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== Biography ==
== Biography ==
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Ira returned to California after the war and started a furniture manufacturing company called Barzilay that produced high quality trendy modern designs that are now known as Mid-Century Modern. He graduated with an engineering degree from Stanford then enlisted in the US Army, where he was sent to West Point to become a combat engineer. He later gave up his acting career to enter World War II, as a captain with the Corps of Army Engineers.


== Research notes ==
== Research notes ==
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== Timeline ==
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* Actor. A native of New York, he was a child prodigy on the piano. Although not a key player, he appeared in several of the "Our Gang" and "Little Rascals" comedy shorts of the 1930s, usually as a child playing the piano. He also appeared in a 20-minute short film with child actress Shirley Temple entitled, "Dora's Dunking Doughnuts" in 1933. He later.
* Bronze Star, Silver Star.
* New York, he was a child.
* Promoted to Lt. (ASN: 01101326).
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== Sources ==
== Sources ==
* Camp Ritchie class roster (classes 1–31), merged research file
* 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)
* NARA World War II Army enlistment records (where a NARA ASN is present)
* 1940 U.S. Census (where a census match is present)
* 1940 U.S. Census (where a census match is present)
* Dan Gross, ''Timeline of Ira Spiro Barzilay for Camp Ritchie'' (private research document; 1 source documents reviewed)
* Dan Gross, ''Timeline of Barzilay, Ira Spiro for Camp Ritchie'' (private research files; selected non-private narrative findings; 1 source files: IRA S. BARZILAY.doc)