On January 2, 1942, 33 members of a Nazi spy ring headed by Frederick Joubert Duquesne were sentenced to serve a total of over 300 years in prison. They were brought to justice after a lengthy espionage investigation by the FBI. William Sebold, who had been recruited as a spy for Germany, was a major factor in the FBI’s successful resolution of this case through his work as a double agent for the United States. A native of Germany, William Sebold served in the German army during World War I. After leaving Germany in 1921, he worked in industrial and aircraft plants throughout the United States an South America. On February 10, 1936, he became a naturalized citizen of the United States. Sebold returned to Germany in February, 1939, to visit his mother in Mulheim. Upon his arrival in Hamburg, Germany, he was approached by a member of the Gestapo who said that Sebold would be contacted in the near future. Sebold proceeded to Mulheim where he obtained employment.
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Dec
26
2009
Posted by Snafu | Comments : 17386(0)http://www.eucmh.com/2009/12/26/nazi-spies-the-duquesne-ring-new-york/Nazi+Spies+%3A+The+Duquesne+Ring+-+New+York2009-12-26+11%3A14%3A50Snafu
Category : Duquesne Ring, German Papers
Tags: Adolf Henry August Walischewski, Alfred E. Brokhoff, American Export Lines, American Gas, Arkansas, Austria, Axel Wheeler-Hill, Berlin, Bermuda, Bertram Wolfgang Zenzinger, British Ships, Brooklyn, California, Cape Colony, Carl Reuper, Chrysler Motor Corporation, Civil Aeronautics Authority, Conradin Otto Dold, Danzig, Delaware, Detroit, Dr Gassner, Dr Ignatz T. Griebl, Dr Renken, DuPont Plant, Edmund Carl Heine, Else Weustenfeld, Erich Strunck, Erwin Wilhelm Siegler, Evelyn Clayton, Everett Minster Roeder, FBI Agents, Federal District Court, Felix Jahnke, Ford Motor Company, Franz Stigler, Frederick Joubert Duquesne, George Gottlob Schuh, George V. Leo Waalen, German Secret Service, German Vice Consul, German-American Bund, Germany, Gestapo, Gibraltar, Guenther Gustave Rumrich, Gustav Wilhelm Kaercher, Hamburg, Hamilton, Hans W. Hitter, Harper and Brothers, Harry Sawyer, Hartwig Richard Kleiss, Heinrich Clausing, Heinrich Stade, Herman W. Lang, HMS George V, Hoboken, HSS Tennyson, Italian Airlines, Josef Klein, Leo Waalen, Lisbon, Little Casino Restaurant, Long Island, Los Angeles, Maj Nickolaus Ritter, Managua, Marine Division, Max Blank, Michigan, Mulheim, New Jersey, New York, Newark, Nicaragua, Nickolaus Ritter, Oscar Richard Stabler, Panama Canal, Paul Alfred W. Scholz, Paul Bante, Paul Fehse, Paul Scholtz, Portugal, Rene Emanuel Mezenen, Richard Eichenlaub, Russia, Seamen's Act, South Africa, South America, Spain, SS America, SS Siboney, United States Navy, USS Argentine, USS West Point, Vienna, Washington DC, West Indies, Westinghouse Electric Company, William Sebold, Wilmington, Winston Churchill, Yorkville
Nov
13
2009
Posted by Snafu | Comments : 10331(0)http://www.eucmh.com/2009/11/13/taps-dr-katsumi-nakadate-hq-681st-glider-field-arty/%28Taps%29+Katsumi+Nakadate+681+GFAB2009-11-12+23%3A06%3A00Snafu
Category : Veterans Taps
Tags: 442-RTC, 507th Prcht, 681st Glider Field Artillery, 69th Division, 82nd Airborne, American-Chinese, Asians, Battle of the Bulge, Berlin, Camp Forrest, CBI Theater of Operation, China-Burma-India, Detroit, Distinguished Veterans, Eloise Hospital, FBI, Forney Lee, Hq 681st Glider Field Arty, Idaho, Indiana, Internment Camp, Katsumi Nakadate, Leon Lee, Mary Marumoto, Operation Varsity, Oregon, Oregon Medical School, Pearl Harbor Day, Portland, Salem, US Army Reserve, VA Hospitals, Valued Comrade, Washington, Washington High School, Willamette University
It is with a heavy heart that we belatedly learn of the passing of another of our Distinguished Veterans and a Valued Comrade. This sad news concerns the passing of Dr Katsumi Nakadate, Hq 681st GFA who passed away on 29 November 2007. In the latest issue of the Thundermailcall (#21, November 2009) an article concerning Dr. Nakadate) is as follows :
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