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|birth_year=1917
|birth_year=1917
|death_year=1995
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'''Edgar W. Kann''' (1917&ndash;1995) was a United States Army Second Lieutenant who trained at [[Camp Ritchie]], Maryland, in [[Class 13]].
'''[[Kann, Edgar W. (01183329)|Edgar W. Kann]]''' (1917–1995) was a Ritchie Boy (from Germany; Jewish) who trained at Camp Ritchie in class 13 and served with IPW Team 41.
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== Biography ==
== Biography ==
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One of the great all-time stories of how the Ritchie Boys were so successful at interrogating German POWs can be found on pp 293-296 of Bruce Henderson's book, Sons and Soldiers. [[Kann, Edgar W. (01183329)|Edgar Kann]], came up with the technique of introducing POWs to Commisar Krukov! It's a classic.


== Research notes ==
== Research notes ==
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== Technical record ==
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== Sources ==
== Sources ==
* Camp Ritchie class roster (classes 1–31), merged research file
* 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 2017-08-13 (1 post)
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