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'''[[Ross, William F. (01172253)|William F. Ross]]''' (ASN 01172253) was a Ritchie Boy (from Germany) who trained at Camp Ritchie in class 3.
'''[[Ross, William F. (01172253)|William F. Ross]]''' was a Germanics scholar and Field Artillery officer who trained as a POW interrogator at [[Camp Ritchie]] ([[Class 3]]), served in Pentagon G-2 and as assistant military attaché in Turkey, and later wrote official Army history.
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== Biography ==
== Biography ==
Ross, a graduate of Hamilton College (Clinton, N.Y.), has done graduate work in Germanics at the University of Berlin and at Harvard. Ross was engaged in writing The Quartermaster Corps: Operations in the War Against Germany, he was a civilian employee in the Historical Branch, Office of The Quartermaster General. Commissioned in the Field Artillery, AUS, in 1942, he then received training as a prisoner of war interrogator at Camp Ritchie, Maryland, and served in the G-2 Division in the Pentagon.
William F. Ross graduated from Hamilton College in Clinton, New York, and did graduate work in Germanics at the University of Berlin and at Harvard. Commissioned in the Field Artillery in 1942, he trained as a prisoner-of-war interrogator at [[Camp Ritchie]], Maryland ([[Class 3]]), and served in the G-2 Division in the Pentagon.


He was an assistant military attaché in Turkey from 1943 to 1946 and was then employed in the National Archives for a year, surveying the federal records created during the war. He is one of the coauthors of Federal Records of World War II: The Military Agencies (Washington, 1950). Returning to active military duty late in 1947, he was assigned to Office of the Chief of Military History (OCMH) in various capacities for nearly four years.
From 1943 to 1946 he was an assistant military attaché in Turkey. He then spent a year at the National Archives surveying wartime federal records and co-authored ''Federal Records of World War II: The Military Agencies'' (Washington, 1950). Returning to active duty in late 1947, he worked nearly four years in the Office of the Chief of Military History—editing ''Military Affairs'' and helping produce the German Reports Series—then transferred in 1951 to the Historical Division, U.S. Army, Europe, where he edited the ''Guide to Foreign Military Studies, 1945–54'' (Darmstadt, 1955).


During that time, he was the last Army-sponsored editor of Military Affairs, and later was senior member of the team that translated and edited the German Reports Series of Department of the Army pamphlets. He was transferred to Historical Division, U.S. Army, Europe, in 1951, and while there edited and brought to press the Guide to Foreign Military Studies, 1945-54: Catalog and Index (Darmstadt, 1955).
As a civilian in 1957–61 he wrote ''The Quartermaster Corps: Operations in the War Against Germany'' for the Historical Branch, Office of the Quartermaster General, and later served as Assistant Historian, Defense Supply Agency.
 
During the years 1957-61, when Mr. He was then the Assistant Historian, Defense Supply Agency.


== Research notes ==
== Research notes ==
* 1910-1989?
* 1910-1989?
== Gallery ==
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Ross_William_F_01172253_QM_author_sketch.jpg|Author sketch of William F. Ross from Quartermaster Corps ETO history (RB Archive)
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== Technical record ==
== Technical record ==
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* — Graduated Hamilton College; graduate Germanics study in Berlin and at Harvard.
* 1942 — Commissioned Field Artillery; Camp Ritchie interrogator training (Class 3).
* 1943–1946 — Assistant military attaché, Turkey; earlier Pentagon G-2 duty.
* Late 1947 — Returned to active duty, Office of the Chief of Military History.
* 1951 — Historical Division, U.S. Army, Europe.
* 1957–1961 — Wrote Quartermaster Corps ETO operations volume.
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== Sources ==
== Sources ==
* Camp Ritchie class roster (classes 1–31), merged research file
* [[:File:Ross_William_F_01172253_QM_author_sketch.jpg|Author sketch of William F. Ross from Quartermaster Corps ETO history (RB Archive)]]
* RB Archive author sketch from ''The Quartermaster Corps: Operations in the War Against Germany'' (William F. Ross)
* 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)
* Ritchie Boys of WWII Facebook page, post dated 2022-12-22 (1 post)
* Ritchie Boys of WWII Facebook page, post dated 2022-12-22 (1 post)
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