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== Biography == | == Biography == | ||
At end of October 1944, fifteen IPW teams (30 officers and 60 enlisted men) were transported to Camp Shanks and then embarked on the SS Aquitania to ETO (Scotland). (RB [[Horlick, Max (32567180)|Max Horlick]] was on same shipment) I didn’t know that [[Schafer, Karl H. (0556062)|Karl Schafer]] was a replacement for [[Kupferschmidt, Alfred (0552513)|Alfred Kupferschmidt]]. | At end of October 1944, fifteen IPW teams (30 officers and 60 enlisted men) were transported to Camp Shanks and then embarked on the SS Aquitania to ETO (Scotland). (RB [[Horlick, Max (32567180)|Max Horlick]] was on same shipment) I didn’t know that [[Schafer, Karl H. (0556062)|Karl Schafer]] was a replacement for [[Kupferschmidt, Alfred (0552513)|Alfred Kupferschmidt]]. I attended the funeral this morning of Ritchie Boy [[Horlick, Max (32567180)|Max Horlick]]. Max turned 100 on March 10 and enjoyed a full life until the very last day. | ||
Born in New Jersey to immigrant parents, Max had a facility for languages and received an undergraduate degree from Rutgers University in French. Max will long be remembered by the Ritchie Boy community. Ritchie Boy [[Horlick, Max (32567180)|Max Horlick]] was a prolific writer and published two books - one, entitled The Pension Mountain, was written in 2007 and describes the crisis facing aging Americans with respect to their future retirement benefits. | Born in New Jersey to immigrant parents, Max had a facility for languages and received an undergraduate degree from Rutgers University in French. Max will long be remembered by the Ritchie Boy community. Ritchie Boy [[Horlick, Max (32567180)|Max Horlick]] was a prolific writer and published two books - one, entitled The Pension Mountain, was written in 2007 and describes the crisis facing aging Americans with respect to their future retirement benefits. | ||
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Ritchie Boy [[Horlick, Max (32567180)|Max Horlick]] was a wonderful storyteller and regaled me several years ago with stories about his life growing up on a chicken farm in rural New Jersey, the times his wife, Ruth, had spent with him at Camp Ritchie, and his work as a journalist when he was well into his 80's and 90's. Mark Hellman writes that his Father "had grown up in a German-speaking Lutheran farm family in Nebraska, gone to the Univ of Nebraska, graduating at age 19 and then getting an MA there in the mid-1930's in Latin and German. | Ritchie Boy [[Horlick, Max (32567180)|Max Horlick]] was a wonderful storyteller and regaled me several years ago with stories about his life growing up on a chicken farm in rural New Jersey, the times his wife, Ruth, had spent with him at Camp Ritchie, and his work as a journalist when he was well into his 80's and 90's. Mark Hellman writes that his Father "had grown up in a German-speaking Lutheran farm family in Nebraska, gone to the Univ of Nebraska, graduating at age 19 and then getting an MA there in the mid-1930's in Latin and German. | ||
One sad thing about the momento: 2nd Lt. Shafer was a replacement....2nd Lt. [[Kupferschmidt, Alfred (0552513)|Alfred Kupferschmidt]], was killed in action on February 25, 1945, three days after the photo (below left)...was taken. According to RB historian Dan Gross, "Captain [[Hellman, Fred W. (0907226)|Fred W. | |||
== Research notes == | == Research notes == | ||