Cane, Lawrence (01110976) - Revision history

Admin: Expand exact roster rank codes (class_rank: 2nd Lt -> Second Lieutenant)

2026-09-16T04:39:48Z

Expand exact roster rank codes (class_rank: 2nd Lt -> Second Lieutenant)

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	\|class_section=14		\|class_section=14
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	\|birth_year=1912		\|birth_year=1912
	\|death_year=1976		\|death_year=1976

Admin: Sort Timeline chronologically; drop clear junk bullets

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	* 16 June 1940 — Married Grace Singer.		* 16 June 1940 — Married Grace Singer.
			* 3 March 1943 — Commissioned as Second Lieutenant (ASN: 01110976).
	* 11 May 1943 — Graduated Class 6 (TI). Certificate No. 1326.		* 11 May 1943 — Graduated Class 6 (TI). Certificate No. 1326.
	* ~~3 March 1943~~ — ~~Commissioned as Second Lieutenant (ASN: 01110976)~~.		* 30 July 1944 — Brave actions on reconnaissance mission resulted in Silver Star Medal. He also received the French Croix de Guerre.
	* 8/43 to 1/44 Additional training with newly activated (25 August 1943) 582nd Engineer Dump Truck Company (all black unit with white officers) at Camp Claiborne, LA.		* 8/43 to 1/44 Additional training with newly activated (25 August 1943) 582nd Engineer Dump Truck Company (all black unit with white officers) at Camp Claiborne, LA.
	* 30 July 1944 — Brave actions on reconnaissance mission resulted in Silver Star Medal. He also received the French Croix de Guerre.
	* 1/39 Returned to the U.S.		* 1/39 Returned to the U.S.
	* 2/44 to 6/44 Training in England with 582nd Engr. Dump Truck Company.		* 2/44 to 6/44 Training in England with 582nd Engr. Dump Truck Company.
	* 5/43 to 6/43 Assigned to Faculty at Camp Ritchie.		* 5/43 to 6/43 Assigned to Faculty at Camp Ritchie.

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Admin: Fix awards rack separators (;;) so Silver Star and Croix de Guerre render correctly

2026-09-12T03:17:52Z

Fix awards rack separators (;;) so Silver Star and Croix de Guerre render correctly

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	\|awards=Silver Star; French Croix de Guerre		\|awards=Silver Star; French Croix de Guerre
	\|awards_grid=Silver Star~~<br />~~French Croix de Guerre		\|awards_grid=Silver Star;;French Croix de Guerre
	\|awards_ribbons=Ribbon_Silver_Star_Medal_ribbon.png; Ribbon_Croix_de_Guerre_1939-1945.png		\|awards_ribbons=Ribbon_Silver_Star_Medal_ribbon.png; Ribbon_Croix_de_Guerre_1939-1945.png
	\|awards_ribbon_rows=Ribbon_Silver_Star_Medal_ribbon.png; Ribbon_Croix_de_Guerre_1939-1945.png		\|awards_ribbon_rows=Ribbon_Silver_Star_Medal_ribbon.png;;Ribbon_Croix_de_Guerre_1939-1945.png
	\|awards_extra=~~Listed in [[By The Numbers/Awards]] (from ''Ritchie Boy Secrets'' by Beverley Driver Eddy).~~		\|awards_extra=
	\|arm_or_service=Corps of Engineers		\|arm_or_service=Corps of Engineers
	\|birth_place=New York		\|birth_place=New York

Admin: Fix birth name/place; enrich from Fighting Fascism in Europe (Gross misc)

2026-09-12T03:15:39Z

Fix birth name/place; enrich from Fighting Fascism in Europe (Gross misc)

