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'''[[Perlman, Harry (32614939)|Harry Perlman]]''' (2 December 1917 – 11 February 1979) was a Ritchie Boy (from Romania; Jewish) who trained at Camp Ritchie in class 4.
'''[[Perlman, Harry (32614939)|Harry Perlman]]''' (2 December 1917 – 11 February 1979) was a Bucharest-born Ritchie Boy (Class 4) who interrogated in French and German with MII Team 403-G and later CIC duty.
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== Biography ==
== Biography ==
Harry Perlman (1917?1979) was born in Bucharest, Romania. He entered active service on 9 November 1942 and separated at Fort Dix, New Jersey, on 12 December 1945. His separation qualification record identifies him as an interpreter and interrogator who translated French and German into English, worked with counterintelligence among civilians in occupied territory, and served 20 months in the European Theater of Operations with Third Army headquarters. It also records a sequence of assignments that culminated in interpreter duty.
Harry Perlman was born on 2 December 1917 in Bucharest, Romania. He entered active service on 9 November 1942 and was naturalized on 8 April 1943. He completed the 4th course graduation at Camp Ritchie on 6 March 1943 as an interpreter and interrogator in French and German.


Perlman graduated from the fourth course at the Military Intelligence Training Center, Camp Ritchie, on 6 March 1943. His military education record lists the French Interpreter course at Camp Ritchie in 1943 and Combat Intelligence at the American School Center in England in 1944. A 13 November 1944 certificate places Technician Third Grade Perlman on MII Team 403-G, attached to the G-2 section of Third United States Army headquarters. The separation record states that he was authorized to wear four battle stars on his European ribbon.
By November 1944 he was a member of MII Team 403-G. Service papers also place him with the 315th CIC on duty in April 1945, with promotion and travel orders through mid-1945. He separated at Fort Dix, New Jersey, on 12 December 1945.


Before and after his military service, Perlman worked in textiles. His separation record identifies earlier work as production manager and assistant manager at a textile firm in Bucharest and records additional study in textile engineering in Mulhouse, France.
He died on 11 February 1979.


== Research notes ==
== Research notes ==
* 403-G
* OCR (100%) of `5999223263432878.jpg` (gallery document) — dated 13 November 1944
* OCR (100%) of `5999223263432878.jpg` (gallery document) — dated 13 November 1944.
* OCR (100%) of `5999223276766210.jpg` (MILITARY INTELLIGENCE TRAINING CENTER, CAMP RITCHIE) — dated 6 March 1943
* OCR (100%) of `5999223276766210.jpg` (MILITARY INTELLIGENCE TRAINING CENTER, CAMP RITCHIE) — dated 6 March 1943; 6 Mar 1943 — rank mentioned: Colonel.
* 6 Mar 1943 — rank mentioned: Colonel
* OCR (94%) of `5999223273432877.jpg` (gallery document).
* OCR (94%) of `5999223273432877.jpg` (gallery document)


== Gallery ==
== Gallery ==
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Perlman_Harry_32614939_Photo_1.jpg|Harry Perlman portrait (RB Archive)
Perlman_Harry_32614939_naturalization_1943.jpg|Naturalization document, 8 April 1943 (RB Archive)
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== Timeline ==
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* 2 December 1917 — Born in Bucharest.
* 9 November 1942 — Entered active service.
* 6 March 1943 — Graduated Camp Ritchie 4th course.
* 8 April 1943 — Naturalized U.S. citizen.
* 13 November 1944 — Member, MII Team 403-G.
* 1945 — 315th CIC duty; promotions / travel orders; separated 12 December 1945, Fort Dix.
* 11 February 1979 — Died.
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== Sources ==
== Sources ==
* Camp Ritchie class roster (classes 1–31), merged research file
* [[:File:Perlman_Harry_32614939_naturalization_1943.jpg|Naturalization document, 8 April 1943 (RB Archive)]]
* [[:File:Perlman_Harry_32614939_Photo_1.jpg|Harry Perlman portrait (RB Archive)]]
* RB Archive service packet for Harry Perlman (naturalization, Ritchie graduation, MII 403-G membership, separation papers)
* 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)