World War II Honoree

Ralph H. Baer

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

New York, New York

Honored By

Lawrence J. Bryan

Relationship

Godson

DRAFTED INTO THE ARMY IN 1943 AND BEING FLUENT IN BOTH ENGLISH AND GERMAN HE WAS ASSIGNED TO THE MILITARY INTELLIGENCE TRAINING CENTER AT FORT RITCHIE, MARYLAND FOR INTERROGATION TRAINING. HE WAS SUBSEQUENTLY ASSIGNED TO EISENHOWER’S MILITARY INTELLIGENCE HEADQUARTERS IN LONDON AND STATIONED IN FRANCE AFTER D-DAY. HE WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN TRAINING ALLIED TROOPS IN THE IDENTIFICATION AND OPERATION OF AXIS SMALL ARMS. BEFORE BEING DISCHARGED AFTER THE WAR HE CATALOGED AND THEN ESCORTED BACK TO THE U.S. 18 TONS OF AXIS ARMS, A COLLECTION THAT AUGMENTED OR STARTED THE U.S. ARMY EXHIBITS IN ABERDEEN, MARYLAND, SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS AND FT. RILEY, KANSAS.