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'''Ralph Valtin''' (1925–2018) was a Ritchie Boy (born Wiegelmesser; from Germany; Qu) who trained at Camp Ritchie and served with IPW Team 24.

'''[[Valtin, Ralph (32979839)|Ralph Valtin]]''' (1925–2018) was a Ritchie Boy (born Wiegelmesser; from Germany; Qu) who trained at Camp Ritchie and served with IPW Team 24.

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== Biography ==

This obituary of Ritchie Boy Rolf Valtin was published in the Washington Post of September 2, 2018. Rolf Valtin, labor mediator Rolf Valtin, 93, a labor mediator and arbitrator who helped resolve labor disputes involving General Motors, coal and steel companies and their labor unions, died Aug. 1 at his home in Alexandria, Va. The cause was congestive heart failure, said a son-in-law, Roy Hawkens. Valtin was born Rolf Wiegelmesser in Hamburg, and immigrated to the United States in 1938 because of his family’s Jewish and Quaker background. During World War II, he served in the U.S. Army as an interrogator of German prisoners of war. He was an all-American soccer player at Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania and was a member of the U.S. Olympic soccer team at the 1948 Summer Games. Valtin was a federal mediator and arbitrator in Philadelphia before moving to the Washington area in 1965 and opening his own arbitration practice. He retired in 2013.

This obituary of Ritchie Boy Rolf Valtin was published in the Washington Post of September 2, 2018. Rolf Valtin, labor mediator Rolf Valtin, 93, a labor mediator and arbitrator who helped resolve labor disputes involving General Motors, coal and steel companies and their labor unions, died Aug. 1 at his home in Alexandria, Va. The cause was congestive heart failure, said a son-in-law, Roy Hawkens. Valtin was born [[Wiegelmesser, Rolf (32979839)|Rolf Wiegelmesser]] in Hamburg, and immigrated to the United States in 1938 because of his family’s Jewish and Quaker background. During World War II, he served in the U.S. Army as an interrogator of German prisoners of war. He was an all-American soccer player at Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania and was a member of the U.S. Olympic soccer team at the 1948 Summer Games. Valtin was a federal mediator and arbitrator in Philadelphia before moving to the Washington area in 1965 and opening his own arbitration practice. He retired in 2013.

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-'''Ralph Valtin''' (1925–2018) was a Ritchie Boy (born Wiegelmesser; from Germany; Qu) who trained at Camp Ritchie and served with IPW Team 24.
+'''[[Valtin, Ralph (32979839)|Ralph Valtin]]''' (1925–2018) was a Ritchie Boy (born Wiegelmesser; from Germany; Qu) who trained at Camp Ritchie and served with IPW Team 24.
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 == Biography ==
-This obituary of Ritchie Boy Rolf Valtin was published in the Washington Post of September 2, 2018. Rolf Valtin, labor mediator Rolf Valtin, 93, a labor mediator and arbitrator who helped resolve labor disputes involving General Motors, coal and steel companies and their labor unions, died Aug. 1 at his home in Alexandria, Va. The cause was congestive heart failure, said a son-in-law, Roy Hawkens. Valtin was born Rolf Wiegelmesser in Hamburg, and immigrated to the United States in 1938 because of his family’s Jewish and Quaker background. During World War II, he served in the U.S. Army as an interrogator of German prisoners of war. He was an all-American soccer player at Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania and was a member of the U.S. Olympic soccer team at the 1948 Summer Games. Valtin was a federal mediator and arbitrator in Philadelphia before moving to the Washington area in 1965 and opening his own arbitration practice. He retired in 2013.
+This obituary of Ritchie Boy Rolf Valtin was published in the Washington Post of September 2, 2018. Rolf Valtin, labor mediator Rolf Valtin, 93, a labor mediator and arbitrator who helped resolve labor disputes involving General Motors, coal and steel companies and their labor unions, died Aug. 1 at his home in Alexandria, Va. The cause was congestive heart failure, said a son-in-law, Roy Hawkens. Valtin was born [[Wiegelmesser, Rolf (32979839)|Rolf Wiegelmesser]] in Hamburg, and immigrated to the United States in 1938 because of his family’s Jewish and Quaker background. During World War II, he served in the U.S. Army as an interrogator of German prisoners of war. He was an all-American soccer player at Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania and was a member of the U.S. Olympic soccer team at the 1948 Summer Games. Valtin was a federal mediator and arbitrator in Philadelphia before moving to the Washington area in 1965 and opening his own arbitration practice. He retired in 2013.
 == Research notes ==