Krasny, John Friedrich (34170536) - Revision history

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	\|birth_place=Vienna, Austria		\|birth_place=Vienna, Austria
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			\|death_place=Gaithersburg, Maryland
			\|alias=John F. Krasny
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	'''[[Krasny, John Friedrich (34170536)\|John Friedrich Krasny]]''' (~~1914~~ – 8 April 2005) was a Ritchie Boy (~~from Austria; Catholic~~) who ~~trained at Camp Ritchie in class 10~~.		'''[[Krasny, John Friedrich (34170536)\|John Friedrich Krasny]]''' (c. 1915 – 8 April 2005) was a Vienna-born Ritchie Boy (Class 10) interrogator with Fifth Armored Division who later researched textile flammability for NIST.
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	== Biography ==		== Biography ==
	~~From 1920 to 1935,~~ John ~~attended School (Elementary, Secondary~~ and ~~3 years college)~~ in ~~Austria~~. He ~~received a master’s degree~~ in ~~statistics from American University~~ in ~~1958~~.		John Friedrich Krasny was born in Vienna and worked in his mother’s textile factory in Czechoslovakia before immigrating to the United States in 1938. He labored in North Carolina textile mills until entering the Army in September 1941 and training in intelligence at Camp Ritchie (Class 10).

	~~From 1935~~ to ~~1938~~, he ~~worked in textile processing laboratory~~. ~~John was a native~~ of ~~Vienna, Austria,~~ and ~~worked in his mother’s textile factory in Czechoslovakia until he immigrated to~~ the ~~United States in 1938. On 16 October 1942, he became a naturalized citizen~~.		Attached to the 5th Armored Division from D-Day through the end of the war, he interrogated German prisoners and civilians. Krasny later wrote that Ritchie Boy teams warned SHAEF of the German buildup before the Battle of the Bulge and felt those warnings went unheeded. He received the Bronze Star.

	~~On 9 July 1944,~~ he ~~member of OB Team 29 assigned to G-2 with 5th Armored Div. In 1972, he returned to~~ the ~~Bureau~~ of ~~Standards~~ (~~now the National Institute of Standards and Technology~~)~~, where he worked on garment~~ and ~~furniture flammability. He served as Order of Battle specialist and.~~		After the war he earned a physics degree at the University of Denver (1948) and a master’s in statistics at American University (1958), working on textile research for the National Bureau of Standards / NIST and Gillette. Author of more than eighty technical papers, he died of congestive heart failure on 8 April 2005 at Asbury Methodist Village in Gaithersburg, Maryland, at age 90.

	~~Krasny was~~ a ~~Ritchie Boy. He was a laborer~~ in textile factories in North Carolina. He was attached to the 5th Armored Division from D-Day through the end of the war and used his language skills as an interrogator of German prisoners and civilians.

	He told his family that he and other “Ritchie boys” used creative methods to gather intelligence — for instance, they would telephone an Axis armaments factory, impersonate a German officer and attempt to order certain weapons to ascertain whether production was underway. The information, gleaned from prisoner interviews, was passed to Supreme Headquarters, Allied Expeditionary Force, but he and his colleagues felt that their warnings were ignored. “For me, knowing that SHAEF had strong warnings but did not act upon them remains the most frustrating event in my life,” Mr.

	~~He was awarded a Bronze Star by the Army. While in Colorado, he indulged his love of skiing long before ski lifts were common in the mountainous West. He settled in the Washington area~~, working for ~~what was then known as~~ the National Bureau of Standards and ~~later for the~~ Gillette ~~Research Institute~~ on ~~textile research-and-development projects~~.

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	* Born ~~22 October 1914~~ in Vienna (~~Religion: Catholic, but father was Jewish~~).		* c. 1915 — Born in Vienna (age 90 at death in 2005).
	* ~~13 September 1941~~ — ~~Enlisted as Pvt. At Fort Bragg,~~ North Carolina ~~(ASN 34170536)~~.		* 1938 — Immigrated to the United States; North Carolina textile work.
	* ~~16 October 1942~~ — ~~Became naturalized citizen~~.		* September 1941 — Entered U.S. Army; Camp Ritchie Class 10.
	* ~~9 July 1944~~ — ~~Member of OB Team 29 assigned to G-2 with~~ 5th Armored ~~Div~~.		* 1944–1945 — 5th Armored Division interrogator; Bronze Star.
	* ~~May 1945~~ — ~~Joined CIC Detachment~~.		* 1948 / 1958 — B.S. physics, University of Denver; M.S. statistics, American University.
	* ~~Graduated Class 10 (IPW Ge) as M~~/~~Sgt~~.		* NBS / NIST / Gillette — Textile flammability research.
			* 8 April 2005 — Died in Gaithersburg, Maryland.
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	== Sources ==		== Sources ==
			* RB Archive: John_F._Krasny.docx / Textile Technologist obituary OCR (Washington-area death notice)
	* 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

