Howard, Fred (32799358) - Revision history

Admin: Add Stern–Howard Soviet-uniform ruse; cite Aughinbaugh 2018

2026-09-18T01:06:52Z

Add Stern–Howard Soviet-uniform ruse; cite Aughinbaugh 2018

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	Howard joined the U.S. Army in 1943 and trained at Camp Ritchie as an interrogator. In 1944 he returned to Europe and worked interrogating German prisoners of war in a team with fellow Ritchie Boy [[Stern, Guy (37413105)\|Guy Stern]]. After the war he returned to the United States and built a career as a designer and businessman.		Howard joined the U.S. Army in 1943 and trained at Camp Ritchie as an interrogator. In 1944 he returned to Europe and worked interrogating German prisoners of war in a team with fellow Ritchie Boy [[Stern, Guy (37413105)\|Guy Stern]]. After the war he returned to the United States and built a career as a designer and businessman.

			Near the end of the fighting in Europe, Howard and Stern used a well-known interrogation ploy: one of them posed in captured Soviet uniform so that uncooperative prisoners faced the threat of transfer to Russian custody if they refused to talk to the Americans.

	== Research notes ==		== Research notes ==
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	* [https://ritchieboys.com/EN/press_photos.html The Ritchie Boys film site — press photos] (© TANGRAM (Harald Stuckmann); high-res https://ritchieboys.com/DL/photos-highq/boys/howard.jpg)		* [https://ritchieboys.com/EN/press_photos.html The Ritchie Boys film site — press photos] (© TANGRAM (Harald Stuckmann); high-res https://ritchieboys.com/DL/photos-highq/boys/howard.jpg)
	* [https://ritchieboys.com/EN/press_photos.html The Ritchie Boys film site — press photos] (© TANGRAM; V-E Day team photo)		* [https://ritchieboys.com/EN/press_photos.html The Ritchie Boys film site — press photos] (© TANGRAM; V-E Day team photo)
			* [https://cupola.gettysburg.edu/ghj/vol17/iss1/5 Kevin M. Aughinbaugh, “The Castle of Intelligence: Camp Ritchie Maryland and the Military Intelligence Training Center during the Second World War,” ''The Gettysburg Historical Journal'' 17 (2018), art. 5] ([https://cupola.gettysburg.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1201&context=ghj PDF])

Admin: Remove redundant Notable Ritchie Boys slides research note

2026-09-16T15:01:14Z

Remove redundant Notable Ritchie Boys slides research note

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	* Ritchie Boy		* Ritchie Boy
	* Display company owner; invented L’Eggs pantyhose		* Display company owner; invented L’Eggs pantyhose
	* Portrait and summary from Notable Ritchie Boys slides ( )

	== Gallery ==		== Gallery ==

Admin: Expand exact roster rank codes (rank_final: T/3 -> Technician Third Grade; class_rank: Pfc -> Private First Class)

2026-09-16T13:13:23Z

Expand exact roster rank codes (rank_final: T/3 -> Technician Third Grade; class_rank: Pfc -> Private First Class)

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	\|class_number=17		\|class_number=17
	\|class_section=5A		\|class_section=5A
	\|class_rank=~~Pfc~~		\|class_rank=Private First Class
	\|birth_year=1922		\|birth_year=1922
	\|death_year=2008		\|death_year=2008
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	\|overseas=Y		\|overseas=Y
	\|birth_place=Silesia, Germany		\|birth_place=Silesia, Germany
	\|rank_final=~~T/3~~		\|rank_final=Technician Third Grade
	\|birth_date=16 June 1922		\|birth_date=16 June 1922
	}}		}}

Admin: Add V-E Day team press photo (TANGRAM / Bauer film site)

2026-09-16T04:25:52Z

Add V-E Day team press photo (TANGRAM / Bauer film site)

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	<gallery mode="packed" heights="140px">		<gallery mode="packed" heights="140px">
	Howard, Fred (32799358).jpg\|Earlier profile photograph (retained after press-photo update)		Howard, Fred (32799358).jpg\|Earlier profile photograph (retained after press-photo update)
			Documentary Ritchie Boys VE Day Stern Sears Howard press.jpg\|Ritchie Boys team on V-E Day, 8 May 1945 — Guy Stern, Walter Sears, Fred Howard (© TANGRAM; Bauer film press photo)
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	* [https://ritchieboys.com/EN/boys_howard.html The Ritchie Boys: Fred Howard]		* [https://ritchieboys.com/EN/boys_howard.html The Ritchie Boys: Fred Howard]
	* [https://ritchieboys.com/EN/press_photos.html The Ritchie Boys film site — press photos] (© TANGRAM (Harald Stuckmann); high-res https://ritchieboys.com/DL/photos-highq/boys/howard.jpg)		* [https://ritchieboys.com/EN/press_photos.html The Ritchie Boys film site — press photos] (© TANGRAM (Harald Stuckmann); high-res https://ritchieboys.com/DL/photos-highq/boys/howard.jpg)
			* [https://ritchieboys.com/EN/press_photos.html The Ritchie Boys film site — press photos] (© TANGRAM; V-E Day team photo)

