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== Biography == | == Biography == | ||
[[Hauser, Frank C. (32417389)|Frank C. Hauser]] (1911–1993), born Franz Karl Hauser in Austria, emigrated to the United States from Liverpool aboard the SS ''Georgic'' on 27 March 1940. His naturalization petition records that he enlisted at Fort Jay, Governors Island, New York, on 31 July 1942, and identifies his earlier residence and civilian work as a leather belt maker. | On 6 November 1942, he was naturalized as U. He ___ Worked in belt factory. [[Hauser, Frank C. (32417389)|Frank C. Hauser]] (1911–1993), born Franz Karl Hauser in Austria, emigrated to the United States from Liverpool aboard the SS ''Georgic'' on 27 March 1940. His naturalization petition records that he enlisted at Fort Jay, Governors Island, New York, on 31 July 1942, and identifies his earlier residence and civilian work as a leather belt maker. Hauser served with the 61st Signal Radio Intercept Company as a radio operator before transferring to the Military Intelligence Training Center at Camp Ritchie. He completed class 20 in the German section and qualified as a German document examiner. His languages were German, French, Italian, and Hungarian. The service records show his promotion to staff sergeant and his later assignment to IPW Team 140. He shipped overseas aboard the RMS ''Queen Mary'' and served in the European Theater. He received the Bronze Star Medal for meritorious achievement in ground operations against the enemy during the Rhineland Campaign. | ||
Hauser served with the 61st Signal Radio Intercept Company as a radio operator before transferring to the Military Intelligence Training Center at Camp Ritchie. He completed class 20 in the German section and qualified as a German document examiner. His languages were German, French, Italian, and Hungarian. The service records show his promotion to staff sergeant and his later assignment to IPW Team 140. | |||
He shipped overseas aboard the RMS ''Queen Mary'' and served in the European Theater. He received the Bronze Star Medal for meritorious achievement in ground operations against the enemy during the Rhineland Campaign. | |||
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* 6 November 1942 — Naturalized as U. | |||
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* Assigned to IPW Team 140 attached to 9th Army. | |||
* S. citizen in Spartanburg, SC (No. | |||
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== Sources == | == Sources == | ||
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* [[:File:1907097262645519.jpg|OCR-reviewed Facebook gallery document: 1907097262645519.jpg]] | * [[:File:1907097262645519.jpg|OCR-reviewed Facebook gallery document: 1907097262645519.jpg]] | ||
* [[:File:1775821509106429.jpg|Hauser Bronze Star Medal certificate]] | * [[:File:1775821509106429.jpg|Hauser Bronze Star Medal certificate]] | ||
* Dan Gross, ''Timeline of Frank C. Hauser for Camp Ritchie'' (private research document; 1 source documents reviewed) | |||
* Dan Gross, ''Timeline of Hauser, Frank C. for Camp Ritchie'' (private research files; selected non-private narrative findings; 1 source files: FRANK C. HAUSER.doc) | |||