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	== Biography ==		== Biography ==
	From 1920 to 1935, John attended School (Elementary, Secondary and 3 years college) in Austria. From 1935 to 1938, he worked in textile processing laboratory. On 16 October 1942, he became a naturalized citizen. On 9 July 1944, he member of OB Team 29 assigned to G-2 with 5th Armored Div. He served as Order of Battle specialist and. Krasny was a Ritchie Boy~~. John was a native of Vienna, Austria, and worked in his mother’s textile factory in Czechoslovakia until he immigrated to the United States in 1938~~. He was a laborer in textile factories in North Carolina~~. He entered the U.S~~. He was attached to the 5th Armored Division from D-Day through the end of the war and used his language skills as an interrogator of German prisoners and civilians. He told his family that he and other “Ritchie boys” used creative methods to gather intelligence — for instance, they would telephone an Axis armaments factory, impersonate a German officer and attempt to order certain weapons to ascertain whether production was underway. The information, gleaned from prisoner interviews, was passed to Supreme Headquarters, Allied Expeditionary Force, but he and his colleagues felt that their warnings were ignored. “For me, knowing that SHAEF had strong warnings but did not act upon them remains the most frustrating event in my life,” Mr. He was awarded a Bronze Star by the Army. While in Colorado, he indulged his love of skiing long before ski lifts were common in the mountainous West. He settled in the Washington area, working for what was then known as the National Bureau of Standards and later for the Gillette Research Institute on textile research-and-development projects. He received a master’s degree in statistics from American University in 1958. In 1972, he returned to the Bureau of Standards (now the National Institute of Standards and Technology), where he worked on garment and furniture flammability.		From 1920 to 1935, John attended School (Elementary, Secondary and 3 years college) in Austria. He received a master’s degree in statistics from American University in 1958.

			From 1935 to 1938, he worked in textile processing laboratory. John was a native of Vienna, Austria, and worked in his mother’s textile factory in Czechoslovakia until he immigrated to the United States in 1938. On 16 October 1942, he became a naturalized citizen.

			On 9 July 1944, he member of OB Team 29 assigned to G-2 with 5th Armored Div. In 1972, he returned to the Bureau of Standards (now the National Institute of Standards and Technology), where he worked on garment and furniture flammability. He served as Order of Battle specialist and.

			Krasny was a Ritchie Boy. He was a laborer in textile factories in North Carolina. He was attached to the 5th Armored Division from D-Day through the end of the war and used his language skills as an interrogator of German prisoners and civilians.

			He told his family that he and other “Ritchie boys” used creative methods to gather intelligence — for instance, they would telephone an Axis armaments factory, impersonate a German officer and attempt to order certain weapons to ascertain whether production was underway. The information, gleaned from prisoner interviews, was passed to Supreme Headquarters, Allied Expeditionary Force, but he and his colleagues felt that their warnings were ignored. “For me, knowing that SHAEF had strong warnings but did not act upon them remains the most frustrating event in my life,” Mr.

			He was awarded a Bronze Star by the Army. While in Colorado, he indulged his love of skiing long before ski lifts were common in the mountainous West. He settled in the Washington area, working for what was then known as the National Bureau of Standards and later for the Gillette Research Institute on textile research-and-development projects.

