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== Biography == | == Biography == | ||
Kurt Kugelmann was born in Germany on December 28, 1905 | Kurt Kugelmann was born in Germany on December 28, 1905. He emigrated to the United States and established a long civilian career in metallurgy, a field that demanded close knowledge of industrial materials and processes. He worked for the Steel Metal Corporation in Long Island City for twenty-two years. Kugelmann enlisted in the U.S. He entered the Military Intelligence Training Center at Camp Ritchie and graduated on October 23, 1943. During the war Kugelmann served with XX Corps in the European theater. Over eighteen months overseas, he helped obtain and evaluate information needed by a corps moving across the continent and operating among German military personnel and civilians. Kugelmann received the Good Conduct Medal and was honorably discharged on November 21, 1945. He returned to civilian life and to his profession in the metal industry. He was married to Ella Kugelmann and remained in the New York area. Kugelmann died on July 23, 1959, at the age of fifty-three. | ||
== Research notes == | == Research notes == | ||