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|birth_date=19 June 1926
|death_date=18 December 2023
|death_year=2023
|birth_place=Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
|death_place=Princeton, New Jersey, U.S.
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'''Arno J. Mayer''' (b. 1926) was a United States Army soldier who trained at [[Camp Ritchie]], Maryland, in [[Class 29]].
'''Arno J. Mayer''' (born 1926) was a Ritchie Boy (from Lux; Jewish) who trained at Camp Ritchie in class 29.
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== Biography ==
== Biography ==
'''Arno J. Mayer''' — Professor Emeritus, Princeton; Marxist historian; Author, "Why Did the Heavens Not Darken?". Summary from a Notable Ritchie Boys slide ([https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1EWiegWT3PMxAFXS7MZLxFFLMZg0265GK5_Axp_XnzWM source]).
'''Arno J. Mayer''' — Professor Emeritus, Princeton; Marxist historian; Author, "Why Did the Heavens Not Darken?". Summary from a Notable Ritchie Boys slide ([https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1EWiegWT3PMxAFXS7MZLxFFLMZg0265GK5_Axp_XnzWM source]).
Arno Joseph Mayer (June 19, 1926 – December 18, 2023) was a Luxembourgish-born American historian who specialized in modern Europe, diplomatic history, and the Holocaust. He was the Dayton-Stockton Professor of History at Princeton University.
Arno J. Mayer was born in 1926, with nativity listed as Lux, Jewish. Service notes include Camp Ritchie class 29. Roster notes also show enlisted at New York City New York; education listed as 4 years of high school.


== Research notes ==
== Research notes ==
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== Gallery ==
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5375291389159405.jpg|Another special thank you to Stephen Goodell for forwarding these pictures from the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum's May 2, 2022 National Tribute Dinner, which honored the Ritchie Boys.
5375291345826076.jpg|Another special thank you to Stephen Goodell for forwarding these pictures from the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum's May 2, 2022 National Tribute Dinner, which honored the Ritchie Boys.
5375291382492739.jpg|Another special thank you to Stephen Goodell for forwarding these pictures from the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum's May 2, 2022 National Tribute Dinner, which honored the Ritchie Boys.
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== Technical record ==
== Technical record ==
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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)
* Ritchie Boys of WWII Facebook page, post dated 2022-05-30 (1 post)
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arno_J._Mayer Wikipedia: Arno J. Mayer]
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