Mandler, George (42047055)

George Mandler
Personal details
Born	1924
Died	2016
Nativity	Austria
Religion	Jewish
Military service
Allegiance	United States
Branch	United States Army
ASN	42047055
Rank	Private
Camp Ritchie	Class 21 (21 July – 18 September 1944)
Section	5B
Enlisted	New York City, New York
Teams	IPW 410, IPW 165

Teammates

Team — IPW 410

Team — IPW 165

These are other soldiers listed on the same team roster. People moved between teams; overlapping service dates are not always documented.

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George Mandler (1924–2016) was a Ritchie Boy (from Austria; Jewish) who trained at Camp Ritchie in class 21 and served with IPW Team 410;165.

Biography

Interesting fact courtesy of the April/May 2007 Maryland Cracker Barrel magazine and the book, Interesting Times, by Ritchie Boy George Mandler, 2013. As World War II progressed, captured equipment was sent to Camp Ritchie to the training cadres of the Composite School Unit (CS), which simulated enemy, mostly German, tactics. That way, a trainee interrogator could practicing German POWs, French local civilians, and Japanese machine gunners in their own language. There were a number of men from the Hagerstown, MD, and Waynesboro, PA area who served in the CSU.

Ritchie Boy George Mandler's autobiography is titled Interesting Times. He was born in Vienna, Austria in 1924 to a middle class family. After Germany invaded Austria, Mandler left for England and eventually to the United States. Mandler was drafted by the US Army in 1943 and was trained in military intelligence at Camp Ritchie. He ended up as a front line interrogator with the 7th Army in Germany. He describes in detail his training and the function of military intelligence in the Army. Mandler continued in Military intelligence and counter-intelligence work in post-war Germany. After returning from the War, RB Mandler earned degrees in psychology and went on to have a distinguished career. He was the head of the psychology department at the University of California at San Diego.

Research notes

• Psychologist
• ASTP

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Technical record

Field	Imported value
Approx Age at Death	92
Nara ASN	42047055
Nara Name	MANDLER GEORGE
Nara State	23
Nara County	61
Nara POE	2364
Nara DOE	151043
Nara Grade Alpha	PVT
Nara Grade Code	8
Nara Branch Alpha	NO
Nara Branch Code	2
Branch	No branch assignment
Nara Term or Enlistment	5
Term of enlistment	Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law
Defer. Date	0
Nara Source	0
Nara Nativity	N2
Nara Year of Birth	24
Nara Race	J
Nara Race Description	White not yet a citizen
Nara Education	4
Nara Civilian Occupation	992
Nara Marital Status	6
Nara Height (inches)	0
Nara Weight (lbs)	0
Class_ASN	42047055
Class_Name	MANDLER, George
match_method	asn_exact_name_exact
row_source	both

Sources

• Wikipedia: George Mandler
• 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 2020-07-04 (2 posts)