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William F. Ross
| William F. Ross | |
|---|---|
| Personal details | |
| Nativity | Germany |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  United States |
| Branch |  United States Army |
| Arm / service | Field Artillery |
| ASN | 01172253 |
| Rank | Second Lieutenant |
| Camp Ritchie | Class 3 (2 November – 23 December 1942) |
| Section | D |
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William F. Ross (ASN 01172253) was a Ritchie Boy (from Germany) who trained at Camp Ritchie in class 3.
Biography
Ross was a Ritchie Boy. Ross, a graduate of Hamilton College (Clinton, N.Y.), has done graduate work in Germanics at the University of Berlin and at Harvard. Commissioned in the Field Artillery, AUS, in 1942, he then received training as a prisoner of war interrogator at Camp Ritchie, Maryland, and served in the G-2 Division in the Pentagon. He was an assistant military attaché in Turkey from 1943 to 1946 and was then employed in the National Archives for a year, surveying the federal records created during the war. He is one of the coauthors of Federal Records of World War II: The Military Agencies (Washington, 1950). Returning to active military duty late in 1947, he was assigned to Office of the Chief of Military History (OCMH) in various capacities for nearly four years. During that time, he was the last Army-sponsored editor of Military Affairs, and later was senior member of the team that translated and edited the German Reports Series of Department of the Army pamphlets. He was transferred to Historical Division, U.S. Army, Europe, in 1951, and while there edited and brought to press the Guide to Foreign Military Studies, 1945-54: Catalog and Index (Darmstadt, 1955). During the years 1957-61, when Mr. Ross was engaged in writing The Quartermaster Corps: Operations in the War Against Germany, he was a civilian employee in the Historical Branch, Office of The Quartermaster General. He was then the Assistant Historian, Defense Supply Agency. I have no information after this unfortunately.
Research notes
- 1910-1989?
Technical record
| Field | Imported value |
|---|---|
| Class_ASN | 172253 |
| Class_Name | ROSS, William F. |
| match_method | asn_partial_name_exact |
| row_source | both |
Sources
- 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 2022-12-22 (1 post)