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

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			* Born 22 October 1914 in Vienna (Religion: Catholic, but father was Jewish).
			* 13 September 1941 — Enlisted as Pvt. At Fort Bragg, North Carolina (ASN 34170536).
	* 16 October 1942 — Became naturalized citizen.		* 16 October 1942 — Became naturalized citizen.
	* 9 July 1944 — Member of OB Team 29 assigned to G-2 with 5th Armored Div.		* 9 July 1944 — Member of OB Team 29 assigned to G-2 with 5th Armored Div.
	* May 1945 — Joined CIC Detachment.		* May 1945 — Joined CIC Detachment.
			* Graduated Class 10 (IPW Ge) as M/Sgt.
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	* 16 October 1942 — Became naturalized citizen.		* 16 October 1942 — Became naturalized citizen.
	* 9 July 1944 Member of OB Team 29 assigned to G-2 with 5th Armored Div.		* 9 July 1944 — Member of OB Team 29 assigned to G-2 with 5th Armored Div.
	* 5/1945 Joined CIC Detachment.		* May 1945 — Joined CIC Detachment.
	* 10.
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	== Biography ==		== Biography ==
	From 1920 to 1935, John attended School (Elementary, Secondary and 3 years college) in Austria. He served as Order of Battle specialist and. Krasny was a Ritchie Boy. John was a native of Vienna, Austria, and worked in his mother’s textile factory in Czechoslovakia until he immigrated to the United States in 1938. He was a laborer in textile factories in North Carolina. He entered the U.S. He was attached to the 5th Armored Division from D-Day through the end of the war and used his language skills as an interrogator of German prisoners and civilians. He told his family that he and other “Ritchie boys” used creative methods to gather intelligence — for instance, they would telephone an Axis armaments factory, impersonate a German officer and attempt to order certain weapons to ascertain whether production was underway. The information, gleaned from prisoner interviews, was passed to Supreme Headquarters, Allied Expeditionary Force, but he and his colleagues felt that their warnings were ignored. “For me, knowing that SHAEF had strong warnings but did not act upon them remains the most frustrating event in my life,” Mr. He was awarded a Bronze Star by the Army. While in Colorado, he indulged his love of skiing long before ski lifts were common in the mountainous West. He settled in the Washington area, working for what was then known as the National Bureau of Standards and later for the Gillette Research Institute on textile research-and-development projects. He received a master’s degree in statistics from American University in 1958.		From 1920 to 1935, John attended School (Elementary, Secondary and 3 years college) in Austria. From 1935 to 1938, he worked in textile processing laboratory. On 16 October 1942, he became a naturalized citizen. On 9 July 1944, he member of OB Team 29 assigned to G-2 with 5th Armored Div. He served as Order of Battle specialist and. Krasny was a Ritchie Boy. John was a native of Vienna, Austria, and worked in his mother’s textile factory in Czechoslovakia until he immigrated to the United States in 1938. He was a laborer in textile factories in North Carolina. He entered the U.S. He was attached to the 5th Armored Division from D-Day through the end of the war and used his language skills as an interrogator of German prisoners and civilians. He told his family that he and other “Ritchie boys” used creative methods to gather intelligence — for instance, they would telephone an Axis armaments factory, impersonate a German officer and attempt to order certain weapons to ascertain whether production was underway. The information, gleaned from prisoner interviews, was passed to Supreme Headquarters, Allied Expeditionary Force, but he and his colleagues felt that their warnings were ignored. “For me, knowing that SHAEF had strong warnings but did not act upon them remains the most frustrating event in my life,” Mr. He was awarded a Bronze Star by the Army. While in Colorado, he indulged his love of skiing long before ski lifts were common in the mountainous West. He settled in the Washington area, working for what was then known as the National Bureau of Standards and later for the Gillette Research Institute on textile research-and-development projects. He received a master’s degree in statistics from American University in 1958. In 1972, he returned to the Bureau of Standards (now the National Institute of Standards and Technology), where he worked on garment and furniture flammability.

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

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	== Biography ==		== Biography ==
	From 1920 to 1935, John attended School (Elementary, Secondary and 3 years college) in Austria~~. From 1935 to 1938, he worked in textile processing laboratory. On 16 October 1942, Became naturalized citizen. On 9 July 1944, he member of OB Team 29 assigned to G-2 with 5th Armored Div~~. He served as Order of Battle specialist and. . John was a native of Vienna, Austria, and worked in his mother’s textile factory in Czechoslovakia until he immigrated to the United States in 1938. He was a laborer in textile factories in North Carolina. He was attached to the 5th Armored Division from D-Day through the end of the war and used his language skills as an interrogator of German prisoners and civilians. He told his family that he and other “Ritchie boys” used creative methods to gather intelligence — for instance, they would telephone an Axis armaments factory, impersonate a German officer and attempt to order certain weapons to ascertain whether production was underway. He was awarded a Bronze Star by the Army. While in Colorado, he indulged his love of skiing long before ski lifts were common in the mountainous West. He settled in the Washington area, working for what was then known as the National Bureau of Standards and later for the Gillette Research Institute on textile research-and-development projects. He received a master’s degree in statistics from American University in 1958~~. In 1972, he returned to the Bureau of Standards (now the National Institute of Standards and Technology), where he worked on garment and furniture flammability~~.		From 1920 to 1935, John attended School (Elementary, Secondary and 3 years college) in Austria. He served as Order of Battle specialist and. Krasny was a Ritchie Boy. John was a native of Vienna, Austria, and worked in his mother’s textile factory in Czechoslovakia until he immigrated to the United States in 1938. He was a laborer in textile factories in North Carolina. He entered the U.S. He was attached to the 5th Armored Division from D-Day through the end of the war and used his language skills as an interrogator of German prisoners and civilians. He told his family that he and other “Ritchie boys” used creative methods to gather intelligence — for instance, they would telephone an Axis armaments factory, impersonate a German officer and attempt to order certain weapons to ascertain whether production was underway. The information, gleaned from prisoner interviews, was passed to Supreme Headquarters, Allied Expeditionary Force, but he and his colleagues felt that their warnings were ignored. “For me, knowing that SHAEF had strong warnings but did not act upon them remains the most frustrating event in my life,” Mr. He was awarded a Bronze Star by the Army. While in Colorado, he indulged his love of skiing long before ski lifts were common in the mountainous West. He settled in the Washington area, working for what was then known as the National Bureau of Standards and later for the Gillette Research Institute on textile research-and-development projects. He received a master’s degree in statistics from American University in 1958.

