Bonnitt, Thomas Louis (32009007) - Revision history

Admin: Sort Timeline bullets chronologically

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Sort Timeline bullets chronologically

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	* 1919 — Born in Germany.		* 1919 — Born in Germany.
			* 20 August 1944 — Listed on MIS ETO Special Orders No. 224 with IPW Team 90.
			* 15 September 1944 — MIS SO F-4: IPW Team 90 on DS with 12th Army Group / T Force (as M/Sgt).
			* 2015 — Died.
	* Drafted before Pearl Harbor; 4th Infantry Division (motorized); later MP / instructor training; ASTP language screen → Camp Ritchie.		* Drafted before Pearl Harbor; 4th Infantry Division (motorized); later MP / instructor training; ASTP language screen → Camp Ritchie.
	* Class 17 — Graduates; made Master Sergeant; instructor pending assignment.		* Class 17 — Graduates; made Master Sergeant; instructor pending assignment.
	* ETO — Scotland / Broadway; SHAEF refresher (London); Utah Beach ~D+60.		* ETO — Scotland / Broadway; SHAEF refresher (London); Utah Beach ~D+60.
	* 20 August 1944 — Listed on MIS ETO Special Orders No. 224 with IPW Team 90.
	* Wounded (forehead) when IPW 90 jeep hit under fire toward Paris; Purple Heart.		* Wounded (forehead) when IPW 90 jeep hit under fire toward Paris; Purple Heart.
	* Rejoins unit; T-Force / 12th Army Group; Ardennes (Bulge) and advance into Germany.		* Rejoins unit; T-Force / 12th Army Group; Ardennes (Bulge) and advance into Germany.
	* 2015 — Died.
	* 15 September 1944 — MIS SO F-4: IPW Team 90 on DS with 12th Army Group / T Force (as M/Sgt).
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Admin: SO F-4 (15 Sep 1944): IPW 90 DS with 12th Army Group / T Force

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SO F-4 (15 Sep 1944): IPW 90 DS with 12th Army Group / T Force

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	Bonnitt_Thomas_Louis_32009007_field_portrait.png\|M/Sgt Thomas Louis Bonnitt in the field.		Bonnitt_Thomas_Louis_32009007_field_portrait.png\|M/Sgt Thomas Louis Bonnitt in the field.
	Bonnitt_Thomas_Louis_32009007_Tampa_Bay_Times_1998-05-07.jpg\|Tampa Bay Times, 7 May 1998.		Bonnitt_Thomas_Louis_32009007_Tampa_Bay_Times_1998-05-07.jpg\|Tampa Bay Times, 7 May 1998.
			MIS_SO_F4_15_Sep_1944_p2_Wallach_IPW69_and_teams_95_97_90_91_92.jpg\|MIS SO F-4, 15 Sep 1944 — IPW Team 90 (12th Army Group / T Force).
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	* Rejoins unit; T-Force / 12th Army Group; Ardennes (Bulge) and advance into Germany.		* Rejoins unit; T-Force / 12th Army Group; Ardennes (Bulge) and advance into Germany.
	* 2015 — Died.		* 2015 — Died.
			* 15 September 1944 — MIS SO F-4: IPW Team 90 on DS with 12th Army Group / T Force (as M/Sgt).
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	== Sources ==		== Sources ==
			* [[:File:MIS_SO_F4_15_Sep_1944_p2_Wallach_IPW69_and_teams_95_97_90_91_92.jpg\|MIS SO F-4, 15 Sep 1944]] — IPW Team 90 DS with 12th Army Group / T Force
	* Alfred Burns memoir excerpts (jeep wounding; via Stephen Goodell / RB Archive IPW 90 notes)		* Alfred Burns memoir excerpts (jeep wounding; via Stephen Goodell / RB Archive IPW 90 notes)
	* [[:File:Bonnitt_Thomas_Louis_32009007_Tampa_Bay_Times_1998-05-07.jpg\|Tampa Bay Times, 7 May 1998]]		* [[:File:Bonnitt_Thomas_Louis_32009007_Tampa_Bay_Times_1998-05-07.jpg\|Tampa Bay Times, 7 May 1998]]

