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|class_number=8 | |class_number=8 | ||
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|birth_date= | |birth_date=18 December 1921 | ||
|death_date=8 January 2010 | |death_date=8 January 2010 | ||
|birth_place=Frankfurt, Germany | |birth_place=Frankfurt, Germany | ||
|death_place=Staten Island, New York | |death_place=Staten Island, New York | ||
|education=City College New York (B.A., 1942);; Columbia University (M.A., 1947)(PhD. 1950) | |education=City College New York (B.A., 1942);; Columbia University (M.A., 1947)(PhD. 1950) | ||
|occupation=Author, historian, professor | |occupation=Author, historian, professor | ||
|known_for=Author, historian, professor | |known_for=Author, historian, professor | ||
|arm_or_service=Quartermaster Corps | |arm_or_service=Quartermaster Corps | ||
|rank_final= | |rank_final=Lieutenant Colonel | ||
|awards=Bronze Star | |awards=Bronze Star | ||
|awards_grid=Bronze Star | |awards_grid=Bronze Star | ||
|awards_ribbons=Ribbon_Bronze_Star_Medal_ribbon.png | |awards_ribbons=Ribbon_Bronze_Star_Medal_ribbon.png | ||
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|division=29th Infantry Division | |||
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'''[[Trefousse, Hans L. (01590860)|Hans L. Trefousse]]''' ( | '''[[Trefousse, Hans L. (01590860)|Hans L. Trefousse]]''' (18 December 1921 – 8 January 2010) was a Frankfurt-born Ritchie Boy (Class 8) who landed with the 116th Infantry on D-Day and later became a Civil War historian at Brooklyn College. | ||
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== Biography == | == Biography == | ||
Hans L. Trefousse was born on 18 December 1921 in Frankfurt, Germany, the son of a German Jewish physician and World War I veteran. The family left Germany in 1936. He graduated from City College of New York with a B.A. in history on 16 May 1942 and enlisted in the Army on 17 May 1943. | |||
Fluent in German, French, and English, he trained at Camp Ritchie (Class 8), was commissioned in the Quartermaster Corps, and was attached to the 116th Infantry Regiment for the Normandy landings. As an IPW interrogator he served through the liberation of Paris and later campaigns; he received the Bronze Star. | |||
After the war Trefousse became a leading Civil War scholar, teaching at Brooklyn College from 1950 to 1998 (later professor emeritus) and at the CUNY Graduate Center, and appearing as a CNN analyst. He died on 8 January 2010 on Staten Island. | |||
== Research notes == | == Research notes == | ||
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* | * 18 December 1921 — Born in Frankfurt. | ||
* | * 1936 — Family emigrated from Germany. | ||
* | * 16 May 1942 — B.A., City College of New York. | ||
* | * 17 May 1943 — Enlisted; Camp Ritchie Class 8; commissioned. | ||
* 6 June 1944 onward — 116th Infantry / IPW; Normandy and later ETO; Bronze Star. | |||
* 1950–1998 — Brooklyn College history faculty; CUNY Graduate Center; Civil War scholarship. | |||
* 8 January 2010 — Died, Staten Island, New York. | |||
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== Sources == | == Sources == | ||
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_L._Trefousse Wikipedia | * Military History magazine, April 2002 — “Through an Interrogator’s Eyes” interview with Hans L. Trefousse (RB Archive) | ||
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_L._Trefousse Wikipedia — Hans L. Trefousse] | |||
* 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 | ||