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	\|class_number=6		\|class_number=6
	\|class_display=6		\|class_display=6
	\|awards=Silver Star		\|awards=Silver Star; French Croix de Guerre
	\|awards_grid=Silver Star		\|awards_grid=Silver Star<br />French Croix de Guerre
	\|awards_ribbons=Ribbon_Silver_Star_Medal_ribbon.png		\|awards_ribbons=Ribbon_Silver_Star_Medal_ribbon.png; Ribbon_Croix_de_Guerre_1939-1945.png
	\|awards_ribbon_rows=Ribbon_Silver_Star_Medal_ribbon.png		\|awards_ribbon_rows=Ribbon_Silver_Star_Medal_ribbon.png; Ribbon_Croix_de_Guerre_1939-1945.png
	\|awards_extra=Listed in [[By The Numbers/Awards]] (from ''Ritchie Boy Secrets'' by Beverley Driver Eddy).		\|awards_extra=Listed in [[By The Numbers/Awards]] (from ''Ritchie Boy Secrets'' by Beverley Driver Eddy).
	\|arm_or_service=Corps of Engineers		\|arm_or_service=Corps of Engineers
	\|birth_place=~~as Lawrence Cohen in~~ New York		\|birth_place=New York
	\|rank_final=~~2nd Lt~~		\|rank_final=Captain
			\|alias=Lawrence Cohen
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	'''Lawrence Cane''' (1912–1976) was a ~~United States~~ Army ~~Second Lieutenant who trained at [[Camp~~ Ritchie~~]], Maryland, in [[~~Class 6]].		'''Lawrence Cane''' (born Lawrence Cohen; 1912–1976) was a U.S. Army captain and Ritchie Boy (Class 6) who fought in the Spanish Civil War and landed on Utah Beach on D-Day.
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	== Biography ==		== Biography ==
	~~In 1935,~~ Lawrence ~~graduated college, CCNY~~ (~~BA degree~~). ~~On 16~~ June ~~1940~~, He ~~married~~ Grace Singer.		Lawrence Cane (born Lawrence Cohen; 1912–1976) fought with the International Brigades in the Spanish Civil War before enlisting in the U.S. Army as an anti-fascist with prior combat experience. After Officer Candidate School he served as one of four white officers of a Black engineer dump-truck company in the segregated Army, then volunteered for the European invasion and landed with combat engineers in the assault wave on Utah Beach on D-Day, 6 June 1944. He was transferred permanently to the combat engineers, rose to captain, and received the Silver Star and the French Croix de Guerre.

			He trained at [[Camp Ritchie]] (Class 6). His wartime letters home—more than 300—were later edited by his son David E. Cane with Judy Barrett Litoff and David C. Smith as ''Fighting Fascism in Europe'' (Fordham University Press, 2003). The letters cover Normandy, the liberation of France and Belgium, the Battle of the Bulge, the occupation of Germany, and the discovery of concentration camps, as well as his marriage to Grace Singer (16 June 1940).

	== Research notes ==		== Research notes ==
	* Silver Star CdG 2nd Armd		* Silver Star CdG 2nd Armd
			* Birth name Lawrence Cohen (was incorrectly stored in birth_place as “as Lawrence Cohen in New York”).
			* Silver Star and French Croix de Guerre per Fighting Fascism in Europe (family/editors’ summary).
			* Research note previously: Silver Star CdG 2nd Armd.

	== Gallery ==		== Gallery ==
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	== Sources ==		== Sources ==
			* Dan Gross research archive (miscellaneous timeline-adjacent documents; not uploaded): ''Fighting Fascism in Europe.doc''
			* [https://sites.google.com/a/brown.edu/david-e-cane---profile/book-fighting-fascism-in-europe Fighting Fascism in Europe — David E. Cane book page (Brown.edu Google Site)]
			* Lawrence Cane, ''Fighting Fascism in Europe: The World War II Letters of an American Veteran of the Spanish Civil War'', ed. David E. Cane, Judy Barrett Litoff, and David C. Smith (Fordham University Press, 2003), ISBN 0-8232-2251-9
	* 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

Admin: Add audited Dan Gross timeline enrichment

2026-09-01T12:47:49Z

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	== Biography ==		== Biography ==
	In 1935, Lawrence graduated college, CCNY (BA degree). On 16 June 1940 he married Grace Singer.		In 1935, Lawrence graduated college, CCNY (BA degree). On 16 June 1940, He married Grace Singer.

	== Research notes ==		== Research notes ==
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	* 16 June 1940 — Married Grace Singer.		* 16 June 1940 — Married Grace Singer.
			* 11 May 1943 — Graduated Class 6 (TI). Certificate No. 1326.
			* 3 March 1943 — Commissioned as Second Lieutenant (ASN: 01110976).
	* 8/43 to 1/44 Additional training with newly activated (25 August 1943) 582nd Engineer Dump Truck Company (all black unit with white officers) at Camp Claiborne, LA.		* 8/43 to 1/44 Additional training with newly activated (25 August 1943) 582nd Engineer Dump Truck Company (all black unit with white officers) at Camp Claiborne, LA.
	* 30 July 1944 — Brave actions on reconnaissance mission resulted in Silver Star Medal. He also received the French Croix de Guerre.		* 30 July 1944 — Brave actions on reconnaissance mission resulted in Silver Star Medal. He also received the French Croix de Guerre.

