Clarify museum roster and Dan Gross research sources
Add audited Dan Gross timeline enrichment
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== Biography ==
== Biography ==
'''Fred Howard''' — Display company owner; invented L’Eggs pantyhose. Summary from a Notable Ritchie Boys slide ([https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1ij8PP9weF976Lb5_Ic4bFimcuAZzXRn3cHfNCk5nTdM source]).
On 22 April 1943, he was naturalized as citizen (with name change) in Wash. Worked as cabinet-maker in Germany. '''Fred Howard''' — Display company owner; invented L’Eggs pantyhose. Summary from a Notable Ritchie Boys slide ([https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1ij8PP9weF976Lb5_Ic4bFimcuAZzXRn3cHfNCk5nTdM source]).


== Research notes ==
== Research notes ==
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== Timeline ==
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* 22 April 1943 — Naturalized as citizen (with name change) in Wash.
* 18 February 1944 Attached to unit at Camp Ritchie.
* 9 August 1945 Transferred from MIS to OSS.
* 17.
* Shipment via Camp Myles Standish, included 40 six man IPW Ge teams (80 officers and 160 enlisted men). Assigned to IPW Team 8.
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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 Fred Howard for Camp Ritchie'' (private research document; 1 source documents reviewed)
* Dan Gross, ''Timeline of Howard, Fred for Camp Ritchie'' (private research files; selected non-private narrative findings; 1 source files: FRED HOWARD.doc)