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'''Eric Waldman'''

=== The Life And Times Of Ritchie Boy, Captain Eric Waldman ===

<div class="story-caption">''Eric Waldman in the Mohave Dessert with some of his Army buddies''</div>

<div class="story-caption">''Eric Waldman attending military training''</div>

<div class="story-caption">''Captain Eric Waldman''</div>

<div class="story-caption">''Captain Eric Waldman and his Dachhund, Peter''</div>

Joining the Army Intelligence where he attended Military Intelligence Training Center (MITC) at Camp Ritchie, Maryland. He graduated in the 10 MITC class. Later he became an instructor at Camp Ritchie. During the year 1944-1945 he was in Military Branch, G-2 of the War Department as a specialist in German tactics. At the end of the war in May 1945 he was transferred to a section which was to produce a handbook on the Soviet Army for the Pentagon. In June 1945 he was informed by his superior, Dimitri Shimpkin that a group of high ranking German General and Staff officers (POWs) from Fremde Heere Ost (FHO) would be arriving at Fort Hunt (Interrogation Camp). Captain Waldman was transferred to Fort Hunt to take charge of them what was to become Bolero group. Major General Reinhard Gehlen had managed the German Eastern Front Intelligence Service (FHO) from 1942 to until nearly the end of the war. He along with his officers group arrived and were placed in the stockade at Fort Hunt near Alexandria, which was under the Captured Personnel and Materials Branch. Since the address was PO 1142, Alexandria, Va., it was commonly called “1142.” Gehlen brought a large amount of files with them and promptly set to work writing studies for G-2, which, because it had very little information on the USSR, was delighted. Studies, such as “Methods of the German Intelligence Service in Russia,” “Development of the Russian High Command and its Conception of Strategy During the Eastern Command,” and “Development and Establishment of the Russian Political Commissars within the Red Army” gave the United States, the United Kingdom, and their allies a jump start in understanding what potential threats the Soviet Union might pose in the near future. Randolph Zander, then a Major, later DAC, was active at 1142, as was George Kiesewalter. The original decision to make use of Gehlen, his people and files had probably been made by Brig. Gen. Edwin Sibert, G-2, USFET. Capt. John Boker, a Soviet OB specialist stationed in Europe.

<div class="story-caption">''Lieutenant Eric Waldman, Military Intelligence Division, 22 November 1944 to 2 September 1945''</div>

<div class="story-caption">''Colonel Philips, Commanding Officer Camp King, then in Pullach with Jo Ann and Eric Waldman, 1949''</div>

<div class="story-caption">''Captain Eric Waldman with his co-pilot, Peter''</div>

<div class="story-caption">''Captain Eric Waldman in Germany''</div>

<div class="story-caption">''Captain Eric Waldman on assignment in Rome''</div>

<div class="story-caption">''Jo Ann & Eric Waldman in Esslingen, Germany''</div>

<div class="story-caption">''Eric Waldman Max-Engels Plaza East Berlin, Soviet Sector July 1961''</div>

<div class="story-caption">''Eric Waldman, Doctor of Philosophy, October 15, 1955''</div>

<div class="story-caption">''Eric Waldman North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) presentation in Germany''</div>

<div class="story-caption">''Eric Waldman North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) presentation in Germany''</div>

<div class="story-caption">''Dr. Eric Waldman''</div>

<div class="story-caption">''Debriefing of Eric Waldman 30 September 1969''</div>