Admin: Add/cite Bauer film press photo (TANGRAM); set profile photo if higher-res

2026-09-16T04:25:12Z

Add/cite Bauer film press photo (TANGRAM); set profile photo if higher-res

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	\|marital=Single with dependents		\|marital=Single with dependents
	\|certificate=6472		\|certificate=6472
	\|photo=Howard, Fred (32799358).jpg		\|photo=Howard, Fred (32799358) press TANGRAM.jpg
	\|confidence=high		\|confidence=high
	\|class_display=17		\|class_display=17
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	== Gallery ==		== Gallery ==
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			Howard, Fred (32799358).jpg\|Earlier profile photograph (retained after press-photo update)
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	== Technical record ==		== Technical record ==
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	* Dan Gross, ''Timeline of Howard, Fred for Camp Ritchie'' (private research files; selected non-private narrative findings; 1 source files: FRED HOWARD.doc)		* Dan Gross, ''Timeline of Howard, Fred for Camp Ritchie'' (private research files; selected non-private narrative findings; 1 source files: FRED HOWARD.doc)
	* [https://ritchieboys.com/EN/boys_howard.html The Ritchie Boys: Fred Howard]		* [https://ritchieboys.com/EN/boys_howard.html The Ritchie Boys: Fred Howard]
			* [https://ritchieboys.com/EN/press_photos.html The Ritchie Boys film site — press photos] (© TANGRAM (Harald Stuckmann); high-res https://ritchieboys.com/DL/photos-highq/boys/howard.jpg)

Admin: Enrich from The Ritchie Boys documentary biography (ritchieboys.com); sync vitals/Sources

2026-09-15T04:11:10Z

Enrich from The Ritchie Boys documentary biography (ritchieboys.com); sync vitals/Sources

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	\|class_display=17		\|class_display=17
	\|overseas=Y		\|overseas=Y
	\|birth_place=Germany		\|birth_place=Silesia, Germany
	\|rank_final=T/3		\|rank_final=T/3
			\|birth_date=16 June 1922
	}}		}}

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	== Biography ==		== Biography ==
	Fred ~~worked as cabinet-maker~~ in ~~Germany~~.		Fred Howard was born Manfred Ehrlich in Silesia in 1922 and moved with his parents to Berlin in 1933. In the late 1930s he emigrated to the United States with his mother; his father and other relatives who could not obtain U.S. visas spent the wartime years in Shanghai.

	~~On 22 April~~ 1943, ~~Howard was naturalized as citizen~~ (~~with name change~~) ~~in Wash~~.		Howard joined the U.S. Army in 1943 and trained at Camp Ritchie as an interrogator. In 1944 he returned to Europe and worked interrogating German prisoners of war in a team with fellow Ritchie Boy [[Stern, Guy (37413105)\|Guy Stern]]. After the war he returned to the United States and built a career as a designer and businessman.

	== Research notes ==		== Research notes ==
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	* Born 16 June 1922 in Germany (as Manfred Ehrlich); Religion: Jewish.		* Born 16 June 1922 in Germany (as Manfred Ehrlich); Religion: Jewish.
			* 1933 — Moved with his parents from Silesia to Berlin.
	* 22 April 1943 — Naturalized as citizen (with name change) in Wash.		* 22 April 1943 — Naturalized as citizen (with name change) in Wash.
			* 14 June 1944 — Transferred to DEML. Promoted to T/3.
	* 18 February 1944 — Attached to unit at Camp Ritchie.		* 18 February 1944 — Attached to unit at Camp Ritchie.
	* ~~14 June~~ 1944 — ~~Transferred to DEML. Promoted to T/3~~.		* 1944 — Served in Europe as an interrogator with Guy Stern.
	* 9 August 1945 — Transferred from MIS to OSS.		* 9 August 1945 — Transferred from MIS to OSS.
	* Shipment via Camp Myles Standish, included 40 six man IPW Ge teams (80 officers and 160 enlisted men). Assigned to IPW Team 8.		* Shipment via Camp Myles Standish, included 40 six man IPW Ge teams (80 officers and 160 enlisted men). Assigned to IPW Team 8.
			* Late 1930s — Emigrated to the United States with his mother; father and relatives spent the war in Shanghai.


