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|birth_date=13 September 1920
|birth_date=13 September 1920
|birth_place=Bavarian Palatinate, Germany
|birth_place=Bavarian Palatinate, Germany
|enlistment_place=NEW YORK CITY NEW YORK
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* June 1942 — Graduated Columbia College (pharmacy); worked as a licensed pharmacist.
* June 1942 — Graduated Columbia College (pharmacy); worked as a licensed pharmacist.
* 1944 — Drafted after declining further deferment; medical training at Camp Barkeley, Texas; redirected to Camp Ritchie.
* 1944 — Drafted after declining further deferment; medical training at Camp Barkeley, Texas; redirected to Camp Ritchie.
* 9 June 1945 — Assigned to P.O. Box 1142 (Fort Hunt) as interrogator (roster FH note); ~15–20 interrogations per week; reports to Pentagon.
* June 1946 — Discharged as Staff Sergeant; returned to pharmacy; later owned a Lexington Avenue pharmacy in New York.
* Class 27 — IPW course at Camp Ritchie (German Army organization, German map reading, night map exercises); then instructor for 3–4 months.
* Class 27 — IPW course at Camp Ritchie (German Army organization, German map reading, night map exercises); then instructor for 3–4 months.
* 9 June 1945 — Assigned to P.O. Box 1142 (Fort Hunt) as interrogator (roster FH note); ~15–20 interrogations per week; reports to Pentagon.
* Late war / postwar — Fort Strong, Boston Harbor: processed first V-1/V-2 scientist group (~73, including Wernher von Braun) en route to White Sands, New Mexico.
* Late war / postwar — Fort Strong, Boston Harbor: processed first V-1/V-2 scientist group (~73, including Wernher von Braun) en route to White Sands, New Mexico.
* June 1946 — Discharged as Staff Sergeant; returned to pharmacy; later owned a Lexington Avenue pharmacy in New York.
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