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Army, where, as a German-speaker, he was assigned to a psychological warfare unit to monitor German newscasts. Aside from his credentials as a physician, Wynder was a researcher, educator, and activist. He devoted his career to the study and prevention of cancer and chronic disease, publishing hundreds of scientific papers. | Army, where, as a German-speaker, he was assigned to a psychological warfare unit to monitor German newscasts. Aside from his credentials as a physician, Wynder was a researcher, educator, and activist. He devoted his career to the study and prevention of cancer and chronic disease, publishing hundreds of scientific papers. | ||
Through the 1950s and 1960s, he worked at Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research. During the Second World War he became a U.S. | Through the 1950s and 1960s, he worked at Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research. During the Second World War he became a U.S. Citizen and served in the Army as a German speaker. | ||
Wikipedia records that he was assigned to psychological warfare work monitoring German newscasts. He also appears in a wartime group photograph of Ritchie Boys preserved in the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum (Joseph Eaton collection) and shared on the Ritchie Boys of WWII Facebook page—standing among fellow trainees including [[Kellen, Konrad (39701828)|Konrad Kellen]], [[Heym, Stefan (32860259)|Stefan Heym]], [[Atlas, Louis (32258804)|Louis Atlas]], [[Weidenreich, Peter H. | Wikipedia records that he was assigned to psychological warfare work monitoring German newscasts. He also appears in a wartime group photograph of Ritchie Boys preserved in the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum (Joseph Eaton collection) and shared on the Ritchie Boys of WWII Facebook page—standing among fellow trainees including [[Kellen, Konrad (39701828)|Konrad Kellen]], [[Heym, Stefan (32860259)|Stefan Heym]], [[Atlas, Louis (32258804)|Louis Atlas]], [[Weidenreich, Peter H. | ||
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* Non-graduate of Class 17 (‘dropped’ and assigned to MRBC5). | * Non-graduate of Class 17 (‘dropped’ and assigned to MRBC5). | ||
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