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'''Carl J. Weeldreyer''' (1914&ndash;1985) was a United States Army First Lieutenant who trained at [[Camp Ritchie]], Maryland, in [[Class 9]].
'''[[Weeldreyer, Carl J. (0452153)|Carl J. Weeldreyer]]''' (19 August 1914 – 1985) was a South Dakota-born U.S. Army captain and Ritchie Boy (Class 9) who led IPW Team 23 with the 2nd Armored Division.
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== Biography ==
== Biography ==
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Carl J. Weeldreyer was born on 19 August 1914 in Chancellor, South Dakota. Before the war he worked as an interior and exterior painter and farmhand and attended grammar school in South Dakota (1920–1928).


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Weeldreyer completed Officer Candidate School at Fort Riley, Kansas, in December 1941 and was commissioned a second lieutenant (ASN 0452153). He served with a cavalry replacement training center in early 1942 and with the 83rd Division Reconnaissance Troop from August 1942. In June 1943 he entered the Military Intelligence Training Center at Camp Ritchie (Class 9, Section 5G, German IPW), graduating as a captain (certificate 2751). His personal history card rated German speaking as good and reading and writing as fair.
The timeline research also records Worked as painter and farmhand.
 
He commanded IPW Team 23 with the 2nd Armored Division (team members recorded with him include De Forest, Finder, Gramckow, Bender, and Wolf). A January 1945 G-2 memo from the division is among the research notes for his overseas service. He died in 1985.


== Research notes ==
== Research notes ==
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* MITC personal history card (P-26): IPW German; Class 9 Sec. 5G; native born.
* Card service notes: OCS Ft. Riley 12-41; CRTC 1-42; 83rd Div. Recon. Tr. 8-42; MITC 6-43.
* Card classification note dated 25 October 1943 (officer in charge); Pine Camp N.Y. / maneuvers mentioned.
* RB Archive folder note (updated 6 April 2014) links a late-1950s/early-1960s U.S. Army “Aggressor” training newsreel to wartime photos of Capt. Weeldreyer wearing a fictitious-army helmet in 1943; no video URL was present to add to [[Ritchie Boy Interviews]].


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Weeldreyer, Carl J. (0452153) Europe 1944-45.jpg|Capt. Carl Weeldreyer somewhere in Europe, 1944–45 (RB Archive)
Weeldreyer, Carl J. (0452153) IPW Team 23 interrogation desk.jpg|IPW Team 23 prisoner-of-war interrogation desk scene (RB Archive)
Weeldreyer, Carl J. (0452153) Nachrichtenaufklarungs training.jpg|Indoor training/group scene with Nachrichtenaufklärungs Kompanie sign (RB Archive)
Weeldreyer_Carl_J_personal_history_card.jpg|Camp Ritchie MITC personal history card (Dan Gross research archive)
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== Technical record ==
== Technical record ==
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* 10/16/43 Unit alerted (for overseas shipment).
* 19 August 1914 — Born in Chancellor, South Dakota.
* 1/28/45 Memo signed by Lt. Col. E. A. Trahan, Asst Chief of Staff, G-2, 2nd Armored Division, noted that:.
* 1920–1928 — Grammar school in South Dakota; later painter and farmhand.
* 8/19/14 Born in South Dakota.
* December 1941 — Officer Candidate School, Fort Riley, Kansas; commissioned second lieutenant (ASN 0452153).
* 12/41 OCS, Fort Riley. Commissioned as 2nd Lt (ASN: 0452153).
* January 1942 — Cavalry replacement training center duty.
* 8/42 Served with RCN (Recon) Troops (1st Lt).
* August 1942 — 83rd Division Reconnaissance Troop (first lieutenant).
* Army Reserves (Cpl).
* June 1943 — Student, MITC Camp Ritchie; Class 9 Sec. 5G (IPW German); graduated captain (certificate 2751).
* Graduated as Captain with Class 9 (IPW-Ge); Certificate No. 2751.
* 16 October 1943 — Unit alerted for overseas shipment.
* IPW Team 23 assigned to 2nd Armored Division. Team members: Weeldreyer; De Forest; Finder; Gramckow; Bender; and Wolf.
* IPW Team 23 assigned to 2nd Armored Division (Weeldreyer; De Forest; Finder; Gramckow; Bender; Wolf).
* S/Sgt Hans Gramckow (1911-1999).
* 28 January 1945 — Memo noted by Lt. Col. E. A. Trahan, G-2, 2nd Armored Division.
* Served in Army for 3 years, highest rank Sgt.
* 1985 — Died.
* T/3 Herbert Bender (1920-1998).
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== Sources ==
== Sources ==
* Wartime photographs of Capt. Carl J. Weeldreyer from RB Archive folder “Carl Weeldreyer (Captain) IPW Team 23” ([[:File:Weeldreyer, Carl J. (0452153) Europe 1944-45.jpg|Europe 1944–45]], [[:File:Weeldreyer, Carl J. (0452153) IPW Team 23 interrogation desk.jpg|IPW Team 23 desk]], [[:File:Weeldreyer, Carl J. (0452153) Nachrichtenaufklarungs training.jpg|training group]])
* Dan Gross timeline research for Carl J. Weeldreyer (private research files; selected non-private findings)
* RB Archive research note on U.S. Army “Aggressor” training newsreel / Camp Ritchie techniques (folder “Carl Weeldreyer (Captain) IPW Team 23”; private note, not uploaded)
* Camp Ritchie MITC personal history card from Dan Gross research archive ([[:File:Weeldreyer_Carl_J_personal_history_card.jpg|uploaded scan]])
* Camp Ritchie MITC personal history card from Dan Gross research archive (miscellaneous timeline-adjacent documents; not uploaded): ''CARL_J._WEELDREYER'' ([[:File:Weeldreyer_Carl_J_personal_history_card.jpg|uploaded scan]])
* 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
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