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'''Arno Joseph Mayer''' (19 June 1926–18 December 2023) was a Luxembourg-born ~~United States~~ Army soldier who trained at [[Camp Ritchie]] with [[:Category:Class 29|Class 29]] ~~and~~ served at [[P.O. Box 1142]] ~~as a morale officer for high-value German prisoners. After~~ the war he became a historian of modern Europe and the Holocaust and the Dayton-Stockton Professor of History at Princeton University.

'''Arno Joseph Mayer''' (19 June 1926–18 December 2023) was a Luxembourg-born U.S. Army soldier who trained at [[Camp Ritchie]] with [[:Category:Class 29|Class 29]]. He later served at [[P.O. Box 1142]] and, after the war, became a historian of modern Europe and the Holocaust and the Dayton-Stockton Professor of History at Princeton University.

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* 19 June 1926 — Born in Luxembourg City, Luxembourg.

* 1938–1940 — Family fled Luxembourg five times on invasion scares; brief stay in Brussels (Feb 1940).

* 1940 — Failed Spain route after French armistice; Marseille → Oran → Morocco (Oujda detention; Rabat/Casablanca); U.S. visas via Congressman Frank Boykin.

* 10 May 1940 — Fled Luxembourg at 1:00 a.m. after French intelligence warning; escape via France (Verdun laissez-passer).

* ~~1940~~ — ~~Failed Spain route after French armistice; Marseille → Oran → Morocco~~ (~~Oujda detention~~; ~~Rabat/Casablanca)~~; ~~U.S. visas via Congressman Frank Boykin~~.

* 1941–1943 — George Washington High School (NYC); classmates included Henry Kissinger and Alan Greenspan; graduated 1943.

* January 1941 — Arrived New York on the ''Serpa Pinto'' with his father; rest of family followed in February; settled in Washington Heights.

* 1941–1943 — George Washington High School (NYC); classmates included Henry Kissinger and Alan Greenspan; graduated 1943.

* 1943–1944 — Office clerk; night classes at CCNY until drafted (1944).

* c. 1944–1945 — Tank training at Fort Knox, Kentucky; OCS interview; selected for Camp Ritchie.

* c. 1945–1946 — Mustering out believed at Fort Dix, New Jersey.

* March 1945 — Assigned to Camp Ritchie (Class 29); languages French, German, Luxembourgish.

* 9 June 1945 — Temporary duty (X-1482) at Fort Hunt / P.O. Box 1142 as morale officer for high-value German prisoners (including scientists such as Wernher von Braun); not an interrogator.

* c. 1945–1946 — Mustering out believed at Fort Dix, New Jersey.

* 1952–53 — Taught at Wesleyan University.

* 1954–58 — Brandeis University.

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-'''Arno Joseph Mayer''' (19 June 1926&ndash;18 December 2023) was a Luxembourg-born United States Army soldier who trained at [[Camp Ritchie]] with [[:Category:Class 29|Class 29]] and served at [[P.O. Box 1142]] as a morale officer for high-value German prisoners. After the war he became a historian of modern Europe and the Holocaust and the Dayton-Stockton Professor of History at Princeton University.
+'''Arno Joseph Mayer''' (19 June 1926&ndash;18 December 2023) was a Luxembourg-born U.S. Army soldier who trained at [[Camp Ritchie]] with [[:Category:Class 29|Class 29]]. He later served at [[P.O. Box 1142]] and, after the war, became a historian of modern Europe and the Holocaust and the Dayton-Stockton Professor of History at Princeton University.
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 * 19 June 1926 — Born in Luxembourg City, Luxembourg.
 * 1938–1940 — Family fled Luxembourg five times on invasion scares; brief stay in Brussels (Feb 1940).
+* 1940 — Failed Spain route after French armistice; Marseille → Oran → Morocco (Oujda detention; Rabat/Casablanca); U.S. visas via Congressman Frank Boykin.
 * 10 May 1940 — Fled Luxembourg at 1:00 a.m. after French intelligence warning; escape via France (Verdun laissez-passer).
-* 1940 — Failed Spain route after French armistice; Marseille → Oran → Morocco (Oujda detention; Rabat/Casablanca); U.S. visas via Congressman Frank Boykin.
+* 1941–1943 — George Washington High School (NYC); classmates included Henry Kissinger and Alan Greenspan; graduated 1943.
 * January 1941 — Arrived New York on the ''Serpa Pinto'' with his father; rest of family followed in February; settled in Washington Heights.
-* 1941–1943 — George Washington High School (NYC); classmates included Henry Kissinger and Alan Greenspan; graduated 1943.
 * 1943–1944 — Office clerk; night classes at CCNY until drafted (1944).
 * c. 1944–1945 — Tank training at Fort Knox, Kentucky; OCS interview; selected for Camp Ritchie.
+* c. 1945–1946 — Mustering out believed at Fort Dix, New Jersey.
 * March 1945 — Assigned to Camp Ritchie (Class 29); languages French, German, Luxembourgish.
 * 9 June 1945 — Temporary duty (X-1482) at Fort Hunt / P.O. Box 1142 as morale officer for high-value German prisoners (including scientists such as Wernher von Braun); not an interrogator.
-* c. 1945–1946 — Mustering out believed at Fort Dix, New Jersey.
 * 1952–53 — Taught at Wesleyan University.
 * 1954–58 — Brandeis University.