Add Notable Ritchie Boys slide portrait and brief career notes
Add trusted-secondary Dan Gross timeline research
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'''Jerome D. Salinger''' — CIC Short Course; Novelist, "The Catcher in the Rye". Summary from a Notable Ritchie Boys slide ([https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1EWiegWT3PMxAFXS7MZLxFFLMZg0265GK5_Axp_XnzWM source]).
'''Jerome D. Salinger''' — CIC Short Course; Novelist, "The Catcher in the Rye". Summary from a Notable Ritchie Boys slide ([https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1EWiegWT3PMxAFXS7MZLxFFLMZg0265GK5_Axp_XnzWM source]).


== Research notes ==
* 207th CIC
* J. D. Salinger: A Life
* CIC Short Course
* Novelist, "The Catcher in the Rye"
* Portrait and summary from Notable Ritchie Boys slides ([https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1EWiegWT3PMxAFXS7MZLxFFLMZg0265GK5_Axp_XnzWM source]).


== Gallery ==
== Gallery ==
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== Research notes ==
* 207th CIC
* J. D. Salinger: A Life
* CIC Short Course
* Novelist, "The Catcher in the Rye"
* Portrait and summary from Notable Ritchie Boys slides ([https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1EWiegWT3PMxAFXS7MZLxFFLMZg0265GK5_Axp_XnzWM source]).
== Timeline ==
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* 1/1/1919 Born in New York City.
* 10/3/1943 Transferred to the Counter Intelligence Corps at Fort Holabird, MD.
* 11/15/1943 Started 2-week Counter Intelligence Course (B-6) at Camp Ritchie.
* On Nov. 15, 1943 Special Order 274 Para. 9 assigned Cpl Jerome D. Salinger ASN 32325200 to Company G where he completed Special Class B-6 on Nov 26, 1943. He was released from duty at Camp Ritchie on Nov. 28, 1943.
* http://www.towntopics.com/wordpress/2012/06/06/a-d-day-salute-to-lt-paul-fussell-and-staff-sgt-j-d-salinger/.
* Assigned to 207th CIC Detachment attached to 4th Infantry Division.
* Joined 4th Infantry Division.
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== Sources ==
== Sources ==
* Camp Ritchie class roster (classes 1–31), merged research file
* Camp Ritchie Museum, Inc. (The Ritchie History Museum), Classes 1–31 roster data
* Dan Gross research spreadsheets, including original Excel timeline/roster work, combined with other research and records
* NARA World War II Army enlistment records (where a NARA ASN is present)
* NARA World War II Army enlistment records (where a NARA ASN is present)
* 1940 U.S. Census (where a census match is present)
* 1940 U.S. Census (where a census match is present)
* Dan Gross, ''Timeline of Jerome D. Salinger for Camp Ritchie'' (private research document; 2 source documents reviewed)