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Philip Pines
| Philip Pines | |
|---|---|
| Personal details | |
| Birth name | Pinkofsky |
| Born | 1920 Philip Pinkofsky In, New York |
| Died | 2020 |
| Nativity | United States |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  United States |
| Branch |  United States Army |
| ASN | 32236595 |
| Rank | Captain |
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Philip Pines (1920–2020) was a United States Army soldier associated with Camp Ritchie, Maryland.
Biography[edit | edit source]
Collette (died in war), Leveille, and Edelson (1912). In 1941, Pines graduated City College. Berenson (became Director, United Nations Radio Service), Morris (Morey) Pierce (CBS), (English Lord) D’Arcy and other civilians who were part of OWI or were news reporters or commentators. In Normandy, worked out of 2 large trailers.
Research notes[edit | edit source]
- Grandson of "the Great Zehde"
Gallery[edit | edit source]
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Technical record[edit | edit source]
| Field | Imported value |
|---|---|
| MRBC2 | 2 |
| Approx Age at Death | 100 |
| row_source | demographics |
Timeline[edit | edit source]
- Collette (died in war), Leveille, and Edelson (1912).
- Served in 2nd MRBC under its Commanding Officer, Lt (later Capt) Arthur Jaffe. Also remembers Lt. Gordon Frick, Lt. Louis Muhlbauer, Lt. Raymond Fuller, Robert Mussell, Lt. Collette (died in war), Leveille, and Edelson (1912). Also recalls Ayoub, Brooks, Groetzinger, Henig, Sancho-Bonet and Wigler (members of 2nd MRBC) plus Lt. Agard and McCoy (not.
- Born 22 February 1920 in Philip Pinkofsky in New York.
- 19 February 1944 — Assigned to 2nd MRBC and sent to Camp Sharpe for training (approx. 6 weeks).
- November 1945 — Returned to U.S.
- Unit to which attached possessed two trailer trucks equipped with transmitter.
- Worked at St. Lo, then Rennes, Radio Bretagne, Verdun, Spa, Bastogne, 9th Army, Maastricht, Liege; in May, war ended, went to Bremen, didn’t want to stop at Bergen Belsen. Later, assigned to Wiesbaden.
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 Philip Pines for Camp Ritchie (private research document; 1 source documents reviewed)
- Dan Gross, Timeline of Pines, Philip for Camp Ritchie (private research files; selected non-private narrative findings; 1 source files: PHILIP PINES.doc)