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'''Karl H. Schafer''' (~~1922–2013~~) was a ~~United States Army Second Lieutenant~~ who trained at [[Camp Ritchie~~]], Maryland,~~ in ~~[[Class~~ 22]].

'''Karl H. Schafer''' (1922–2013) was a Ritchie Boy (from Germany; Protestant) who trained at Camp Ritchie in class 22 and served with IPW Team 164.

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Mark Hellman writes that his Father "had grown up in a German-speaking Lutheran farm family in Nebraska, gone to the Univ of Nebraska, graduating at age 19 and then getting an MA there in the mid-1930's in Latin and German. The momento that Ronald Friedman shared a photo of (below right) was a familiar object in our house.... One sad thing about the momento: 2nd Lt. Shafer was a replacement....2nd Lt. Alfred Kupferschmidt, was killed in action on February 25, 1945, three days after the photo (below left)...was taken." According to RB historian Dan Gross, "Captain Fred W. Hellman (1912-1991) graduated Class 20 (German) and was officer in charge of IPW 164 attached to XXI Corps. At end of October 1944, fifteen IPW teams (30 officers and 60 enlisted men) were transported to Camp Shanks and then embarked on the SS Aquitania to ETO (Scotland). (RB Max Horlick was on same shipment) I didn’t know that Karl Schafer was a replacement for Alfred Kupferschmidt."

== Research notes ==

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== Technical record ==

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* 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 2018-01-10 (1 post)

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-'''Karl H. Schafer''' (1922&ndash;2013) was a United States Army Second Lieutenant who trained at [[Camp Ritchie]], Maryland, in [[Class 22]].
+'''Karl H. Schafer''' (1922–2013) was a Ritchie Boy (from Germany; Protestant) who trained at Camp Ritchie in class 22 and served with IPW Team 164.
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 == Biography ==
-''Add a biography, family details, and sources. Click Edit to change this page; no account is required.''
+Mark Hellman writes that his Father "had grown up in a German-speaking Lutheran farm family in Nebraska, gone to the Univ of Nebraska, graduating at age 19 and then getting an MA there in the mid-1930's in Latin and German. The momento that Ronald Friedman shared a photo of (below right) was a familiar object in our house.... One sad thing about the momento: 2nd Lt. Shafer was a replacement....2nd Lt. Alfred Kupferschmidt, was killed in action on February 25, 1945, three days after the photo (below left)...was taken." According to RB historian Dan Gross, "Captain Fred W. Hellman (1912-1991) graduated Class 20 (German) and was officer in charge of IPW 164 attached to XXI Corps. At end of October 1944, fifteen IPW teams (30 officers and 60 enlisted men) were transported to Camp Shanks and then embarked on the SS Aquitania to ETO (Scotland). (RB Max Horlick was on same shipment) I didn’t know that Karl Schafer was a replacement for Alfred Kupferschmidt."
 == Research notes ==
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 == Gallery ==
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+<div class="soldier-gallery">
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+1706683132686934.jpg
+1706688559353058.jpg
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 == Technical record ==
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 * 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 2018-01-10 (1 post)