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	== Biography ==		== Biography ==
	In 1935, Lawrence graduated college, CCNY (BA degree). On 16 June 1940, he married Grace Singer.		In 1935, Lawrence graduated college, CCNY (BA degree). On 16 June 1940 he married Grace Singer.

	== Research notes ==		== Research notes ==
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	* 16 June 1940 — Married Grace Singer.		* 16 June 1940 — Married Grace Singer.
	* 8/43 to 1/44 Additional training with newly activated (25 August 1943) 582nd Engineer Dump Truck Company (all black unit with white officers) at Camp Claiborne, LA.		* 8/43 to 1/44 Additional training with newly activated (25 August 1943) 582nd Engineer Dump Truck Company (all black unit with white officers) at Camp Claiborne, LA.
	* 30 July 1944 Brave actions on reconnaissance mission resulted in Silver Star Medal. He also received the French Croix de Guerre.		* 30 July 1944 — Brave actions on reconnaissance mission resulted in Silver Star Medal. He also received the French Croix de Guerre.
	* 1/39 Returned to the U.S.		* 1/39 Returned to the U.S.
	* 2/44 to 6/44 Training in England with 582nd Engr. Dump Truck Company.		* 2/44 to 6/44 Training in England with 582nd Engr. Dump Truck Company.
	* 5/43 to 6/43 Assigned to Faculty at Camp Ritchie.		* 5/43 to 6/43 Assigned to Faculty at Camp Ritchie.
	* 6.
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2026-09-01T02:59:45Z

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	== Biography ==		== Biography ==
	In 1935, ~~he Graduated~~ college, CCNY (BA degree). On 16 June 1940, he married Grace Singer.		In 1935, Lawrence graduated college, CCNY (BA degree). On 16 June 1940, he married Grace Singer.

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

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	== Biography ==		== Biography ==
	In 1935, he Graduated college, CCNY (BA degree). On 16 June 1940, ~~Married~~ Grace Singer.		In 1935, he Graduated college, CCNY (BA degree). On 16 June 1940, he married Grace Singer.

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

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	== Biography ==		== Biography ==
	~~''Add a biography~~, ~~family details, and sources. Click Edit to change this page; no account is required.''~~		In 1935, he Graduated college, CCNY (BA degree). On 16 June 1940, Married Grace Singer.

	~~<!-- Dan Gross timeline enrichment -->~~
	~~The timeline research also records 1935~~ Graduated college, CCNY (BA degree). 6/16~~/40~~ Married Grace Singer.

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	* ~~8/8/1912 Born as Lawrence Cohen in New York City.~~		* 16 June 1940 — Married Grace Singer.
	* 3/3/43 Commissioned as Second Lieutenant (ASN: 01110976).		* 8/43 to 1/44 Additional training with newly activated (25 August 1943) 582nd Engineer Dump Truck Company (all black unit with white officers) at Camp Claiborne, LA.
	* 3/13/43 Student in Class 6, Section 14, specializing in Terrain Intelligence.		* 30 July 1944 Brave actions on reconnaissance mission resulted in Silver Star Medal. He also received the French Croix de Guerre.
	* 8/43 to 1/44 Additional training with newly activated (8/25~~/43~~) 582nd Engineer Dump Truck Company (all black unit with white officers) at Camp Claiborne, LA.		* 1/39 Returned to the U.S.
	* 7/30~~/44~~ Brave actions on reconnaissance mission resulted in Silver Star Medal. He also received the French Croix de Guerre.
	* 2/44 to 6/44 Training in England with 582nd Engr. Dump Truck Company.		* 2/44 to 6/44 Training in England with 582nd Engr. Dump Truck Company.
	* 5/43 to 6/43 Assigned to Faculty at Camp Ritchie.		* 5/43 to 6/43 Assigned to Faculty at Camp Ritchie.
	* 6~~/37 to 12/38 Volunteered with Spanish International Brigade, becoming a 2nd Lt~~.		* 6.
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 * NARA World War II Army enlistment records (where a NARA ASN is present)
 * 1940 U.S. Census (where a census match is present)