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== Biography == | == Biography == | ||
Spiro was born in Hamburg, Germany in 1924. Afterwards, Spiro received bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees from Harvard University. He and his family emigrated to the United States in 1938, fleeing Nazi persecution. this information about Herbert John Spiro | Spiro was born in Hamburg, Germany in 1924. In March 1944, he attended ASTP at University of Illinois. On 5 January 1944, Became naturalized U. San Antonio Junior College (1 year). Afterwards, Spiro received bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees from Harvard University. He and his family emigrated to the United States in 1938, fleeing Nazi persecution. this information about Herbert John Spiro. He served in the US Foreign Service as Ambassador to Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea, and taught at the Free University of Berlin. His training at Camp Ritchie places him among the list of approximately 20,000 Ritchie Boys. He served with the United States Army in World War II. | ||
== Research notes == | == Research notes == | ||
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* 6/1943 Basic training with 62nd Infantry Battalion. | |||
* 5 January 1944 — Became naturalized U. | |||
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* Assigned to IPW team 155 attached to the First Army. | |||
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== Sources == | == Sources == | ||
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* Ritchie Boys of WWII Facebook page, post dated 2022-05-19 (1 post) | * Ritchie Boys of WWII Facebook page, post dated 2022-05-19 (1 post) | ||
* Facebook-linked source: [https://bit.ly/3FZuHPy bit.ly] | * Facebook-linked source: [https://bit.ly/3FZuHPy bit.ly] | ||
* Dan Gross, ''Timeline of Herbert J. Spiro for Camp Ritchie'' (private research document; 1 source documents reviewed) | |||
* Dan Gross, ''Timeline of Spiro, Herbert J. for Camp Ritchie'' (private research files; selected non-private narrative findings; 1 source files: HERBERT J. SPIRO.doc) | |||