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'''[[Szego, George C. (37357304)|George Charles Szego]]''' (1919 – 23 April 2008) was a Budapest-born Ritchie Boy (Class 14) who landed in Normandy, interrogated high-value prisoners, and later founded a solar company that put collectors on the White House roof.

'''[[Szego, George C. (37357304)|George Charles Szego]]''' (1919 – 23 April 2008) was a Budapest-born Ritchie Boy ([[:Category:Class 14|Class 14]]) who landed in Normandy, interrogated high-value prisoners, and later founded a solar company that put collectors on the White House roof.

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George Charles Szego was born in Budapest in 1919 and was two when his political-émigré parents brought him to the United States. After Brooklyn Technical High School he entered City College of New York, ran out of money after two years, and took a metals-recovery plant job in Sheridan, Wyoming.

Enlisting after Pearl Harbor, he first went to Camp Sibert, Alabama, for chemical-warfare training, then—because he spoke Hungarian and German—to Camp Ritchie (Class 14). As a sergeant he landed at Omaha Beach in June 1944 a few weeks after D-Day, fought in the Battle of the Bulge, and led an intelligence detachment that captured German teams impersonating GIs. Before Nuremberg he interrogated prisoners at Oberursel, including Hermann Göring.

Enlisting after Pearl Harbor, he first went to Camp Sibert, Alabama, for chemical-warfare training, then—because he spoke Hungarian and German—to Camp Ritchie ([[:Category:Class 14|Class 14]]). As a sergeant he landed at Omaha Beach in June 1944 a few weeks after D-Day, fought in the Battle of the Bulge, and led an intelligence detachment that captured German teams impersonating GIs. Before Nuremberg he interrogated prisoners at Oberursel, including Hermann Göring.

He earned degrees from the University of Denver (1947) and the University of Washington (M.S. 1950, Ph.D. 1956), worked for GE, TRW, and the Institute for Defense Analyses, and in 1970 founded InterTechnology/Solar Corp. in Warrenton, Virginia. In 1979 his firm installed solar collectors on the White House West Wing. He died on 23 April 2008 in Dover, Delaware.

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+'''[[Szego, George C. (37357304)|George Charles Szego]]''' (1919 – 23 April 2008) was a Budapest-born Ritchie Boy ([[:Category:Class 14|Class 14]]) who landed in Normandy, interrogated high-value prisoners, and later founded a solar company that put collectors on the White House roof.
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 George Charles Szego was born in Budapest in 1919 and was two when his political-émigré parents brought him to the United States. After Brooklyn Technical High School he entered City College of New York, ran out of money after two years, and took a metals-recovery plant job in Sheridan, Wyoming.
-Enlisting after Pearl Harbor, he first went to Camp Sibert, Alabama, for chemical-warfare training, then—because he spoke Hungarian and German—to Camp Ritchie (Class 14). As a sergeant he landed at Omaha Beach in June 1944 a few weeks after D-Day, fought in the Battle of the Bulge, and led an intelligence detachment that captured German teams impersonating GIs. Before Nuremberg he interrogated prisoners at Oberursel, including Hermann Göring.
+Enlisting after Pearl Harbor, he first went to Camp Sibert, Alabama, for chemical-warfare training, then—because he spoke Hungarian and German—to Camp Ritchie ([[:Category:Class 14|Class 14]]). As a sergeant he landed at Omaha Beach in June 1944 a few weeks after D-Day, fought in the Battle of the Bulge, and led an intelligence detachment that captured German teams impersonating GIs. Before Nuremberg he interrogated prisoners at Oberursel, including Hermann Göring.
 He earned degrees from the University of Denver (1947) and the University of Washington (M.S. 1950, Ph.D. 1956), worked for GE, TRW, and the Institute for Defense Analyses, and in 1970 founded InterTechnology/Solar Corp. in Warrenton, Virginia. In 1979 his firm installed solar collectors on the White House West Wing. He died on 23 April 2008 in Dover, Delaware.