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'''Herbert K. Oehmichen''' (1915–1990) was a United States Army Captain who trained at [[Camp Ritchie]], Maryland, in [[Class 15]]. | '''Herbert K. Oehmichen''' (1915–1990) was a United States Army Captain who trained at [[Camp Ritchie]], Maryland, in [[Class 15]]. A New York–born interrogator who landed on Utah Beach with the 90th Infantry Division and later helped liberate his mother from Theresienstadt. | ||
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== Biography == | == Biography == | ||
Herbert Karl Oehmichen was born in New York City in 1915 to German parents. He completed POW interrogation training at Camp Ritchie in 1944 and went overseas as an interrogation officer with the 359th Infantry, 90th Infantry Division, landing on Utah Beach on D-Day. He earned a Bronze Star for rescuing wounded paratroopers near Amfreville and, according to family history, later found and evacuated his mother from Theresienstadt. See the [[The Stories/Herbert K. Oehmichen|full story]]. | |||
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== Gallery == | == Gallery == | ||
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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) | ||
* [ | * [[The Stories/Herbert K. Oehmichen|The Stories essay]] | ||