Brombert, Victor H. (32906913): Difference between revisions
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== Biography == | == Biography == | ||
Victor Henri Brombert (né Bromberg; 11 November 1923 – 26 November 2024) was a German-born Jewish Ritchie Boy who trained at Camp Ritchie in class 11. Born in Berlin to a Russian-Jewish family, he fled Nazi Europe via France and Spain and settled in New York. Drafted in May 1943, he changed his surname to Brombert during military service. After the war he became a scholar of nineteenth- and twentieth-century literature, teaching at Yale and Princeton, where he was Henry Putnam University Professor Emeritus. | Victor Henri Brombert (né Bromberg; 11 November 1923 – 26 November 2024) was a German-born Jewish Ritchie Boy who trained at Camp Ritchie in class 11. Born in Berlin to a Russian-Jewish family, he fled Nazi Europe via France and Spain and settled in New York. Drafted in May 1943, he changed his surname to Brombert during military service. After the war he became a scholar of nineteenth- and twentieth-century literature, teaching at Yale and Princeton, where he was Henry Putnam University Professor Emeritus. | ||
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The timeline research also records 11/23/43 Completed Special Graduate Training Class #1 MII French. 11/4/43 Started Special Graduate Training Class #1 MII French. Studied mechanical dentistry in NY trade school. Worked as dental laboratory assistant. | |||
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== Timeline == | |||
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* 5/13/1943 Inducted into the Army in NYC as Pvt (ASN 32906913). | |||
* 8/23/43 Assigned to Company F at Camp Ritchie. | |||
* 8/25/43 Started Class 11 (IPW Ge). | |||
* 11/4/43 Started Special Graduate Training Class #1 MII French. | |||
* 12/15/43 Promoted from Pvt to M/Sgt. | |||
* 3/30/44 MII Team 423 attached to HQ, 2nd Armored Division (1st Army) consisted of:. | |||
* 9/30/44 MII Team 423 placed on 30-day duty with CIC Detachment 417 (Major Wilson). | |||
* 10/18/44 MII Team 438-G attached to 28th Infantry Division (V Corps, 1st Army) with. | |||
* 4/1/45 T/5 Edwin M. Slesak 33610554 joined MII 438-G (replaces Leeds who was. | |||
* 6/25/45 Brombert is assigned to MII Team 438-G (attached to HQ, 15th Army) for duty. | |||
* 11/11/23 Born in Germany. Parents were Jews from Russia (original name Bromberg). | |||
* 1st Lt. Nathan H. Muchnick (1915-1993) 01324046 16th Class. | |||
* 2nd Lt. John W. Pyne (1918-1999) 01171727 3rd Class. | |||
* Division) consisted of 2nd Lt. Buteau, 2nd Lt. Marks, M/Sgt Fluchere, S/Sgt. | |||
* Fall 1944 Assigned to 28th Infantry Division (“The Bloody Bucket”). | |||
* S/Sgt Willi Joseph (1908-1974) 32709846 8th Class. | |||
* T/3 John A. Scott (1915-2010) 32632714 12th Class. | |||
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== Sources == | == Sources == | ||
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* 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) | ||
* Dan Gross, ''Timeline of Victor H. Brombert for Camp Ritchie'' (private research document; 1 source documents reviewed) | |||
* Dan Gross, ''Timeline of Brombert, Victor H. for Camp Ritchie'' (private research files; selected non-private narrative findings; 1 source files: VICTOR BROMBERT (2021).doc) | |||