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	== Biography ==		== Biography ==
	On 1920-1935, School (Elementary, Secondary and 3 years college) in Austria. On 1935-1938, ~~Worked~~ in textile processing laboratory. On 16 October 1942, Became naturalized citizen. On 9 July 1944, ~~Member~~ of OB Team 29 assigned to G-2 with 5th Armored Div. He served as Order of Battle specialist and. . John was a native of Vienna, Austria, and worked in his mother’s textile factory in Czechoslovakia until he immigrated to the United States in 1938~~. Krasny returned to the United States and received a bachelor’s degree in physics in 1948 from the University of Denver. John passed away April 8, 2005 at the age of 90~~. He was a laborer in textile factories in North Carolina~~. Army in September 1941 and trained in intelligence at Camp Ritchie, MD~~. He was attached to the 5th Armored Division from D-Day through the end of the war and used his language skills as an interrogator of German prisoners and civilians. He told his family that he and other “Ritchie boys” used creative methods to gather intelligence — for instance, they would telephone an Axis armaments factory, impersonate a German officer and attempt to order certain weapons to ascertain whether production was underway~~. In his unpublished memoir, Mr~~. He was awarded a Bronze Star by the Army. While in Colorado, he indulged his love of skiing long before ski lifts were common in the mountainous West. He settled in the Washington area, working for what was then known as the National Bureau of Standards and later for the Gillette Research Institute on textile research-and-development projects. He received a master’s degree in statistics from American University in 1958. In 1972, he returned to the Bureau of Standards (now the National Institute of Standards and Technology), where he worked on garment and furniture flammability.		From 1920 to 1935, John attended School (Elementary, Secondary and 3 years college) in Austria. From 1935 to 1938, he worked in textile processing laboratory. On 16 October 1942, Became naturalized citizen. On 9 July 1944, he member of OB Team 29 assigned to G-2 with 5th Armored Div. He served as Order of Battle specialist and. . John was a native of Vienna, Austria, and worked in his mother’s textile factory in Czechoslovakia until he immigrated to the United States in 1938. He was a laborer in textile factories in North Carolina. He was attached to the 5th Armored Division from D-Day through the end of the war and used his language skills as an interrogator of German prisoners and civilians. He told his family that he and other “Ritchie boys” used creative methods to gather intelligence — for instance, they would telephone an Axis armaments factory, impersonate a German officer and attempt to order certain weapons to ascertain whether production was underway. He was awarded a Bronze Star by the Army. While in Colorado, he indulged his love of skiing long before ski lifts were common in the mountainous West. He settled in the Washington area, working for what was then known as the National Bureau of Standards and later for the Gillette Research Institute on textile research-and-development projects. He received a master’s degree in statistics from American University in 1958. In 1972, he returned to the Bureau of Standards (now the National Institute of Standards and Technology), where he worked on garment and furniture flammability.

