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Arthur Hadley
Personal details
Birth nameT.
Born1924
NYC into distinguished family (father
Died2015
NativityUnited States
AwardsSilver Star
Military service
Allegiance United States
Branch United States Army
ASN01824612
RankMajor
Camp RitchieClass 11 (25 August – 23 October 1943)
Awards and honors
Silver Star
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Arthur Hadley (1924–2015) was a United States Army Major associated with Camp Ritchie, Maryland.

Biography[edit | edit source]

In 1924, he Born in NYC into distinguished family (father is noted lawyer, grandfather was President of Yale). He worked as a becomes editor of the Grotonian literary magazine.

Research notes[edit | edit source]

  • Heads or Tails: a Memoir
  • "Crisis Now" w/RB Arthur Hadley
  • OSS

Gallery[edit | edit source]

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Technical record[edit | edit source]

Field Imported value
MRBC5 5
Approx Age at Death 91
row_source demographics

Timeline[edit | edit source]

  • Born 1924 Born in NYC into distinguished family (father is noted lawyer, grandfather was President of Yale). Archibald MacLeish was godfather.
  • 21 July 1944 — Deleted from student roster and assigned to the Fifth Mobile Radio Broadcasting.
  • Assigned to 21st Tank Destroyer Group at Fort Shelby, MS.
  • Company which is scheduled to train at Camp Sharpe.
  • Detachment which is sent to France. Two sergeants are William Plice and.
  • Is part of 6-man team (assigned to SHAEF) and attached to 9th Army.
  • Tank’); Freund talks Germans into surrendering. Hadley receives Silver Star for.
  • When his untrained unit is told to dismantle a 80-foot radio tower, it collapses.

Sources[edit | edit source]

  • 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)
  • 1940 U.S. Census (where a census match is present)
  • Dan Gross, Timeline of Arthur Hadley for Camp Ritchie (private research document; 1 source documents reviewed)
  • Dan Gross, Timeline of Hadley, Arthur for Camp Ritchie (private research files; selected non-private narrative findings; 1 source files: ARTHUR T. HADLEY.doc)