{"598656":{"#nid":"598656","#data":{"type":"news","title":"100 Years of ROTC at Georgia Tech","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EVeteran\u0026rsquo;s Day marks the first of several events planned this academic year to commemorate the establishment of the Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC) program at Georgia Tech 100 years ago.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn 1918, the entire Georgia Tech student body was inducted into the Student Army Training Corps as World War I began to reach a climactic point in Europe. In 1926, the U.S. Navy chose Georgia Tech as one of six universities to have its new ROTC program that started with 60 freshmen.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EA few years later, Winston Churchill visited Georgia Tech to see the ROTC units at Grant Field, and he reportedly called them, \u0026ldquo;The best drilled reserve corps I have ever seen in America.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWorld War II started an incredibly rich tradition of ROTC at the Institute that continues to maintain high visibility on campus. \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.news.gatech.edu\/features\/century-leadership-100-years-rotc-georgia-tech\u0022\u003ERead more about the history, see historic photographs, and watch the video.\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech is celebrating 100 years of ROTC on campus this academic year, beginning with a special Veterans Day tailgate and ceremony Saturday at the football game.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"From their roots in a student-run Signal Corps, Georgia Tech\u0027s ROTC program has trained thousands of leaders."}],"uid":"28797","created_gmt":"2017-11-10 15:52:46","changed_gmt":"2017-12-07 17:35:31","author":"Lance Wallace","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2017-11-10T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2017-11-10T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"598657":{"id":"598657","type":"image","title":"ROTC at Georgia Tech","body":null,"created":"1510329276","gmt_created":"2017-11-10 15:54:36","changed":"1510329276","gmt_changed":"2017-11-10 15:54:36","alt":"","file":{"fid":"228222","name":"ROTC100.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/ROTC100.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/ROTC100.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":254794,"path_740":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/ROTC100.jpg?itok=4gHT9LqL"}}},"media_ids":["598657"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.news.gatech.edu\/features\/century-leadership-100-years-rotc-georgia-tech","title":"A Century of Leadership"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"133","name":"Special Events and Guest Speakers"}],"keywords":[{"id":"47741","name":"veterans day"},{"id":"915","name":"ROTC"},{"id":"167058","name":"Student"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"71871","name":"Campus and Community"}],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003Elance.wallace@comm.gatech.edu\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["lance.wallace@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}