Jacobs, Harry A (33743685): Difference between revisions
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|awards=Bronze Star Medal; French Croix de Guerre; Bronze Star Medal with V-device; French Legion of Honor | |awards=Bronze Star Medal; French Croix de Guerre; Bronze Star Medal with V-device; French Legion of Honor | ||
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Jacobs served with OB Team 24 of the 4th Armored Division and entered combat in July 1944. The timeline places his wartime service in the Ardennes, the Battle of the Bulge, Bastogne, Germany, and Czechoslovakia. He was later attached to CIC Detachment 504 and returned to the United States in late 1945. His documented honors include the Bronze Star Medal, the French Croix de Guerre, a Bronze Star Medal with V-device, and the French Legion of Honor. Jacobs also wrote military-intelligence novels, including ''The Pentagon Brank'' and ''The Raid Toward Prague: May 1945''. | Jacobs served with OB Team 24 of the 4th Armored Division and entered combat in July 1944. The timeline places his wartime service in the Ardennes, the Battle of the Bulge, Bastogne, Germany, and Czechoslovakia. He was later attached to CIC Detachment 504 and returned to the United States in late 1945. His documented honors include the Bronze Star Medal, the French Croix de Guerre, a Bronze Star Medal with V-device, and the French Legion of Honor. Jacobs also wrote military-intelligence novels, including ''The Pentagon Brank'' and ''The Raid Toward Prague: May 1945''. | ||
== Gallery == | == Gallery == | ||
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== Research notes == | |||
* Also Class 10 GerOB | |||
* Camp Sharpe | |||
* OB 24 | |||
== Timeline == | == Timeline == | ||
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* 23 June 1943 — Enlisted at Fort Myer, Virginia, as a private (ASN 33743685). | * 23 June 1943 — Enlisted at Fort Myer, Virginia, as a private (ASN 33743685). | ||
* 1943–1944 — Trained in IPW-Ge Class 12 and completed OB Class 10 as an Order of Battle analyst. | * 1943–1944 — Trained in IPW-Ge Class 12 and completed OB Class 10 as an Order of Battle analyst. | ||