Angress, Werner T. (33043440): Difference between revisions

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He parachuted into France on D-Day with the 82nd Airborne Division, was captured and held as a prisoner of war, later jumped into Holland in Operation Market Garden, fought in the Battle of the Bulge, and helped liberate Camp Wöbbelin, a subcamp of Neuengamme. He received the Purple Heart and the Bronze Star.

The timeline research also records Wrote mainly to Curt Bondy in Richmond. 11/11/1944 Moved to Camp Sissones (nr Reims). 12/16/1944 Unit moved to the Ardennes.

== Research notes ==

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== Timeline ==

* 7/13/1844 Captured some Germans (23). Interrogated German Cpl Kegel.

* 6/27/1920 Born in Berlin son of Henry and Henny Angress (Jewish).

* 8/25/1943 Entered Class 11.

* 12/15/1943 Promoted to S/Sgt.

* 6/27/1944 Liberated by US 9th Infantry Division. Rejoined the 508th PIR.

* 6/28/1944 Started to interrogate POWs while with 1st Battalion, 508th PIR.

* 9/9/1944 Assigned to IPW Team 40 (thru 12/13/1944).

* 12/11/1944 Promoted to T/Sgt per Special Order F-88.

* 12/13/1944 Assigned to IPW Team 47 from IPW Team 40.

* 12/16/1944 Unit moved to the Ardennes.

* 1943 Maneuvers in North Carolina with 116th Infantry Regiment (29th Infantry.

* 7/1943 Communications Sergeant with 314th Infantry (Nashville).

* Assigned to IPW Team 45 attached to 82nd Airborne Division consisting of:.

* Awards: Purple Heart; Bronze Star; Combat Infantryman Badge.

* Colonel Whitfield Jack (ACoS G-2).

* Division).

* Later, Emanuel; Angress; Brodsky; Guttman; Greenwald. Also Capt. John A. Breen.

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== Sources ==

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* Ritchie Boys of WWII Facebook page, post dated 2021-05-22 (1 post)

* Ritchie Boys of WWII Facebook page, post dated 2021-06-29 (3 posts)

* Dan Gross, ''Timeline of Werner T. Angress for Camp Ritchie'' (private research document; 1 source documents reviewed)

* Dan Gross, ''Timeline of Angress, Werner T. for Camp Ritchie'' (private research files; selected non-private narrative findings; 1 source files: WERNER T. ANGRESS (2021).doc)

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 He parachuted into France on D-Day with the 82nd Airborne Division, was captured and held as a prisoner of war, later jumped into Holland in Operation Market Garden, fought in the Battle of the Bulge, and helped liberate Camp Wöbbelin, a subcamp of Neuengamme. He received the Purple Heart and the Bronze Star.
+<!-- Dan Gross timeline enrichment -->
+The timeline research also records Wrote mainly to Curt Bondy in Richmond. 11/11/1944 Moved to Camp Sissones (nr Reims). 12/16/1944 Unit moved to the Ardennes.
 == Research notes ==
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+== Timeline ==
+<div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed soldier-timeline">
+<div class="soldier-timeline-body">
+* 7/13/1844 Captured some Germans (23). Interrogated German Cpl Kegel.
+* 6/27/1920 Born in Berlin son of Henry and Henny Angress (Jewish).
+* 8/25/1943 Entered Class 11.
+* 12/15/1943 Promoted to S/Sgt.
+* 6/27/1944 Liberated by US 9th Infantry Division. Rejoined the 508th PIR.
+* 6/28/1944 Started to interrogate POWs while with 1st Battalion, 508th PIR.
+* 9/9/1944 Assigned to IPW Team 40 (thru 12/13/1944).
+* 12/11/1944 Promoted to T/Sgt per Special Order F-88.
+* 12/13/1944 Assigned to IPW Team 47 from IPW Team 40.
+* 12/16/1944 Unit moved to the Ardennes.
+* 1943 Maneuvers in North Carolina with 116th Infantry Regiment (29th Infantry.
+* 7/1943 Communications Sergeant with 314th Infantry (Nashville).
+* Assigned to IPW Team 45 attached to 82nd Airborne Division consisting of:.
+* Awards: Purple Heart; Bronze Star; Combat Infantryman Badge.
+* Colonel Whitfield Jack (ACoS G-2).
+* Division).
+* Later, Emanuel; Angress; Brodsky; Guttman; Greenwald. Also Capt. John A. Breen.
+</div>
+</div><div style="clear: both;"></div>
 == Sources ==
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 * Ritchie Boys of WWII Facebook page, post dated 2021-05-22 (1 post)
 * Ritchie Boys of WWII Facebook page, post dated 2021-06-29 (3 posts)
+* Dan Gross, ''Timeline of Werner T. Angress for Camp Ritchie'' (private research document; 1 source documents reviewed)
+* Dan Gross, ''Timeline of Angress, Werner T. for Camp Ritchie'' (private research files; selected non-private narrative findings; 1 source files: WERNER T. ANGRESS (2021).doc)