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'''Stephen Sigmund Mosbacher''' (14 October 1923 – 2 April 1945) was a German-born United States Army interrogator who trained at [[Camp Ritchie]], Maryland, in [[Class 19]] and was killed in action near Lippstadt while serving with IPW Team 149, 8th Armored Division.

'''Stephen Sigmund Mosbacher''' (14 October 1923 – 2 April 1945) was a German-born United States Army interrogator who trained at [[Camp Ritchie]], Maryland, in [[Class 19]] and was killed in action near Lippstadt while serving with [[Team IPW 149|IPW Team 149]], 8th Armored Division.

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Stephen Sigmund Mosbacher (born Sigmund; often called “Moose”) was born on 14 October 1923 in Nuremberg, Germany, into a Jewish family; his father was the gynecologist Dr. Emil Mosbacher. After the Nuremberg Laws curtailed his schooling, the family fled to the United States in October 1938. Stephen Americanized his name, attended Newton High School in Jackson Heights, Queens, and later studied chemistry at the University of Toledo after the family moved to Ohio.

He enlisted from Toledo on 12 June 1943, trained at Camp Ritchie (Class 19), and went overseas to England in September 1944 with a prisoner-of-war interrogation team attached to Combat Command B, 8th Armored Division. Billeted for a time with a Dutch family in Margraten, he earned a reputation for courage and cheerfulness in Holland and during the drive to the Rhine.

He enlisted from Toledo on 12 June 1943, trained at Camp Ritchie ([[:Category:Class 19|Class 19]]), and went overseas to England in September 1944 with a prisoner-of-war interrogation team attached to Combat Command B, 8th Armored Division. Billeted for a time with a Dutch family in Margraten, he earned a reputation for courage and cheerfulness in Holland and during the drive to the Rhine.

On 2 April 1945, during a billeting mission near Lippstadt, Mosbacher volunteered to help cover a withdrawal at Neuhaus and then rode into enemy fire to pull a stranded soldier into a jeep. A German tank shell killed him moments later while the party tried to rescue another wounded man. He received the Silver Star posthumously and is buried at the Netherlands American Cemetery at Margraten.

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* October 1938 — Family fled Nazi Germany for the United States.

* 12 June 1943 — Enlisted at Toledo, Ohio.

* Class 19 — Trained at Camp Ritchie; IPW Team 149.

* September 1944 — Arrived England; later Netherlands and Germany with 8th Armored Division.

* 2 April 1945 — Killed in action at Neuhaus near Lippstadt, Germany; Silver Star (posthumous).

* Class 19 — Trained at Camp Ritchie; IPW Team 149.

* Burial — Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten.

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-'''Stephen Sigmund Mosbacher''' (14 October 1923 &ndash; 2 April 1945) was a German-born United States Army interrogator who trained at [[Camp Ritchie]], Maryland, in [[Class 19]] and was killed in action near Lippstadt while serving with IPW Team 149, 8th Armored Division.
+'''Stephen Sigmund Mosbacher''' (14 October 1923 &ndash; 2 April 1945) was a German-born United States Army interrogator who trained at [[Camp Ritchie]], Maryland, in [[Class 19]] and was killed in action near Lippstadt while serving with [[Team IPW 149|IPW Team 149]], 8th Armored Division.
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 Stephen Sigmund Mosbacher (born Sigmund; often called “Moose”) was born on 14 October 1923 in Nuremberg, Germany, into a Jewish family; his father was the gynecologist Dr. Emil Mosbacher. After the Nuremberg Laws curtailed his schooling, the family fled to the United States in October 1938. Stephen Americanized his name, attended Newton High School in Jackson Heights, Queens, and later studied chemistry at the University of Toledo after the family moved to Ohio.
-He enlisted from Toledo on 12 June 1943, trained at Camp Ritchie (Class 19), and went overseas to England in September 1944 with a prisoner-of-war interrogation team attached to Combat Command B, 8th Armored Division. Billeted for a time with a Dutch family in Margraten, he earned a reputation for courage and cheerfulness in Holland and during the drive to the Rhine.
+He enlisted from Toledo on 12 June 1943, trained at Camp Ritchie ([[:Category:Class 19|Class 19]]), and went overseas to England in September 1944 with a prisoner-of-war interrogation team attached to Combat Command B, 8th Armored Division. Billeted for a time with a Dutch family in Margraten, he earned a reputation for courage and cheerfulness in Holland and during the drive to the Rhine.
 On 2 April 1945, during a billeting mission near Lippstadt, Mosbacher volunteered to help cover a withdrawal at Neuhaus and then rode into enemy fire to pull a stranded soldier into a jeep. A German tank shell killed him moments later while the party tried to rescue another wounded man. He received the Silver Star posthumously and is buried at the Netherlands American Cemetery at Margraten.
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 * October 1938 — Family fled Nazi Germany for the United States.
 * 12 June 1943 — Enlisted at Toledo, Ohio.
-* Class 19 — Trained at Camp Ritchie; IPW Team 149.
 * September 1944 — Arrived England; later Netherlands and Germany with 8th Armored Division.
 * 2 April 1945 — Killed in action at Neuhaus near Lippstadt, Germany; Silver Star (posthumous).
+* Class 19 — Trained at Camp Ritchie; IPW Team 149.
 * Burial — Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten.
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