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== Biography ==
== Biography ==
'''Fred Howard''' — Display company owner; invented L’Eggs pantyhose. Summary from a Notable Ritchie Boys slide ([https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1ij8PP9weF976Lb5_Ic4bFimcuAZzXRn3cHfNCk5nTdM source]).
Fred Howard was born Manfred Ehrlich in Silesia in 1922 and moved with his parents to Berlin in 1933. In the late 1930s he emigrated to the United States with his mother; his father and other relatives who could not obtain U.S. visas spent the wartime years in Shanghai.


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Howard joined the U.S. Army in 1943 and trained at Camp Ritchie as an interrogator. In 1944 he returned to Europe and worked interrogating German prisoners of war in a team with fellow Ritchie Boy [[Stern, Guy (37413105)|Guy Stern]]. After the war he returned to the United States and built a career as a designer and businessman.
The timeline research also records Worked as cabinet-maker in Germany. 4/22/1943 Naturalized as citizen (with name change) in Wash.


== Research notes ==
== Research notes ==
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* Ritchie Boy
* Ritchie Boy
* Display company owner; invented L’Eggs pantyhose
* Display company owner; invented L’Eggs pantyhose
* Portrait and summary from Notable Ritchie Boys slides ([https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1ij8PP9weF976Lb5_Ic4bFimcuAZzXRn3cHfNCk5nTdM source]).


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Documentary Ritchie Boys VE Day Stern Sears Howard press.jpg|Ritchie Boys team on V-E Day, 8 May 1945 — Guy Stern, Walter Sears, Fred Howard (© TANGRAM; Bauer film press photo)
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== Technical record ==
== Technical record ==
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* 6/16/1922 Born in Germany (as Manfred Ehrlich); Religion: Jewish.
* Born 16 June 1922 in Germany (as Manfred Ehrlich); Religion: Jewish.
* 2/10/1943 Inducted as Pvt in NYC (ASN: 32788358).
* 1933 — Moved with his parents from Silesia to Berlin.
* 2/18/1944 Attached to unit at Camp Ritchie.
* 22 April 1943 — Naturalized as citizen (with name change) in Wash.
* 3/11/1944 Started Class 17 Section 5A (IPW Ge) as Pvt.
* 14 June 1944 — Transferred to DEML. Promoted to T/3.
* 6/14/1944 Transferred to DEML. Promoted to T/3.
* 18 February 1944 — Attached to unit at Camp Ritchie.
* 8/9/1945 Transferred from MIS to OSS.
* 1944 — Served in Europe as an interrogator with Guy Stern.
* 9 August 1945 to 14 September 1945 T/4 in the SI Branch.
* 9 August 1945 — Transferred from MIS to OSS.
* Shipment via Camp Myles Standish, included 40 six man IPW Ge teams (80 officers and 160 enlisted men). Assigned to IPW Team 8.
* Shipment via Camp Myles Standish, included 40 six man IPW Ge teams (80 officers and 160 enlisted men). Assigned to IPW Team 8.
* Late 1930s — Emigrated to the United States with his mother; father and relatives spent the war in Shanghai.
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* Dan Gross, ''Timeline of Fred Howard for Camp Ritchie'' (private research document; 1 source documents reviewed)
* Dan Gross, ''Timeline of Fred Howard for Camp Ritchie'' (private research document; 1 source documents reviewed)
* Dan Gross, ''Timeline of Howard, Fred for Camp Ritchie'' (private research files; selected non-private narrative findings; 1 source files: FRED HOWARD.doc)
* Dan Gross, ''Timeline of Howard, Fred for Camp Ritchie'' (private research files; selected non-private narrative findings; 1 source files: FRED HOWARD.doc)
* [https://ritchieboys.com/EN/boys_howard.html The Ritchie Boys: Fred Howard]
* [https://ritchieboys.com/EN/press_photos.html The Ritchie Boys film site — press photos] (© TANGRAM (Harald Stuckmann); high-res https://ritchieboys.com/DL/photos-highq/boys/howard.jpg)
* [https://ritchieboys.com/EN/press_photos.html The Ritchie Boys film site — press photos] (© TANGRAM; V-E Day team photo)
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