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'''Henry Pleasants | '''Henry III Pleasants''' (1910–2000) was a Ritchie Boy (from United States; Protestant) who trained at Camp Ritchie in class 9. | ||
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' | Henry Pleasants was a Ritchie Boy. He was an American music critic and intelligence officer. Henry was born May 12, 1910. Pleasants studied voice, piano and composition at the Curtis Institute of Music, from which he received an honorary doctorate in 1977. In 1930, at age 19, he became a music critic for the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin and was the paper's music editor from 1934 to 1942, when he enlisted in the U.S. In 1948–49, he re-entered the military as an army liaison officer with the Austrian government. He left the army to enter the Foreign Service in 1950, serving as an intelligence officer in Munich. From 1950 to 1956, he was the CIA station chief in Bern, and subsequently from 1956 until his retirement from the CIA in 1964, CIA station chief in Bonn. He was involved in espionage during the Cold War, living with Reinhard Gehlen, a former Nazi general and a top intelligence official for West Germany, to evaluate his "suitability." The Gehlen Organization, which the former general led, became the forerunner of the postwar West German Federal Intelligence Service. On January 4, 2000, Pleasants died aged 89 in a London hospital after suffering a ruptured aorta. You can read more about Henry at the Wikipedia page linked here: You can read a three page article entitled "War and Remembrance" dated July 1995 from Opera News. | ||
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Revision as of 03:51, 26 August 2026
| Henry Pleasants, III | |
|---|---|
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1910 |
| Died | 2000 |
| Nativity | United States |
| Religion | Protestant |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  United States |
| Branch |  United States Army |
| Arm / service | Air Corps |
| ASN | 0914107 |
| Rank | First Lieutenant |
| Camp Ritchie | Class 9 (21 June – 18 August 1943) |
| Section | 5E |
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Henry III Pleasants (1910–2000) was a Ritchie Boy (from United States; Protestant) who trained at Camp Ritchie in class 9.
Biography
Henry Pleasants was a Ritchie Boy. He was an American music critic and intelligence officer. Henry was born May 12, 1910. Pleasants studied voice, piano and composition at the Curtis Institute of Music, from which he received an honorary doctorate in 1977. In 1930, at age 19, he became a music critic for the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin and was the paper's music editor from 1934 to 1942, when he enlisted in the U.S. In 1948–49, he re-entered the military as an army liaison officer with the Austrian government. He left the army to enter the Foreign Service in 1950, serving as an intelligence officer in Munich. From 1950 to 1956, he was the CIA station chief in Bern, and subsequently from 1956 until his retirement from the CIA in 1964, CIA station chief in Bonn. He was involved in espionage during the Cold War, living with Reinhard Gehlen, a former Nazi general and a top intelligence official for West Germany, to evaluate his "suitability." The Gehlen Organization, which the former general led, became the forerunner of the postwar West German Federal Intelligence Service. On January 4, 2000, Pleasants died aged 89 in a London hospital after suffering a ruptured aorta. You can read more about Henry at the Wikipedia page linked here: You can read a three page article entitled "War and Remembrance" dated July 1995 from Opera News.
Research notes
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Technical record
| Field | Imported value |
|---|---|
| Approx Age at Death | 90 |
| Class_ASN | 914107 |
| Class_Name | PLEASANTS, Henry |
| match_method | asn_exact_name_exact |
| row_source | both |
Sources
- Camp Ritchie class roster (classes 1–31), merged research file
- NARA World War II Army enlistment records (where a NARA ASN is present)
- 1940 U.S. Census (where a census match is present)
- Ritchie Boys of WWII Facebook page, post dated 2022-12-29 (1 post)
- Wikipedia