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== Biography == | == Biography == | ||
Werner Gumpertz passed away on December 1, 2017 at age 99. This information about Werner came from the tribute written by his granddaughter, Beckie Moses, that was part of his obituary. "In 1943, Werner was drafted into the U.S. Werner went on to become an Army Intelligence Officer, serving overseas in Germany. He completed his training at Camp Ritchie’s Military Intelligence Training Center. He was later recruited by the U.S. Military Government and sent to Switzerland to identify and eliminate Nazi ideology from book publications. He led a distinguished military career and took great pride in serving his country." | On 1936-1939, Completed 3 years of college at Swiss Fed Inst of Technology (ETH). In December 1943, Became naturalized citizen (Cert. In June 1944, he served as Supervisory NCO (Cpl) at Fort Belvoir. Werner Gumpertz passed away on December 1, 2017 at age 99. This information about Werner came from the tribute written by his granddaughter, Beckie Moses, that was part of his obituary. "In 1943, Werner was drafted into the U.S. Werner went on to become an Army Intelligence Officer, serving overseas in Germany. He completed his training at Camp Ritchie’s Military Intelligence Training Center. He was later recruited by the U.S. Military Government and sent to Switzerland to identify and eliminate Nazi ideology from book publications. He led a distinguished military career and took great pride in serving his country.". | ||
== Research notes == | == Research notes == | ||
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== Timeline == | |||
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* December 1943 — Became naturalized citizen (Cert. | |||
* 2/1944 Assigned as replacement with 4th Regt at Camp Reynolds, PA. | |||
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* Assigned to MFIU-5 at Jugenheim (POW camp) Weinstrasse to S. of. | |||
* Served with MFIU-5 attached to the 7th Army. | |||
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== Sources == | == Sources == | ||
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* 1940 U.S. Census (where a census match is present) | * 1940 U.S. Census (where a census match is present) | ||
* Ritchie Boys of WWII Facebook page, post dated 2017-12-10 (1 post) | * Ritchie Boys of WWII Facebook page, post dated 2017-12-10 (1 post) | ||
* Dan Gross, ''Timeline of Werner H. Gumpertz for Camp Ritchie'' (private research document; 1 source documents reviewed) | |||
* Dan Gross, ''Timeline of Gumpertz, Werner H. for Camp Ritchie'' (private research files; selected non-private narrative findings; 1 source files: WERNER H. GUMPERTZ.doc) | |||