Admin: RB Archive: Bonnitt memoir bio, Purple Heart, portrait, SO 224 IPW 90

2026-09-19T04:32:18Z

RB Archive: Bonnitt memoir bio, Purple Heart, portrait, SO 224 IPW 90

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	\|first=Thomas		\|first=Thomas
	\|middle=L.		\|middle=Louis
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	\|class_rank=Private First Class		\|class_rank=Private First Class
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			\|photo=Bonnitt_Thomas_Louis_32009007_field_portrait.png
			\|rank_final=Master Sergeant
			\|awards=Purple Heart
			\|awards_grid=Purple Heart
			\|awards_ribbons=Ribbon_Purple_Heart_ribbon.png
			\|awards_ribbon_rows=Ribbon_Purple_Heart_ribbon.png
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	'''Thomas L. Bonnitt''' (~~1919–2015~~) was a ~~United States~~ Army ~~Private First Class who trained at~~ [[~~Camp Ritchie~~]]~~, Maryland, in~~ [[~~Class 17~~]]~~. Thomas enlisted at New York City~~, ~~New York~~.		'''Thomas Louis Bonnitt''' (1919–2015) was a German-born U.S. Army master sergeant in [[:Category:Class 17\|Class 17]] and [[Team IPW 90\|IPW Team 90]], wounded under fire while the team moved toward Paris.
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	== Biography ==		== Biography ==
	~~''Add~~ a ~~biography~~, ~~family details~~, and ~~sources~~. ~~Click Edit to change this page~~; ~~no account is required~~.''		Thomas Louis Bonnitt was born in 1919 in Germany and later served in the U.S. Army. Drafted before Pearl Harbor, he trained at Fort Dix and Fort Benning with the 4th (Motorized) Infantry Division, then served with military police and instructor-training assignments before language screening sent him to [[Camp Ritchie]]. He graduated near the top of [[:Category:Class 17\|Class 17]], was made a master sergeant, and briefly instructed pending overseas assignment.

			After landing in Scotland and time at Broadway and a SHAEF refresher in London, Bonnitt crossed to Utah Beach about two months after D-Day with [[Team IPW 90\|IPW Team 90]]. On 20 August 1944, MIS ETO Special Orders No. 224 listed him with the team when PW interrogation teams were attached to G-2, Forward Echelon Communications Zone. Soon afterward, while racing toward Paris on the Red Ball route, the jeep he shared with [[Burns, Alfred (32876729)\|Alfred Burns]] and [[Scheuer, William S. (0552536)\|William Scheuer]] was hit under fire; Bonnitt was wounded in the forehead and evacuated. He later rejoined T-Force / 12th Army Group work through the Ardennes (Battle of the Bulge) and into Germany, and he recorded a Purple Heart among his wartime decorations.

			He died in 2015.

