Bravig Wilbur Eugune IMBS
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Source : Doc Wilson | |||||||
NUMBER OF SERVICE | N.A | ||||||
AGE | 41 yo | ||||||
DATE OF BIRTH | 8 October 1904 Milwaukee, WISCONSIN | ||||||
ENLISTMENT STATE | WISCONSIN | ||||||
FAMILY |
Spouse : Valeska Belbarischky IMBS | ||||||
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FONCTION | Radio announcer for the O.I.C (Operationnal Intelligence Centre) | ||||||
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DATE of ENLISTEMENT | 1944 | ||||||
GROUP | Operationnal Intelligence Centre (Civil Affairs Survey) | ||||||
ARMY | Supreme Headquarters of Allied Expeditionnary Forces | ||||||
DATE OF DEATH | 29 May 1946 |
Source : Victor DANIEL | |||||
STATUS | DNB | ||||||
PLACE OF DEATH | Road near Livron-sur-Drôme | ||||||
CEMETERY TEMPORARY |
CEMTERY TEMPORARY of Luynes Cemetery, Aix-En-Provance N°3551 N°T-367347 | ||||||
CEMETERY | RHONE AMERICAN CEMETERY and MEMORIAL of Draguignan | ||||||
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DECORATION |
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STORY | |||||||
Source : Angy |
Bravig IMBS was born in Milwaukee to Norwegian immigrant parents. He studied and graduated from Dartmouth College in New Hampshire. He worked in Paris in the 1930s where he met his wife Valeska with whom he had a child. He was employed as a proofreader for the "International Edition of the Chicago Tribune in Paris", but he was sourtout known for his work as a writer, his most famous work being "Confession of another young man".
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At the beginning of the war he was repatriated to the United States before being called back to French soil in 1944 as a liaison officer. He was then put in charge of establishing a free French radio from the Cherbourg facilities, which had just been liberated. Once this was done Bravig was going to be in charge of running a radio show transmitting information from the BBC and ABSIE (American Broadcasting System In Europe) to the French population. He managed to broadcast 5 radio programs per week via his antenna. It continued to broadcast for much of the war and remained there after Germany’s surrender. He died in a car accident on 29 May 1946 near Livron-sur-Drôme, on his way to Paris. | |||||||
SOURCE INFORMATION & SOURCE PHOTO | Victor DANIEL - fr.findagrave.com - fold3.com - abmc.gov - poetrynook.com |
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PROGRAMMER | Eric, Henri, Garrett, Clive, Frédéric & Renaud |