WW1 Centennial News: Episode #35 - China & Japan | 49th UTTC International Powwow | Story of Service | 100C/100M profile | Word=Field Day…
Summary: <br> Highlights:<br> <br> Please donate to the Hurricane Harvey victims |@ 01:00<br> WW1 in China and Japan |@ 02:30<br> Mike Shuster - The fire at Salonika |@ 11:35<br> Dr. “Russ” McDonald on 49th UTTC International Powwow |@ 18:15<br> Speaking WWI - This week: “Field Day” |@ 24:50<br> Joel Mize on 100C/100M project in Mussel Shoals, AL |@ 26:00<br> Chris Connelly - Story of Service about USMC grandfather |@ 34:20<br> Tanveer Kalo - former intern becoming subject matter expert |@ 40:30<br> The Buzz - This week in social Media |@ 41:50<br> <br> And more...<br> <br> Opening<br> Welcome to World War 1 centennial News - It’s about WW1 THEN - what was happening 100 years ago - and it’s about WW1 NOW - news and updates about the centennial and the commemoration.<br> Today is August 30th, 2017 and our guests this week are:<br> <br> Mike Shuster from the great war project blog, <br> Dr. Leander “Russ” McDonald, President of the United Tribes Technical College<br> Joel Mize from the 100 Cities / 100 Memorials project in Sheffield, Alabama<br> And Chris Connelly from Dayton Ohio who submitted a “stories of service” post and we want to talk about THAT.<br> <br> 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.<br> Harvey<br> Before we start the show today, we wanted to take a moment for the people of Texas struggling with the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey. Here is Dan Dayton the Executive Director of the WW1 Centennial Commission<br> [DAN DAYTON]<br> There are several links for donating to the relief effort in the podcast notes.<br> link:<a href="https://www.uwtexas.org/hurricane-harvey">https://www.uwtexas.org/hurricane-harvey</a><br> <a href="https://give.salvationarmyusa.org/site/Donation2;jsessionid=00000000.app362b?df_id=27651&mfc_pref=T&27651.donation=form1&NONCE_TOKEN=7D83ADF3DC5B202D97E48EC4DA2D792D">https://give.salvationarmyusa.org/site/Donation2;jsessionid=00000000.app362b?df_id=27651&mfc_pref=T&27651.donation=form1&NONCE_TOKEN=7D83ADF3DC5B202D97E48EC4DA2D792D</a><br> <a href="http://www.redcross.org/hp/harvey3">http://www.redcross.org/hp/harvey3</a><br> World War One THEN<br> 100 Year Ago This Week<br> [SOUND EFFECT - WHOOSH]<br> It really was a world war. In part, what made WWI so immediately global was the “imperial” mindset of the times. Everyone thought in terms of empires - global and regional conquest, possessions, colonies, holdings, opportunities and international allies and bringing all that baggage into the fray.<br> <br> [MUSIC TRANSITION]<br> We’ve gone back in time 100 years to explore the war that changed the world!<br> It is August 1917 and on the 14th of august, China declares war on Germany. So that got us thinking, here at WW1 Centennial News - about an Asia focused segment - and this is it.<br> Quick quiz! OK, China declares war on Germany - But is Japan in the war? An what side are they on?<br> [ticking - buzzer]<br> That’s right - in WW1 Japan is ALSO on the side of the allies.<br> This week 100 years ago, a Japanese Delegation comes to America headed by Viscount Ishii, the former Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Empire of Japan. This prompts a number of articles in the Official Bulletin - America’s War Gazette created by the order of the President and published daily by George Creel, America’s propaganda chief.<br> [SOUND EFFECT Radio and telegraph]<br> Dateline: Monday August 27, 1917<br> Headline: Japanese Mission Pays Homage to George Washington, “He Belongs to All Mankind” Declares Viscount Ishii<br> As the diplomat placed a wreath on the tomb of America’s first president, he declares:<br> In the name of my gracious sovereign, the Emperor of Japan, and representing all the liberty-loving people who own his sway, I stand to-d
