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Charles W. Norton
| Charles W. Norton | |
|---|---|
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1902 |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  United States |
| Branch |  United States Army |
| ASN | 31159052 |
| Enlisted | Boston, Massachusetts |
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Charles W. Norton (born 1902) was a Ritchie Boy who trained at Camp Ritchie.
Biography
Other sources from Ritchie Boys who wrote about their classes in Map Reading: Patrick O'Donnell, Dog Company, The Boys of Pont du Hoc, Da Capo Press, 2012 Steven Karras, The Enemy I Knew: German Jews in the Allied Military in World War II (Interview with Ralph Baer) Robert Potash, Looking Back at My First Eighty Years, A Mostly Professional Memoir, iUniverse, 2008 David Hutt, The Boy Who Wore White Stockings, From Hitler's Austria to Patton's Third Army, Matador, 2013 Victor Bromberg, Trains of Thought: Memories of a Stateless Youth, W.W. Norton and Company, 2002
Research notes
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Technical record
| Field | Imported value |
|---|---|
| Nara ASN | 31159052 |
| Nara Name | NORTON CHARLES W |
| Nara State | 13 |
| Nara County | 025 |
| Nara POE | 1306 |
| Nara DOE | 070842 |
| Nara Grade Alpha | PVT |
| Nara Race | 1 |
| Nara Race Description | White citizen |
| Nara Height (inches) | 68 |
| Nara Weight (lbs) | 206 |
| row_source | demographics |
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 2016-09-30 (1 post)