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|first=Joseph | |first=Joseph | ||
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|birth_year=1915 | |birth_year=1915 | ||
|death_year=2011 | |death_year=2011 | ||
|nativity= | |nativity=Russia | ||
|religion= | |religion=Jewish | ||
|enlistment_place= | |enlistment_place=Fort Jay, Governors Island, New York | ||
|state= | |state=New York | ||
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'''Joseph Bromberg''' (1915–2011) was a United States Army Private First Class who trained at [[Camp Ritchie]], Maryland, in [[Class 16]]. | |||
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== Biography == | == Biography == | ||
'' | Joseph Bromberg trained at Camp Ritchie in [[Class 16]] and served overseas with IPW Team 85. In Christian Bauer’s documentary ''The Ritchie Boys'', fellow Leipzig acquaintance [[Michaels, Rudolf H. (39007411)|Rudolf Michaels]] recalls shaking a bunk one Monday morning and finding Bromberg—his childhood friend—under the blanket, a reunion Michaels said happened “all the time at Ritchie.” | ||
Bromberg enlisted at Fort Jay, Governors Island, New York. He died in 2011. | |||
== Research notes == | == Research notes == | ||
* Art collector | * Art collector | ||
== Gallery == | == Gallery == | ||
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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) | ||
* [https://ritchieboys.com/EN/camp_life.html The Ritchie Boys film site — Life in Camp Ritchie (Rudy Michaels on Joseph Bromberg)] | |||
* [[The Stories/Life in Camp Ritchie]] (Bauer film excerpts) | |||