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|awards_extra=Listed in [[By The Numbers/Awards]] (from ''Ritchie Boy Secrets'' by Beverley Driver Eddy).
|awards_extra=Listed in [[By The Numbers/Awards]] (from ''Ritchie Boy Secrets'' by Beverley Driver Eddy).
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|arm_or_service=Corps of Engineers
|birth_place=as Lawrence Cohen in New York
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== Biography ==
== Biography ==
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The timeline research also records 1935 Graduated college, CCNY (BA degree). 6/16/40 Married Grace Singer.


== Research notes ==
== Research notes ==
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== Timeline ==
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* 8/8/1912 Born as Lawrence Cohen in New York City.
* 3/3/43 Commissioned as Second Lieutenant (ASN: 01110976).
* 3/13/43 Student in Class 6, Section 14, specializing in Terrain Intelligence.
* 8/43 to 1/44 Additional training with newly activated (8/25/43) 582nd Engineer Dump Truck Company (all black unit with white officers) at Camp Claiborne, LA.
* 7/30/44 Brave actions on reconnaissance mission resulted in Silver Star Medal. He also received the French Croix de Guerre.
* 2/44 to 6/44 Training in England with 582nd Engr. Dump Truck Company.
* 5/43 to 6/43 Assigned to Faculty at Camp Ritchie.
* 6/37 to 12/38 Volunteered with Spanish International Brigade, becoming a 2nd Lt.
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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 Lawrence Cane for Camp Ritchie'' (private research document; 1 source documents reviewed)
* Dan Gross, ''Timeline of Cane, Lawrence for Camp Ritchie'' (private research files; selected non-private narrative findings; 1 source files: LAWRENCE CANE.doc)