Whittlesey, Henry Clark (0358386) - Revision history

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	* 10 August 1906 — Born in Chongqing, China.		* 10 August 1906 — Born in Chongqing, China.
	* 1918 / 1924–1928 — Chefoo Schools; Lafayette College.		* 1918 / 1924–1928 — Chefoo Schools; Lafayette College.
			* 21 January 1945 — Killed in action; Distinguished Service Cross.
	* Camp Ritchie Class 3 — Military intelligence training.		* Camp Ritchie Class 3 — Military intelligence training.
	* 21 January 1945 — Killed in action; Distinguished Service Cross.
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	'''[[Whittlesey, Henry C. (0358386)\|Henry Clark Whittlesey]]''' (10 August 1906 – 21 January 1945) was a Chongqing-born Ritchie Boy ([[:Category:Class 3\|Class 3]]) killed in action and awarded the Distinguished Service Cross.		'''[[Whittlesey, Henry Clark (0358386)\|Henry Clark Whittlesey]]''' (10 August 1906 – 21 January 1945) was a Chongqing-born Ritchie Boy ([[:Category:Class 3\|Class 3]]) killed in action and awarded the Distinguished Service Cross.
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	'''[[Whittlesey, Henry C. (0358386)\|Henry Clark Whittlesey]]''' (10 August 1906 – 21 January 1945) was a Chongqing-born Ritchie Boy (Class 3) killed in action and awarded the Distinguished Service Cross.		'''[[Whittlesey, Henry C. (0358386)\|Henry Clark Whittlesey]]''' (10 August 1906 – 21 January 1945) was a Chongqing-born Ritchie Boy ([[:Category:Class 3\|Class 3]]) killed in action and awarded the Distinguished Service Cross.
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	Henry Clark Whittlesey was born on 10 August 1906 in Chongqing, China, one of six children of missionaries Roger and Annie Withey Whittlesey. He attended the Chefoo Schools in China through 1918 and later Lafayette College in Easton, Pennsylvania (1924–1928).		Henry Clark Whittlesey was born on 10 August 1906 in Chongqing, China, one of six children of missionaries Roger and Annie Withey Whittlesey. He attended the Chefoo Schools in China through 1918 and later Lafayette College in Easton, Pennsylvania (1924–1928).

	He trained at Camp Ritchie (Class 3) and served as a first lieutenant in military intelligence. He was killed in action on 21 January 1945 and received the Distinguished Service Cross.		He trained at Camp Ritchie ([[:Category:Class 3\|Class 3]]) and served as a first lieutenant in military intelligence. He was killed in action on 21 January 1945 and received the Distinguished Service Cross.

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

Admin: Clear profile photo (memorial sheet is a text document); keep sheet in Gallery

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	\|death_date=21 January 1945		\|death_date=21 January 1945
	\|specialty=Photo Interpretation		\|specialty=Photo Interpretation
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	Whittlesey_Henry_C_0358386_portrait.jpg\|Henry Clark Whittlesey (~~RB Archive memorial packet~~)		Whittlesey_Henry_C_0358386_portrait.jpg\|Family memorial biographical sheet for Henry Clark Whittlesey (text document — not a portrait)
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	\|death_date=21 January 1945		\|death_date=21 January 1945
	\|specialty=Photo Interpretation		\|specialty=Photo Interpretation
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	* Dixie Mission; death 2 February 1945 near Fouping (accounts differ)		* Dixie Mission; death 2 February 1945 near Fouping (accounts differ)
	* Dixie Mission / AGAS; death 21 January 1945 per Gross Dixie Mission note (other sources give 2 February 1945)		* Dixie Mission / AGAS; death 21 January 1945 per Gross Dixie Mission note (other sources give 2 February 1945)

