Sync brief Stories summary, details, and photos from The Stories/Memoirs of Sidney Dombroff
Expand exact roster rank codes (rank_final: Sgt -> Sergeant; class_rank: Sgt -> Sergeant)
 
(4 intermediate revisions by the same user not shown)
Line 5: Line 5:
|first=Sidney
|first=Sidney
|class_section=7C
|class_section=7C
|class_rank=Sgt
|class_rank=Sergeant
|birth_year=1922
|birth_year=1922
|death_year=2012
|death_year=2012
Line 23: Line 23:
|division=Camp Ritchie Russian section
|division=Camp Ritchie Russian section
|birth_place=Brooklyn. Parents from Russia, Poland
|birth_place=Brooklyn. Parents from Russia, Poland
|rank_final=Sgt
|rank_final=Sergeant
|story=The Stories/Memoirs of Sidney Dombroff
}}
}}


Line 41: Line 42:
Germany surrendered while Dombroff's group was still preparing for further service. V-E Day changed the immediate purpose of the European-oriented training but did not end the Army's plans for the men. Dombroff and others were sent to the Midwest for additional schooling, carrying forward the language and intelligence preparation they had received at Camp Ritchie.
Germany surrendered while Dombroff's group was still preparing for further service. V-E Day changed the immediate purpose of the European-oriented training but did not end the Army's plans for the men. Dombroff and others were sent to the Midwest for additional schooling, carrying forward the language and intelligence preparation they had received at Camp Ritchie.


See the [[The Stories/Memoirs of Sidney Dombroff|full story]].
Sidney graduated Brooklyn College (AB Chemistry).
 
In September 1943, Dombroff attended Student at Yale University (ASTP).


== Research notes ==
== Research notes ==
Line 114: Line 117:
<div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed soldier-timeline">
<div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed soldier-timeline">
<div class="soldier-timeline-body">
<div class="soldier-timeline-body">
* 1/1945 Engineer (Sgt) with 1480th Engineer Maintenance Company.
* Born 14 January 1922 in Brooklyn. Parents from Russia, Poland.
* 2.
* 15 March 1943 — Drafted into Army at NYC as Pvt (ASN: 32863592).
* 29.
* January 1945 Engineer (Sgt) with 1480th Engineer Maintenance Company.
* Assigned to Class 29 (Russian).
* Assigned to Class 29 (Russian).
* Brooklyn. Parents from Russia, Poland.
</div>
</div>
</div><div style="clear: both;"></div>
</div><div style="clear: both;"></div>