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	== Biography ==		== Biography ==
	. John was a native of Vienna, Austria, and worked in his mother’s textile factory in Czechoslovakia until he immigrated to the United States in 1938~~. Krasny said that interrogators discovered in advance the German troop buildup for the Battle of the Bulge~~. Krasny returned to the United States and received a bachelor’s degree in physics in 1948 from the University of Denver. John passed away April 8, 2005 at the age of 90. He was a laborer in textile factories in North Carolina. Army in September 1941 and trained in intelligence at Camp Ritchie, MD. He was attached to the 5th Armored Division from D-Day through the end of the war and used his language skills as an interrogator of German prisoners and civilians. He told his family that he and other “Ritchie boys” used creative methods to gather intelligence — for instance, they would telephone an Axis armaments factory, impersonate a German officer and attempt to order certain weapons to ascertain whether production was underway. In his unpublished memoir, Mr. He was awarded a Bronze Star by the Army. While in Colorado, he indulged his love of skiing long before ski lifts were common in the mountainous West. He settled in the Washington area, working for what was then known as the National Bureau of Standards and later for the Gillette Research Institute on textile research-and-development projects. He received a master’s degree in statistics from American University in 1958. In 1972, he returned to the Bureau of Standards (now the National Institute of Standards and Technology), where he worked on garment and furniture flammability~~. He was the author of more than 80 technical papers and received a Bronze Medal from the Department of Commerce~~.		On 1920-1935, School (Elementary, Secondary and 3 years college) in Austria. On 1935-1938, Worked in textile processing laboratory. On 16 October 1942, Became naturalized citizen. On 9 July 1944, Member of OB Team 29 assigned to G-2 with 5th Armored Div. He served as Order of Battle specialist and. . John was a native of Vienna, Austria, and worked in his mother’s textile factory in Czechoslovakia until he immigrated to the United States in 1938. Krasny returned to the United States and received a bachelor’s degree in physics in 1948 from the University of Denver. John passed away April 8, 2005 at the age of 90. He was a laborer in textile factories in North Carolina. Army in September 1941 and trained in intelligence at Camp Ritchie, MD. He was attached to the 5th Armored Division from D-Day through the end of the war and used his language skills as an interrogator of German prisoners and civilians. He told his family that he and other “Ritchie boys” used creative methods to gather intelligence — for instance, they would telephone an Axis armaments factory, impersonate a German officer and attempt to order certain weapons to ascertain whether production was underway. In his unpublished memoir, Mr. He was awarded a Bronze Star by the Army. While in Colorado, he indulged his love of skiing long before ski lifts were common in the mountainous West. He settled in the Washington area, working for what was then known as the National Bureau of Standards and later for the Gillette Research Institute on textile research-and-development projects. He received a master’s degree in statistics from American University in 1958. In 1972, he returned to the Bureau of Standards (now the National Institute of Standards and Technology), where he worked on garment and furniture flammability.

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			* 16 October 1942 — Became naturalized citizen.
			* 9 July 1944 Member of OB Team 29 assigned to G-2 with 5th Armored Div.
			* 5/1945 Joined CIC Detachment.
			* 10.
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	* 1940 U.S. Census (where a census match is present)		* 1940 U.S. Census (where a census match is present)
	* Ritchie Boys of WWII Facebook page, post dated 2022-12-06 (1 post)		* Ritchie Boys of WWII Facebook page, post dated 2022-12-06 (1 post)
			* Dan Gross, ''Timeline of John Friedrich Krasny for Camp Ritchie'' (private research document; 1 source documents reviewed)
			* Dan Gross, ''Timeline of Krasny, John Friedrich for Camp Ritchie'' (private research files; selected non-private narrative findings; 1 source files: JOHN F. KRASNY.doc)

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 == Biography ==
 . John was a native of Vienna, Austria, and worked in his mother’s textile factory in Czechoslovakia until he immigrated to the United States in 1938. Krasny said that interrogators discovered in advance the German troop buildup for the Battle of the Bulge. Krasny returned to the United States and received a bachelor’s degree in physics in 1948 from the University of Denver. John passed away April 8, 2005 at the age of 90. He was a laborer in textile factories in North Carolina. Army in September 1941 and trained in intelligence at Camp Ritchie, MD. He was attached to the 5th Armored Division from D-Day through the end of the war and used his language skills as an interrogator of German prisoners and civilians. He told his family that he and other “Ritchie boys” used creative methods to gather intelligence — for instance, they would telephone an Axis armaments factory, impersonate a German officer and attempt to order certain weapons to ascertain whether production was underway. In his unpublished memoir, Mr. He was awarded a Bronze Star by the Army. While in Colorado, he indulged his love of skiing long before ski lifts were common in the mountainous West. He settled in the Washington area, working for what was then known as the National Bureau of Standards and later for the Gillette Research Institute on textile research-and-development projects. He received a master’s degree in statistics from American University in 1958. In 1972, he returned to the Bureau of Standards (now the National Institute of Standards and Technology), where he worked on garment and furniture flammability. He was the author of more than 80 technical papers and received a Bronze Medal from the Department of Commerce.
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 * 1940 U.S. Census (where a census match is present)
 * Ritchie Boys of WWII Facebook page, post dated 2022-12-06 (1 post)