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Charles Richard Warndof
| Charles Richard Warndof | |
|---|---|
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1899 |
| Died | 1983 |
| Nativity | Austria |
| Religion | Jewish |
| Awards | Legion of Merit |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | |
| Branch | |
| ASN | 0153058 |
| Rank | Lieutenant Colonel |
| Specialty | Enemy Armies (Section V); Section Chief November 1944 |
| Legion of Merit |
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Charles Richard Warndof (1899–1983) was a United States Army Lieutenant Colonel on the staff and faculty at Camp Ritchie.
Biography[edit | edit source]
Charles Richard Warndof was a pioneer instructor in Army prisoner-of-war interrogation training before Camp Ritchie opened, including service as senior instructor at Camp Blanding and later at Camp Bullis, Texas. Faculty records list an arrival or alert date of 1 July 1942. When Camp Ritchie was activated in 1942, he transferred with the Bullis staff and continued as an instructor in the Enemy Armies section; faculty notes record him as section chief in November 1944. He received the Legion of Merit.
Research notes[edit | edit source]
- Faculty sheet: Section Chief 11/44; Legion of Merit
- Also described in Camp Ritchie Background (Blanding/Bullis → Ritchie)
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Technical record[edit | edit source]
| Field | Imported value |
|---|---|
| row_source | faculty_first_13 |
| faculty_role | Section Chief 11/44; Legion of Merit |
Sources[edit | edit source]
- Camp Ritchie Background (theritchieboys.com Stories; Warndof and the Bullis staff transfer)
- 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)
- 1940 U.S. Census (where a census match is present)
- Dan Gross research archive (miscellaneous timeline-adjacent documents; not uploaded): FACULTY - FIRST 13.xls