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|death_year=1998

|photo=Applegate, Rex.jpg

|nativity=United States

|religion=Protestant

|rank_final=Colonel

|overseas=Y

|date_arrive=11 June 1945

|specialty=Close Combat (Section VIII)

|asn=024589

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'''Rex Applegate''' (1914–1998) was a United States Army ~~instructor associated with~~ [[Camp Ritchie]], ~~Maryland~~.

'''Rex Applegate''' (1914–1998) was a United States Army Colonel on the staff and faculty at [[Camp Ritchie]], instructing in Close Combat (Section VIII).

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== Biography ==

~~'''~~Rex Applegate~~''' — Instructor;~~ manual combat specialist~~; author of "~~Kill or Be Killed". ~~Summary from a Notable Ritchie Boys slide ([https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1ij8PP9weF976Lb5_Ic4bFimcuAZzXRn3cHfNCk5nTdM source])~~.

Rex Applegate was a United States Army colonel on the Camp Ritchie staff and faculty, instructing in Close Combat (Section VIII). He had earlier British special-instruction experience in 1942 and OSS ties. A manual-combat specialist, he wrote ''Kill or Be Killed''. Faculty records list an arrival or alert date of 11 June 1945.

== Research notes ==

* Camp Ritchie instructor (manual combat)

* Author, "Kill or Be Killed"

* Listed on Notable Ritchie Boys slides; no ASN found in the class roster import

* Portrait and summary from Notable Ritchie Boys slides ( )

* Instructor; Section VIII; British SI 1942; OSS

== Gallery ==

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== Sources ==

* Dan Gross research archive (miscellaneous timeline-adjacent documents; not uploaded): ''FACULTY - FIRST 13.xls''

* [https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1ij8PP9weF976Lb5_Ic4bFimcuAZzXRn3cHfNCk5nTdM Notable Ritchie Boys slides]

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 |death_year=1998
 |photo=Applegate, Rex.jpg
+|nativity=United States
+|religion=Protestant
+|rank_final=Colonel
+|overseas=Y
+|date_arrive=11 June 1945
+|specialty=Close Combat (Section VIII)
+|asn=024589
 }}
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-'''Rex Applegate''' (1914&ndash;1998) was a United States Army instructor associated with [[Camp Ritchie]], Maryland.
+'''Rex Applegate''' (1914&ndash;1998) was a United States Army Colonel on the staff and faculty at [[Camp Ritchie]], instructing in Close Combat (Section VIII).
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 == Biography ==
-'''Rex Applegate''' — Instructor; manual combat specialist; author of "Kill or Be Killed". Summary from a Notable Ritchie Boys slide ([https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1ij8PP9weF976Lb5_Ic4bFimcuAZzXRn3cHfNCk5nTdM source]).
+Rex Applegate was a United States Army colonel on the Camp Ritchie staff and faculty, instructing in Close Combat (Section VIII). He had earlier British special-instruction experience in 1942 and OSS ties. A manual-combat specialist, he wrote ''Kill or Be Killed''. Faculty records list an arrival or alert date of 11 June 1945.
 == Research notes ==
 * Camp Ritchie instructor (manual combat)
 * Author, "Kill or Be Killed"
-* Listed on Notable Ritchie Boys slides; no ASN found in the class roster import
 * Portrait and summary from Notable Ritchie Boys slides ( )
+* Instructor; Section VIII; British SI 1942; OSS
 == Gallery ==
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 == Sources ==
+* Dan Gross research archive (miscellaneous timeline-adjacent documents; not uploaded): ''FACULTY - FIRST 13.xls''
 * [https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1ij8PP9weF976Lb5_Ic4bFimcuAZzXRn3cHfNCk5nTdM Notable Ritchie Boys slides]