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'''John E. Dolibois''' (1918&ndash;2014) was a United States Army Second Lieutenant who trained at [[Camp Ritchie]], Maryland, in [[Class 18]].
John Ernest Dolibois (né Jean Ernst Dolibois; December 4, 1918 &ndash; May 2, 2014) was an American diplomat and university administrator who served as the United States Ambassador to Luxembourg from 1981 to 1985.
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== Biography ==
== Biography ==
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John Ernest Dolibois (né Jean Ernst Dolibois; December 4, 1918 &ndash; May 2, 2014) was an American diplomat and university administrator who served as the United States Ambassador to Luxembourg from 1981 to 1985.
 
The following article was from "The American Israelite" dated November 16, 1995. Annie Jacobsen's book, OPERATION PAPERCLIP, includes many references to interrogations of high level German scientists, medical officials, engineers, etc., by US Army personnel to establish whether they could be eligible to be brought to the United States under a secret program to assist the US Government on Cold War projects. I found two references to Ritchie Boys who conducted interrogations.
 
One was Second Lieutenant Walter Jessel of the Forty-Fourth Division Counter Intelligence Corps, who interrogated Wernher von Braun. The second was John Dolibois, an officer with Army Intelligence, G-2, the Collecting and Disseminating Division. Goering was interrogated by Ritchie Boy John E.
 
We have made a few posts about him in the past, including when he passed away on on May 2, 2014.
 


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== Sources ==
== Sources ==
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_E._Dolibois Wikipedia: John E. Dolibois]
* Camp Ritchie class roster (classes 1–31), merged research file
* Camp Ritchie class roster (classes 1–31), merged research file
* 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 2019-08-02 (1 post)
* Ritchie Boys of WWII Facebook page, post dated 2021-06-03 (1 post)
* Ritchie Boys of WWII Facebook page, post dated 2023-01-15 (1 post)

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John E. Dolibois
Personal details
Birth nameJean Ernst Dolibois
Born4 December 1918
Luxembourg
Died2 May 2014
Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.
NativityLuxembourg
ReligionCatholic
Military service
Allegiance United States
Branch United States Army
Arm / serviceCavalry
ASN01018596
RankSecond Lieutenant
Camp RitchieClass 18 (13 April – 10 June 1944)
Section5D
Interview Watch John E. Dolibois on Public Library of Cincinnati.
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John Ernest Dolibois (né Jean Ernst Dolibois; December 4, 1918 – May 2, 2014) was an American diplomat and university administrator who served as the United States Ambassador to Luxembourg from 1981 to 1985.

Biography

John Ernest Dolibois (né Jean Ernst Dolibois; December 4, 1918 – May 2, 2014) was an American diplomat and university administrator who served as the United States Ambassador to Luxembourg from 1981 to 1985.

The following article was from "The American Israelite" dated November 16, 1995. Annie Jacobsen's book, OPERATION PAPERCLIP, includes many references to interrogations of high level German scientists, medical officials, engineers, etc., by US Army personnel to establish whether they could be eligible to be brought to the United States under a secret program to assist the US Government on Cold War projects. I found two references to Ritchie Boys who conducted interrogations.

One was Second Lieutenant Walter Jessel of the Forty-Fourth Division Counter Intelligence Corps, who interrogated Wernher von Braun. The second was John Dolibois, an officer with Army Intelligence, G-2, the Collecting and Disseminating Division. Goering was interrogated by Ritchie Boy John E.

We have made a few posts about him in the past, including when he passed away on on May 2, 2014.


Research notes

Gallery

  • Thanks to Professor Beverley Eddy, author of the soon-to-be available book, Ritchie Boy Secrets, for sharing this photo of Nazi leader Hermann Goering in the Nuremberg prison awaiting trial.
    Thanks to Professor Beverley Eddy, author of the soon-to-be available book, Ritchie Boy Secrets, for sharing this photo of Nazi leader Hermann Goering in the Nuremberg prison awaiting trial.

Technical record

Field Imported value
Approx Age at Death 96
Class_ASN 18596
Class_Name DOLIBOIS, John E.
match_method asn_partial_name_exact
row_source both

Sources

  • Wikipedia: John E. Dolibois
  • Camp Ritchie class roster (classes 1–31), merged research file
  • NARA World War II Army enlistment records (where a NARA ASN is present)
  • 1940 U.S. Census (where a census match is present)
  • Ritchie Boys of WWII Facebook page, post dated 2019-08-02 (1 post)
  • Ritchie Boys of WWII Facebook page, post dated 2021-06-03 (1 post)
  • Ritchie Boys of WWII Facebook page, post dated 2023-01-15 (1 post)
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