Frank, Peter R. (01997761): Difference between revisions
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== Biography == | == Biography == | ||
''Add a biography, family details, and sources. Click Edit to change this page; no account is required.'' | ''Add a biography, family details, and sources. Click Edit to change this page; no account is required.'' | ||
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The timeline research also records 10/13/1942 Enlisted at Fort Devens, MA as Pvt (ASN 32712444). Worked as clerk-typist for various publications. 12/16/1944 As 2nd Lt, served as second in command to Capt. Served as interpreter for General Maxwell D. 10/1944 Served as only German-speaking member of “The Incredible Patrol”. | |||
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* 7/6/1923 Born as Peter Robert Frank in Germany (son of Lutz Frank). Jewish. | |||
* 10/13/1942 Enlisted at Fort Devens, MA as Pvt (ASN 32712444). | |||
* 3/13/1943 Started Class 6 (IPW Ge). | |||
* 12/1/1943 Promoted to M/Sgt. | |||
* 4/26/1944 Assigned to IPW Team 9 attached to 101st Airborne Division. | |||
* 12/16/1944 As 2nd Lt, served as second in command to Capt. Joseph C. Pangerl. | |||
* Frank is reported to have been awarded the Silver Star “for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action against the enemy while serving with the 101st Airborne Division during World War II.”. | |||
* See also: “Rendezvous With Destiny: History of the 101st Airborne Division”. | |||
* Taylor, Commander of the 101st Infantry Division,. | |||
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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 Peter R. Frank for Camp Ritchie'' (private research document; 1 source documents reviewed) | |||
* Dan Gross, ''Timeline of Frank, Peter R. for Camp Ritchie'' (private research files; selected non-private narrative findings; 1 source files: PETER R. FRANK.doc) | |||