	== Research notes ==		== Research notes ==

	== Gallery ==		== Gallery ==
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			Bonnitt_Thomas_Louis_32009007_field_portrait.png\|M/Sgt Thomas Louis Bonnitt in the field.
			Bonnitt_Thomas_Louis_32009007_Tampa_Bay_Times_1998-05-07.jpg\|Tampa Bay Times, 7 May 1998.
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			* 1919 — Born in Germany.
			* Drafted before Pearl Harbor; 4th Infantry Division (motorized); later MP / instructor training; ASTP language screen → Camp Ritchie.
			* Class 17 — Graduates; made Master Sergeant; instructor pending assignment.
			* ETO — Scotland / Broadway; SHAEF refresher (London); Utah Beach ~D+60.
			* 20 August 1944 — Listed on MIS ETO Special Orders No. 224 with IPW Team 90.
			* Wounded (forehead) when IPW 90 jeep hit under fire toward Paris; Purple Heart.
			* Rejoins unit; T-Force / 12th Army Group; Ardennes (Bulge) and advance into Germany.
			* 2015 — Died.
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	== Sources ==		== Sources ==
			* Alfred Burns memoir excerpts (jeep wounding; via Stephen Goodell / RB Archive IPW 90 notes)
			* [[:File:Bonnitt_Thomas_Louis_32009007_Tampa_Bay_Times_1998-05-07.jpg\|Tampa Bay Times, 7 May 1998]]
			* Thomas Louis Bonnitt, family memoir “Your Grandfather’s War Service” (RB Archive)
			* [[:File:SO_224_MIS_ETO_20_August_1944_IPW_teams_88-97.jpg\|MIS ETO Special Orders No. 224 (extract), 20 August 1944]] (IPW Teams 88–97; Field Interrogation Detachment → G-2 Fwd Ech Com Z)
	* Camp Ritchie Museum, Inc. (The Ritchie History Museum), Classes 1–31 roster data		* Camp Ritchie Museum, Inc. (The Ritchie History Museum), Classes 1–31 roster data
	* Dan Gross research spreadsheets, including original Excel timeline/roster work, combined with other research and records		* Dan Gross research spreadsheets, including original Excel timeline/roster work, combined with other research and records
	* NARA World War II Army enlistment records (where a NARA ASN is present)		* NARA World War II Army enlistment records (where a NARA ASN is present)
	* 1940 U.S. Census (where a census match is present)		* 1940 U.S. Census (where a census match is present)

Admin: Admin moved page Bonnitt, Thomas L. (32009007) to Bonnitt, Thomas Louis (32009007) without leaving a redirect: Expand middle name to Louis (family/memoir signature)

2026-09-19T04:30:31Z

Admin moved page Bonnitt, Thomas L. (32009007) to Bonnitt, Thomas Louis (32009007) without leaving a redirect: Expand middle name to Louis (family/memoir signature)

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Admin: Expand exact roster rank codes (class_rank: Pfc -> Private First Class)

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Expand exact roster rank codes (class_rank: Pfc -> Private First Class)

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Admin: Clarify museum roster and Dan Gross research sources

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Clarify museum roster and Dan Gross research sources

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	== Sources ==		== Sources ==
	* Camp Ritchie ~~class roster~~ (~~classes~~ 1–31), ~~merged~~ research ~~file~~		* Camp Ritchie Museum, Inc. (The Ritchie History Museum), Classes 1–31 roster data
			* Dan Gross research spreadsheets, including original Excel timeline/roster work, combined with other research and records
	* NARA World War II Army enlistment records (where a NARA ASN is present)		* NARA World War II Army enlistment records (where a NARA ASN is present)
	* 1940 U.S. Census (where a census match is present)		* 1940 U.S. Census (where a census match is present)

Admin: Normalize nativity/religion; split arm of service from branch

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	\|death_year=2015		\|death_year=2015
	\|nativity=Ge		\|nativity=Germany
	\|religion=P		\|religion=Protestant
	\|enlistment_place=NEW YORK CITY NEW YORK		\|enlistment_place=NEW YORK CITY NEW YORK
	\|state=NEW YORK		\|state=NEW YORK

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	== Research notes ==		== Research notes ==
	* Civil Life

	== Gallery ==		== Gallery ==

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			'''Thomas L. Bonnitt''' (1919–2015) was a United States Army Private First Class who trained at [[Camp Ritchie]], Maryland, in [[Class 17]]. Thomas enlisted at New York City, New York.
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	== Biography ==		== Biography ==

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	* NARA World War II Army enlistment records (where a NARA ASN is present)		* NARA World War II Army enlistment records (where a NARA ASN is present)
	* 1940 U.S. Census (where a census match is present)		* 1940 U.S. Census (where a census match is present)