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Jules Jerome Bond
| Jules Jerome Bond | |
|---|---|
| Personal details | |
| Birth name | Julius J. Dondy (Bondy) |
| Born | 31 March 1909 Vienna, Austria |
| Died | 22 June 1993 Peconic, New York |
| Nativity | Austria |
| Religion | Jewish |
| Awards | Bronze Star Medal |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  United States |
| Branch |  United States Army |
| ASN | 32657995 |
| Rank | Second Lieutenant |
| Rank at Ritchie | Private |
| Camp Ritchie | Class 5 (8 February – 9 April 1943) |
| Section | 9 |
| Enlisted | New York City, New York |
|
| Bronze Star Medal |
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Jules Jerome Bond (31 March 1909 – 22 June 1993) was a Vienna-born journalist and Ritchie Boy who trained at Camp Ritchie, Maryland, in Class 5, served in combat propaganda with the Mobile Radio Broadcasting Companies and at Radio Luxembourg, earning the Bronze Star and a commission as second lieutenant, and later became a Voice of America executive and cookbook author. Jules enlisted at New York City, New York.
Biography
Jules J. Bond was born in Vienna on 31 March 1909, probably as Julius Jerome Bondy, into a Jewish family. He finished secondary school in 1927 and earned a doctorate in law in 1932. In Austria he worked as a journalist and, by his own account, was a partner in the Ignaz Steinmann printing company in Vienna. From 1936 at the latest he spent time in the United States as a correspondent, and in October 1940 he was living in New York City as a freelance journalist and translator.
Bond was drafted at New York City on 8 December 1942 and went through the Reception Center at Fort Dix, New Jersey, to basic training with the 94th Infantry Division at Camp Phillips, Kansas. In January 1943 he was transferred to the Military Intelligence Training Center at Camp Ritchie, where he trained as a German-language prisoner-of-war interrogator in Class 5 (section 9, German; certificate 926), specializing as a document examiner. In January 1944 he was assigned to the combat propaganda troops of the 3rd Mobile Radio Broadcasting Company and took a psychological warfare course at Camp Sharpe, Pennsylvania. He sailed for Britain in April 1944 and in May took further combat propaganda training at the Psychological Warfare School in Brondesbury Park, London.
In July 1944 Bond landed in Normandy with the 3rd MRBC. Under the Publicity and Psychological Warfare Section of the 12th Army Group he was sent from August, probably as an editor or leaflet writer, on propaganda missions to Le Mans and possibly Rennes and to the combat propaganda team of the Third U.S. Army. In September he was detached to the 2nd MRBC at Verdun, and from October 1944 he worked as an editor and translator at Radio Luxembourg, probably until the end of the war, likely also contributing to the 12th Army Group's leaflet newspapers. He received the Bronze Star. In June 1945, again with the 3rd MRBC, he was promoted to second lieutenant, and he later pursued restitution claims concerning the printing firm and family property in Vienna. He was probably discharged as a second lieutenant in 1950. He later became a senior executive of the Voice of America and a cookbook author, and died in Peconic, New York, on 22 June 1993.
Gallery
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Photograph of Jules J. Bond from Yank, The Army Weekly, used as his portrait on the Austriansoldiers biography (photo: Yank / Wikimedia Commons)
Timeline
- 31 March 1909 — Born in Vienna, Austria.
- 1932 — Doctorate in law.
- October 1940 — Journalist and translator in New York City.
- 8 December 1942 — Drafted at New York City (ASN 32657995); basic training with the 94th Infantry Division, Camp Phillips, Kansas.
- January 1943 — Transferred to Camp Ritchie; Class 5 (section 9, German). Certificate # 926.
- 15 January 1944 — Assigned to 3rd MRBC; psychological warfare course at Camp Sharpe, Pennsylvania.
- July 1944 — Landed in Normandy with the 3rd MRBC.
- October 1944 — Editor and translator at Radio Luxembourg.
- June 1945 — Promoted to second lieutenant (O2026481).
- c. 1950 — Discharged as a second lieutenant.
- 22 June 1993 — Died in Peconic, New York.
- April–May 1944 — To Britain; Psychological Warfare School, Brondesbury Park, London.
Technical record
| Field | Imported value |
|---|---|
| MRBC3 | 3 |
| Approx Age at Death | 84 |
| Nara ASN | 32657995 |
| Nara Name | BOND JULES JR |
| Nara State | 23 |
| Nara County | 81 |
| Nara POE | 2364 |
| Nara DOE | 81242 |
| Nara Grade Alpha | PVT |
| Nara Grade Code | 8 |
| Nara Branch Alpha | BI |
| Nara Branch Code | 0 |
| Branch | Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA |
| Nara Term or Enlistment | 5 |
| Term of enlistment | Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law |
| Defer. Date | 0 |
| Nara Source | 0 |
| Nara Nativity | N2 |
| Nara Year of Birth | 9 |
| Nara Race | J |
| Nara Race Description | White not yet a citizen |
| Nara Education | 4 |
| Nara Civilian Occupation | 133 |
| Nara Marital Status | 6 |
| Nara Height (inches) | 69 |
| Nara Weight (lbs) | 183 |
| row_source | demographics |
Research notes
- NARA AAD ASN 32657995 returns Bond; Classes roster Dondy, Julius J. (Class 5) treated as roster typo (cf. Bondy) and merged, September 2026.
- Voice of America
- To 3rd MRBC
- 1/15/44
- Also held officer ASN O2026481 (Austriansoldiers biography).
- The Austriansoldiers biography gives his probable birth name as Julius Jerome Bondy; the existing Birth name entry (roster form Dondy/Bondy) is kept until the full birth name is confirmed.
- The roster records arrival at Camp Ritchie on 9 April 1943; the Austriansoldiers biography dates the transfer to January 1943.
Sources
- NARA AAD confirms ASN for Bond, Jules J. (32657995); roster duplicate Dondy, Julius J. (32657995) merged (September 2026).
- 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)
- 1940 U.S. Census (where a census match is present)
- Austriansoldiers biography: Jules J. Bond, Austriansoldiers / Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Research on Consequences of War (in German; accessed 25 September 2026)