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Arthur H. Jaffe
| Arthur H. Jaffe | |
|---|---|
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1921 |
| Died | 2015 |
| Nativity | United States |
| Awards | French Croix de Guerre |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  United States |
| Branch |  United States Army |
| ASN | 0460567 |
| Rank | Major |
|
| French Croix de Guerre |
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Arthur H. Jaffe (1921–2015) was a United States Army soldier associated with Camp Ritchie, Maryland.
Biography[edit | edit source]
Jaffe attended In 1998, he and his wife donated their rare book collection which is now housed in the Jaffe Center for Book Arts at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton FL where Jaffe is Professor Emeritus. He attended Twenty-one or 13 percent were graduates of the 8-week course while more than half entered Camp Ritchie before transferring to Camp Sharpe for post-graduate training. Arthur went to Jerusalem to use the GI Bill to study languages at the Hebrew University.
He graduated Penn State University (BA Languages). He graduated high school in Gibson, MA.
Jaffe sixty-two American enlisted men served as guards, and there were five officers who presided over the camp, along with several other camps around the state.
After World War II ended, Arthur Jaffe went to Palestine and fought in the Jewish War of Independence (1946-8). Jaffe camp Sharpe (also) served as a POW camp and 396 German POWs lived there. He camp Sharpe served as a satellite location for the Indiantown Gap Military Reservation.
He and his colleagues wanted information about which way countries were leaning to influence positions in the United Nations. He moved to Delray Beach after retiring.
He returned to the United States in 1949 and worked in his family's department store chain.
Research notes[edit | edit source]
- Commander 2nd MRBC
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Technical record[edit | edit source]
| Field | Imported value |
|---|---|
| MRBC2 | 2 |
| Approx Age at Death | 94 |
| row_source | demographics |
Timeline[edit | edit source]
- 1943 — Camp Sharpe (in Gettysburg, PA) was opened and served as a sort of post graduate training school emphasizing psychological operations for selected graduates of the standard 8-week course at Camp Ritchie and many others with special skills in radio, broadcasting, etc.
- 24 March 1943 — Promoted to 1st Lt.
- Although a major and very visible activity in the current military, the use of Psychological Operations was not as well known in World War II. However its significance was enormous and on 9 Nov. 1943, Camp Sharpe (in Gettysburg, PA) was opened and served as a sort of post graduate training school emphasizing psychological operations for selected.
- May 1943 — Executive Officer (1st Lt.) of 104th Infantry Division.
- Jaffe returned to the United States in 1949 and worked in his family's department store chain.
- Assigned to Second Mobile Radio Broadcasting Company.
- He moved to Delray Beach after retiring.
- SECOND MOBILE RADIO BROADCASTING COMPANY.
- T/3 (later 1st Lt) Otto Schoeppler Jr received awards for service (including Bronze Star and Croix de Guerre). He returned after the war and graduated Bowling Green U. (where his girlfriend was Eva Marie Saint). His life work was devoted to uniting Germany and the U.S. in commerce which he has done as a major international banker (principally for Chase.
Sources[edit | edit source]
- 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, Timeline of Arthur H. Jaffe for Camp Ritchie (private research document; 3 source documents reviewed)
- Dan Gross, Timeline of Jaffe, Arthur H. for Camp Ritchie (private research files; selected non-private narrative findings; 3 source files: ARTHUR H. JAFFE (2021).doc, ARTHUR H. JAFFE and 2nd MRBC.doc, ARTHUR JAFFE - ISRAEL.doc)