Rex Applegate

Rex Applegate
Personal details
Born	1914
Died	1998
Nativity	United States
Religion	Protestant
Military service
Allegiance	United States
Branch	United States Army
ASN	024589
Rank	Colonel
Specialty	Close Combat (Section VIII)

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Rex Applegate (1914–1998) was a United States Army Colonel on the staff and faculty at Camp Ritchie, instructing in Close Combat (Section VIII).

Biography

Rex Applegate was a United States Army colonel on the Camp Ritchie staff and faculty, instructing in Close Combat (Section VIII). He had earlier British special-instruction experience in 1942 and OSS ties. A manual-combat specialist, he wrote Kill or Be Killed. Faculty records list an arrival or alert date of 11 June 1945.

Research notes

• Camp Ritchie instructor (manual combat)
• Author, "Kill or Be Killed"
• Portrait and summary from Notable Ritchie Boys slides ( )
• Instructor; Section VIII; British SI 1942; OSS

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Technical record

Field	Imported value
row_source	notable_slides_manual

Sources

• Dan Gross research archive (miscellaneous timeline-adjacent documents; not uploaded): FACULTY - FIRST 13.xls
• Notable Ritchie Boys slides