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|nativity=United States | |||
|religion=P | |||
|rank_final=Colonel | |||
|overseas=Y | |||
|date_arrive=11 June 1945 | |||
|specialty=Close Combat (Section VIII) | |||
|asn=024589 | |||
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'''Rex Applegate''' (1914–1998) was a United States Army | '''Rex Applegate''' (1914–1998) was a United States Army Colonel on the staff and faculty at [[Camp Ritchie]]. | ||
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== Biography == | == Biography == | ||
Rex Applegate was a United States Army colonel on the Camp Ritchie staff and faculty, instructing in Close Combat (Section VIII). Research notes also place him with British special instruction in 1942 and with the OSS. He was a manual-combat specialist and the author of ''Kill or Be Killed''. Faculty records list an arrival or alert date of 11 June 1945. | |||
== Research notes == | == Research notes == | ||
* Camp Ritchie instructor (manual combat) | * Camp Ritchie instructor (manual combat) | ||
* Author, "Kill or Be Killed" | * Author, "Kill or Be Killed" | ||
* Portrait and summary from Notable Ritchie Boys slides ( ) | * Portrait and summary from Notable Ritchie Boys slides ( ) | ||
* Instructor; Section VIII; British SI 1942; OSS | |||
== Gallery == | == Gallery == | ||
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== Sources == | == Sources == | ||
* Dan Gross research archive (miscellaneous timeline-adjacent documents; not uploaded): ''FACULTY - FIRST 13.xls'' | |||
* [https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1ij8PP9weF976Lb5_Ic4bFimcuAZzXRn3cHfNCk5nTdM Notable Ritchie Boys slides] | * [https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1ij8PP9weF976Lb5_Ic4bFimcuAZzXRn3cHfNCk5nTdM Notable Ritchie Boys slides] | ||