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			Whittlesey_Henry_C_0358386_portrait.jpg\|Henry Clark Whittlesey (RB Archive memorial packet)
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	== Technical record ==		== Technical record ==
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	== Sources ==		== Sources ==
			* [[:File:Whittlesey_Henry_C_0358386_portrait.jpg\|Henry Clark Whittlesey (RB Archive memorial packet)]]
	* RB Archive family / memorial packet for Henry Clark Whittlesey (FL1274643)		* RB Archive family / memorial packet for Henry Clark Whittlesey (FL1274643)
	* Henry C. Whittlesey, ''Sidelights of the War'', ed. Ruth Schroeder (New York: Transfer Art, 2006)		* Henry C. Whittlesey, ''Sidelights of the War'', ed. Ruth Schroeder (New York: Transfer Art, 2006)

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	'''Henry Clark Whittlesey''' (10 August 1906~~–~~21 January 1945) was a ~~China~~-born Ritchie Boy ([[Class 3]]) ~~on the Dixie Mission; he was~~ killed ~~near Japanese lines~~ in ~~China~~ and ~~received~~ the Distinguished Service Cross ~~posthumously~~.		'''[[Whittlesey, Henry C. (0358386)\|Henry Clark Whittlesey]]''' (10 August 1906 – 21 January 1945) was a Chongqing-born Ritchie Boy (Class 3) killed in action and awarded the Distinguished Service Cross.
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	== Biography ==		== Biography ==
	Henry Clark Whittlesey was born on 10 August 1906 in Chongqing, China, one of six children of missionaries Roger and Annie Withey Whittlesey. He attended the Chefoo Schools in China through 1918 and later Lafayette College in Easton, Pennsylvania (1924–1928)~~. After returning to the United States he worked as a journalist in Philadelphia~~.		Henry Clark Whittlesey was born on 10 August 1906 in Chongqing, China, one of six children of missionaries Roger and Annie Withey Whittlesey. He attended the Chefoo Schools in China through 1918 and later Lafayette College in Easton, Pennsylvania (1924–1928).

	~~During World War II he~~ trained at Camp Ritchie in Class 3 ~~(photo interpretation~~) and ~~at the Yale University Chinese School (1943)~~. ~~Fluent~~ in Chinese, he joined the Dixie Mission (United States Army Observation Group) to Yan’an in 1944—the first U.S. liaison and intelligence mission with the Chinese Communists—arriving with the first party on ~~22 July 1944 under Colonel David D. Barrett. Whittlesey represented the Air Ground Aid Service (AGAS), helping downed American airmen avoid capture or escape Japanese imprisonment.~~		He trained at Camp Ritchie (Class 3) and served as a first lieutenant in military intelligence. He was killed in action on 21 January 1945 and received the Distinguished Service Cross.

	On 21 January 1945~~, while entering a village near Japanese lines that Communist guides had reported clear, Whittlesey~~ and a photographer were killed by Japanese snipers. He is remembered as the only member of the Dixie Mission to die in the line of duty. (Some secondary accounts date the death 2 February 1945.) He was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross ~~posthumously. Short wartime sketches he wrote were later collected by his daughter Ruth Schroeder as ''Sidelights of the War''~~.

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	* Born ~~Born and raised~~ in China~~, Henry Whittlesey moved back to the United States before going to college~~. After marrying Jane Bernard, who gave birth to his first child Julia (Feeley) in 1942, he was summoned to help the American government explore means of cooperating more closely with the Communists in China as Roosevelt became increasingly dissatisfied.		* 10 August 1906 — Born in Chongqing, China.
	* Distinguished Service Cross.		* 1918 / 1924–1928 — Chefoo Schools; Lafayette College.
			* Camp Ritchie Class 3 — Military intelligence training.
			* 21 January 1945 — Killed in action; Distinguished Service Cross.
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	== Sources ==		== Sources ==
			* RB Archive family / memorial packet for Henry Clark Whittlesey (FL1274643)
	* Henry C. Whittlesey, ''Sidelights of the War'', ed. Ruth Schroeder (New York: Transfer Art, 2006)		* Henry C. Whittlesey, ''Sidelights of the War'', ed. Ruth Schroeder (New York: Transfer Art, 2006)
	* Carolle J. Carter, ''Mission to Yenan: American Liaison with the Chinese Communists 1944–1947'' (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1997)		* Carolle J. Carter, ''Mission to Yenan: American Liaison with the Chinese Communists 1944–1947'' (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1997)

