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On Christmas Day 1944, my late Dad, [[Lubran, Walter H. (33668332)|Walter Lubran]], was serving with IPW (Interrogator of Prisoners of War) Team 141 attached to the 84th Infantry Division. Walter worked as a retail manager of shoe store. He member of IPW Team 141 assigned to the (84th Infantry. They were in Belgium at the Ardennes Forest during the fiercest fighting taking place at the Battle of the Bulge. I found a letter that he wrote to my late Mother that day that included this menu. I don't know the date of this news article or where it was published. But it's gratifying to know that Ritchie Boy IPW Team 141 ([[Pick, Gerard (32525638)|Gerard Pick]], [[Wagner, Henry (01001068)|Henry Wagner]], Curt Shelton, [[Wertheim, Joseph H. (32815602)|Joseph Wertheim]], [[Lubran, Walter H. (33668332)|Walter Lubran]], and [[Wolff, Victor H. (01052224)|Victor Wolff]]) was part of the 84th Infantry Division that was given the nickname of the "Terror Division" and the soldiers were referred to as "Eisenhower's Hatchet Men." More about IPW 141 to follow. Prior to being transferred to Camp Ritchie, my Father, Ritchie Boy [[Lubran, Walter H. (33668332)|Walter Lubran]], attended training at Camp Ellis (IL), Fort George G. Ritchie Boys were part of the 16th Armored Division. The 16th Armored Division reached the furthest east of any US Army unit and was prepared to capture Prague but was called back to Pilsen. [[Hauser, Frank C. (32417389)|Frank Hauser]]'s application for naturalization submitted to the US District Court's Western District of South Carolina at Spartanburg. Ritchie Boy Hauser sailed to the United States from Liverpool on the SS Georgic and arrived to the United States on March 27, 1940. RB Hauser served with IPW team 140 and my Father served on IPW team 141. At the invitation of Ritchie Boy Harry Jacobs, I was able to attend an annual luncheon meeting of WWII Veterans who served in the US Army's 4th Armored Division during World War II, their families, and friends at Fort Myers in Arlington, VA. Harry had invited me because my late Father, Ritchie Boy [[Lubran, Walter H. (33668332)|Walter Lubran]], had served in the US Army's 16th Armored Division, which had liberated Pilzen, Czechoslovakia around the same time that the 4th Armored Division was fighting in Czechoslovakia. Many veterans of the 4th AD helped cadre the newly formed 16th AD when it entered into the ETO in March 1945. Attending the meeting was special guest Brigadier General Creighton W. Three 4th Armored Veterans attended the luncheon and, to my surprise, all three were graduates of Camp Ritchie's Military Intelligence Training Center. Among the attendees were Michael R. Landauer (below left), the son of Ritchie Boy Henry Landauer; Ambassador Richard Schifter (below center), one of the original Ritchie Boys; and Bernie Lubran (below right), the main speaker whose father, [[Lubran, Walter H. (33668332)|Walter Lubran]], was a Ritchie Boy. Field, also attended the program. bit.ly/3rvISIP If you happen to be in New York City this week, and want to learn about the Ritchie Boys, you are invited to attend the Tisha B'Av service at the Carlebach Shul on West 79th Street in Manhattan.