WW1 Centennial News

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..

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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

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    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

    [MUSIC TRANSITION]


    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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