Admin: Enrich Dixie Mission/AGAS narrative; death_date 21 January 1945 with source conflict note

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	\|birth_place=Chongqing, China		\|birth_place=Chongqing, China
	\|arm_or_service=Military Intelligence		\|arm_or_service=Military Intelligence
	\|rank_final=~~Captain~~		\|rank_final=First Lieutenant
	\|death_date=~~2 February~~ 1945		\|death_date=21 January 1945
			\|specialty=Photo Interpretation
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	'''Henry Clark Whittlesey''' (10 August 1906–~~2 February~~ 1945) was a China-born Ritchie Boy ([[Class 3]]) ~~and~~ Dixie Mission ~~officer~~ killed in China~~; he~~ received the Distinguished Service Cross posthumously.		'''Henry Clark Whittlesey''' (10 August 1906–21 January 1945) was a China-born Ritchie Boy ([[Class 3]]) on the Dixie Mission; he was killed near Japanese lines in China and received the Distinguished Service Cross posthumously.
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	Henry Clark Whittlesey was born on 10 August 1906 in Chongqing, China, one of six children of missionaries Roger and Annie Withey Whittlesey. He attended the Chefoo Schools in China through 1918 and later Lafayette College in Easton, Pennsylvania (1924–1928). After returning to the United States he worked as a journalist in Philadelphia.		Henry Clark Whittlesey was born on 10 August 1906 in Chongqing, China, one of six children of missionaries Roger and Annie Withey Whittlesey. He attended the Chefoo Schools in China through 1918 and later Lafayette College in Easton, Pennsylvania (1924–1928). After returning to the United States he worked as a journalist in Philadelphia.

	During World War II he trained at Camp Ritchie (Class 3) and at the Yale University Chinese School (1943). Fluent in Chinese, he joined the Dixie Mission (~~1944–1945~~)~~, the American observation group sent~~ to Yan’an ~~to assess~~ the Chinese ~~Communists and consider closer wartime cooperation~~. ~~While preparing in India and working in~~ the ~~Yan’an area he also wrote short wartime sketches later collected by his daughter Ruth Schroeder as ''Sidelights of the War''~~.		During World War II he trained at Camp Ritchie in Class 3 (photo interpretation) and at the Yale University Chinese School (1943). Fluent in Chinese, he joined the Dixie Mission (United States Army Observation Group) to Yan’an in 1944—the first U.S. liaison and intelligence mission with the Chinese Communists—arriving with the first party on 22 July 1944 under Colonel David D. Barrett. Whittlesey represented the Air Ground Aid Service (AGAS), helping downed American airmen avoid capture or escape Japanese imprisonment.

	On ~~2 February~~ 1945, while on a ~~reconnaissance trip south of Fouping connected with plans to evacuate downed pilots~~, Whittlesey ~~was killed; accounts differ on whether he~~ and a photographer were ~~shot~~ by Japanese snipers ~~or captured and executed~~. He was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross posthumously.		On 21 January 1945, while entering a village near Japanese lines that Communist guides had reported clear, Whittlesey and a photographer were killed by Japanese snipers. He is remembered as the only member of the Dixie Mission to die in the line of duty. (Some secondary accounts date the death 2 February 1945.) He was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross posthumously. Short wartime sketches he wrote were later collected by his daughter Ruth Schroeder as ''Sidelights of the War''.

	== Research notes ==		== Research notes ==
	* To Yale. See: Mission to Yenan		* To Yale. See: Mission to Yenan
	* Dixie Mission; death 2 February 1945 near Fouping (accounts differ)		* Dixie Mission; death 2 February 1945 near Fouping (accounts differ)
			* Dixie Mission / AGAS; death 21 January 1945 per Gross Dixie Mission note (other sources give 2 February 1945)

	== Technical record ==		== Technical record ==

Admin: Rewrite bio from Gross Whittlesey note; death date 2 February 1945; Dixie Mission cites