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	* Dan Gross, ''Timeline of Fred Howard for Camp Ritchie'' (private research document; 1 source documents reviewed)		* Dan Gross, ''Timeline of Fred Howard for Camp Ritchie'' (private research document; 1 source documents reviewed)
	* Dan Gross, ''Timeline of Howard, Fred for Camp Ritchie'' (private research files; selected non-private narrative findings; 1 source files: FRED HOWARD.doc)		* Dan Gross, ''Timeline of Howard, Fred for Camp Ritchie'' (private research files; selected non-private narrative findings; 1 source files: FRED HOWARD.doc)
			* [https://ritchieboys.com/EN/boys_howard.html The Ritchie Boys: Fred Howard]

Admin: Sort Timeline chronologically; drop clear junk bullets

2026-09-15T03:42:19Z

Sort Timeline chronologically; drop clear junk bullets

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	* Born 16 June 1922 in Germany (as Manfred Ehrlich); Religion: Jewish.		* Born 16 June 1922 in Germany (as Manfred Ehrlich); Religion: Jewish.
	* 22 April 1943 — Naturalized as citizen (with name change) in Wash.		* 22 April 1943 — Naturalized as citizen (with name change) in Wash.
			* 18 February 1944 — Attached to unit at Camp Ritchie.
	* 14 June 1944 — Transferred to DEML. Promoted to T/3.		* 14 June 1944 — Transferred to DEML. Promoted to T/3.
	* 18 February 1944 — Attached to unit at Camp Ritchie.
	* 9 August 1945 — Transferred from MIS to OSS.		* 9 August 1945 — Transferred from MIS to OSS.
	* Shipment via Camp Myles Standish, included 40 six man IPW Ge teams (80 officers and 160 enlisted men). Assigned to IPW Team 8.		* Shipment via Camp Myles Standish, included 40 six man IPW Ge teams (80 officers and 160 enlisted men). Assigned to IPW Team 8.

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Admin: Remove Research notes URLs (review list retained offline)

2026-09-11T04:24:05Z

Remove Research notes URLs (review list retained offline)

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	* Ritchie Boy		* Ritchie Boy
	* Display company owner; invented L’Eggs pantyhose		* Display company owner; invented L’Eggs pantyhose
	* Portrait and summary from Notable Ritchie Boys slides (~~[https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1ij8PP9weF976Lb5_Ic4bFimcuAZzXRn3cHfNCk5nTdM source]~~).		* Portrait and summary from Notable Ritchie Boys slides ( )

	== Gallery ==		== Gallery ==

Admin: Add audited Dan Gross timeline enrichment

2026-09-01T12:49:04Z

Add audited Dan Gross timeline enrichment

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	Fred worked as cabinet-maker in Germany.		Fred worked as cabinet-maker in Germany.

	On 22 April 1943, he was naturalized as citizen (with name change) in Wash.		On 22 April 1943, Howard was naturalized as citizen (with name change) in Wash.

	== Research notes ==		== Research notes ==
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			* Born 16 June 1922 in Germany (as Manfred Ehrlich); Religion: Jewish.
	* 22 April 1943 — Naturalized as citizen (with name change) in Wash.		* 22 April 1943 — Naturalized as citizen (with name change) in Wash.
			* 14 June 1944 — Transferred to DEML. Promoted to T/3.
	* 18 February 1944 — Attached to unit at Camp Ritchie.		* 18 February 1944 — Attached to unit at Camp Ritchie.
	* 9 August 1945 — Transferred from MIS to OSS.		* 9 August 1945 — Transferred from MIS to OSS.

Admin: Add audited Dan Gross timeline enrichment

2026-09-01T03:33:24Z

Add audited Dan Gross timeline enrichment

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	== Biography ==		== Biography ==
	Fred worked as cabinet-maker in Germany. On 22 April 1943, he was naturalized as citizen (with name change) in Wash.		Fred worked as cabinet-maker in Germany.

			On 22 April 1943, he was naturalized as citizen (with name change) in Wash.

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	* 22 April 1943 — Naturalized as citizen (with name change) in Wash.		* 22 April 1943 — Naturalized as citizen (with name change) in Wash.
	* 18 February 1944 Attached to unit at Camp Ritchie.		* 18 February 1944 — Attached to unit at Camp Ritchie.
	* 9 August 1945 Transferred from MIS to OSS.		* 9 August 1945 — Transferred from MIS to OSS.
	* 17.
	* Shipment via Camp Myles Standish, included 40 six man IPW Ge teams (80 officers and 160 enlisted men). Assigned to IPW Team 8.		* Shipment via Camp Myles Standish, included 40 six man IPW Ge teams (80 officers and 160 enlisted men). Assigned to IPW Team 8.
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