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'''[[Xanthopoulos, Louis J. (31039207)|Louis J. Xanthopoulos]]''' (1914–1997) was a Ritchie Boy (from United States) who trained at Camp Ritchie in class 5. | |||
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== Biography == | == Biography == | ||
Landon Grove, Curator of the Ritchie Museum recently spoke with the son of Ritchie Boy Louis Xanthopoulos. The son told Landon that his Dad was born in Wilkes Barre, Pa, and spoke German, Italian, Greek, English, French, Arabic and some Spanish! According to the son, his Dad rarely talked about the war. | |||
He shared or a friend shared he was a Sergeant in the 82nd or 101st airborne and was trained by British intelligence and served in the OSS. His Dad did share that he and others did advance work for D Day and he had a run in with German soldiers a day or two prior to D Day and he was MIA for a brief period. | |||
== Research notes == | == Research notes == | ||
== Gallery == | == Gallery == | ||
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4592730427415509.jpg|Below are some photos/documents shared by the son | |||
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== Technical record == | == Technical record == | ||
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== Sources == | == Sources == | ||
* Camp Ritchie | * 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) | * NARA World War II Army enlistment records (where a NARA ASN is present) | ||
* 1940 U.S. Census (where a census match is present) | * 1940 U.S. Census (where a census match is present) | ||
* Ritchie Boys of WWII Facebook page, post dated 2021-09-26 (1 post) | |||