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	\|rank_final=Captain		\|rank_final=Captain
			\|death_date=2 February 1945
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	'''~~[[Whittlesey, Henry C. (0358386)\|~~Henry Clark Whittlesey]]''' (10 August 1906 – 1945) was a Ritchie Boy (~~from United States~~) ~~who trained at Camp Ritchie~~ in ~~class 3~~.		'''Henry Clark Whittlesey''' (10 August 1906–2 February 1945) was a China-born Ritchie Boy ([[Class 3]]) and Dixie Mission officer killed in China; he received the Distinguished Service Cross posthumously.
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	== Biography ==		== Biography ==
	Henry Clark Whittlesey was born August ~~10,~~ 1906 in Chongqing, China. ~~Henry~~ attended ~~Born~~ and ~~raised~~ in ~~China~~, ~~Henry Whittlesey moved back~~ to the United States ~~before going to college. Henry was one of six kids born to his parents, Roger and Annie Withey Whittlesey~~.		Henry Clark Whittlesey was born on 10 August 1906 in Chongqing, China, one of six children of missionaries Roger and Annie Withey Whittlesey. He attended the Chefoo Schools in China through 1918 and later Lafayette College in Easton, Pennsylvania (1924–1928). After returning to the United States he worked as a journalist in Philadelphia.

	~~He went to Chefoo Schools in China through 1918. He was enrolled at Lafayette College, Easton, Pennsylvania from 1924-1928. He had training~~ at ~~the Military Intelligence Training Center,~~ Camp Ritchie~~, Maryland, as well as~~ the Yale University Chinese School in ~~1943~~.		During World War II he trained at Camp Ritchie (Class 3) and at the Yale University Chinese School (1943). Fluent in Chinese, he joined the Dixie Mission (1944–1945), the American observation group sent to Yan’an to assess the Chinese Communists and consider closer wartime cooperation. While preparing in India and working in the Yan’an area he also wrote short wartime sketches later collected by his daughter Ruth Schroeder as ''Sidelights of the War''.

	~~He earned the following: Medals and Awards Distinguished Service Cross~~, Purple Heart, American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, World War II Victory Medal Distinguished Service Cross Citation (Synopsis) The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress July 9, 1918, takes pride in presenting the Distinguished Service Cross (Posthumously) to Captain [[Whittlesey, Henry C. He was also a ~~member~~ of ~~the Dixie mission (1944-5), an American observation mission to Yan'an, China, to investigate and consider establishing official relations~~ with ~~the Chinese Communists. From July 1944~~ to ~~21 January 1945~~, ~~Captain Henry Clark~~ Whittlesey was ~~serving with an unspecified unit of the U.S.~~		On 2 February 1945, while on a reconnaissance trip south of Fouping connected with plans to evacuate downed pilots, Whittlesey was killed; accounts differ on whether he and a photographer were shot by Japanese snipers or captured and executed. He was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross posthumously.

	~~He worked as a it was during this trip that the burgeoning thirty-year-old diplomat began to reveal his nascent literary talent. He was a writer~~ and a ~~member of the Dixie Mission. Captain Henry Clark Whittlesey was a Ritchie Boy, who never made it home.~~

	~~Both~~ were ~~China Inland missionaries~~. ~~Living in Philadelphia, he worked as a journalist. During that time, Captain Whittlesey, fluent in the Chinese language,~~ was ~~on a top-secret mission (~~the ~~Dixie Mission) in Japanese-occupied Shannxi (Shensi) province in northwest China~~.

	== Research notes ==		== Research notes ==
	* To Yale. See: Mission to Yenan		* To Yale. See: Mission to Yenan
			* Dixie Mission; death 2 February 1945 near Fouping (accounts differ)

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	== Sources ==		== Sources ==
			* Henry C. Whittlesey, ''Sidelights of the War'', ed. Ruth Schroeder (New York: Transfer Art, 2006)
			* Carolle J. Carter, ''Mission to Yenan: American Liaison with the Chinese Communists 1944–1947'' (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1997)
			* Dan Gross research archive (miscellaneous timeline-adjacent documents; not uploaded): ''Henry C. Whittlesey note.doc''
	* 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