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|awards_extra=Listed in [[By The Numbers/Awards]] (from ''Ritchie Boy Secrets'' by Beverley Driver Eddy). | |awards_extra=Listed in [[By The Numbers/Awards]] (from ''Ritchie Boy Secrets'' by Beverley Driver Eddy). | ||
|birth_place=Berlin | |birth_place=Berlin, Germany | ||
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== Biography == | == Biography == | ||
He attended Arrived in New York and studied at Dale Carnegie Institute for 1/2 year (night school). He 6/ /1943 Naturalized at Frederick, MD. | From 1932 to 1936 he was a member of the Hitler Jugend. On 20 April 1943 he returned to Camp Ritchie. He attended Arrived in New York and studied at Dale Carnegie Institute for 1/2 year (night school). He 6/ /1943 Naturalized at Frederick, MD. | ||
== Research notes == | == Research notes == | ||
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* 13 March 1943 Additional training at Camp Hale, CO with the 99th Infantry Battalion (Sep) and the 10th Mountain Division. | * Born 2 July 1921 Bernhardt George Franz Ornstein was born in Berlin (Protestant). | ||
* 6 January 1943 — Entered Class 4 (IPW Ge) with rank of Corporal. | |||
* 6 March 1943 — Graduated Class 4 (specialty: German interpreter). | |||
* 13 March 1943 — Additional training at Camp Hale, CO with the 99th Infantry Battalion (Sep) and the 10th Mountain Division. | |||
* 20 April 1943 — Returned to Camp Ritchie. | * 20 April 1943 — Returned to Camp Ritchie. | ||
* 6 June 1944 — Landed on Omaha Beach (?) as a member of IPW Ge Team 16 attached to the 4th Infantry Division. | |||
* 6/ /1943 Naturalized at Frederick, MD. | * 6/ /1943 Naturalized at Frederick, MD. | ||
* | * Citation: M/Sgt Bernhard G. F. Edgar(r), (ASN: 32345686), MIS, attached to HQ, 4th Infantry Division, was awarded the Silver Star for gallantry in action against an enemy of the United States in Normandy, France, on 14 June 1944. The initiative and courage displayed by this enlisted man reflects great credit upon himself and the armed forces of the. | ||
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