

More...

Opening

Welcome to World War 1 centennial News - It’s about WW1 THEN - what was happening 100 years ago this week  - and it’s about WW1 NOW - news and updates about the centennial and the commemoration.

Today is November 8th, 2017. We have a big lineup of guests for you this week… 9 in all! including:

Mike Shuster from the great war project blog,   

Gavin Mcilvenna, President of the Society of the Honor Guard of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier

Nancy Flannery and Rob Sperl from the 100 cities/100 memorials project in Wheaton, Illinois

Marc Wortman, author, historian and journalist

Darrell Dorgan, Chairman of the North Dakota WW1 Centennial Committee

Michael and Ann Knudson, authors of Warriors in Khaki

And Katherine Akey the shows line producer and the commissions social media director...

WW1 Centennial News is brought to you by the U.S. World War I Centennial Commission and the Pritzker Military Museum and Library. I’m Theo Mayer - the Chief Technologist for the Commission and your host. Welcome to the show.

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World War One THEN

100 Year Ago This Week

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This week 100 years ago in both the Official Bulletin, the US government's daily war gazette and the New York Times,  there are stories about the first American Prisoners-of-war captured by the Germans.

This got us thinking about the subject of POWs in WWI.

What were the rules? I mean, the Geneva convention that we usually think of, when we think of prisoner of war “treatment” today generally refers to treaties from 1949 after WWII. Those were updates from 2 treaties pulled together in 1929 -

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