Bravig Wilbur Eugune IMBS

Source : Doc Wilson

Spouse : Valeska Belbarischky IMBS

Source : Victor DANIEL

 CEMTERY TEMPORARY of 

Luynes Cemetery, Aix-En-Provance N°3551  N°T-367347

Story of Cemetery Temporary 

Map of Rhône American Cemetery

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".

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.
He was placed at the head of 9 technicians of all kinds on the hill of the rock Fauconnière where a radio station was going to be restored in working order.

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.
These were very popular among Francophones, listeners affectionately nicknamed the host "Mr Bobby".

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.