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..

Summary: <h1>Highlights</h1> <ul> <li>POWs in WW1 | @01:30 </li> <li>The war on the eastern front is over - Mike Shuster | @11:15 </li> <li>Tomb of the Unknown Soldier - Gavin McIlvenna | @15:50</li> <li>Speaking WW1 “Dingbat” | @22:40</li> <li>100C/100M, Wheaton IL - Nancy Flannery & Rob Sperl | @24:15</li> <li>The Millionaire’s Unit - Dr. Marc Wortman | @30:50</li> <li>North Dakota WW1 Centennial Committee - Darrell Dorgan | @38:00</li> <li>Warrior in Khaki - Native American Warriors - Michael and Ann Knudson | @44:15</li> <li>WWrite Blog - Pierre Lemaitre’s, The Great Swindle | @51:20</li> <li>The Buzz - Native American History Month | @52:25</li> </ul>More...<a id="more-8078649"></a> <h1>Opening</h1> 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: <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;">Mike Shuster from the great war project blog, </li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">Gavin Mcilvenna, President of the Society of the Honor Guard of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier </li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">Nancy Flannery and Rob Sperl from the 100 cities/100 memorials project in Wheaton, Illinois</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">Marc Wortman, author, historian and journalist</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">Darrell Dorgan, Chairman of the North Dakota WW1 Centennial Committee</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">Michael and Ann Knudson, authors of Warriors in Khaki</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">And Katherine Akey the shows line producer and the commissions social media director...</li> </ul>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. [MUSIC] <h1>World War One THEN </h1> <h2>100 Year Ago This Week</h2> [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 -

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..

Directory

Click for all Categories