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Name

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The D.S.S. Form 1 Military Draft Registration Card of Booth Colman completed on June 29, 1942 contains the following information: Name: Robert Sanford Cohn, Place of Residence: 3310 - S.E. Oak St., Portland, Oregon, Date of Birth: March 8, 1923, Place of Birth: Portland, Oregon, Town of County: Multnomah, Name and Address of Person Who Will Always Know Your Address: Sol J. Cohn Portland, Oregon, Employer's Name and Address: Student, Place of Employment of Business: University of Washington Seattle Washington. Semper Fi! FieldMarine (talk) 13:52, 19 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

World War II service

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Robert Sanford Cohn (Booth Colman) is listed in the "Register of Students" as attending army language school at the University of Michigan during the 1943-1944 class. However, there are no reliable sources found as of yet that state he was in a war zone during the war. More specifically, the sources do not establish defining role in World War II. Accordingly, "Category:United States army personnel of World War II" was removed until a defining role is established. FieldMarine (talk) 14:38, 19 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Army service

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Other than being listed in the "Register of Students" as attending army language school at the University of Michigan during the 1943-1944 class, there are no primary sources about his service in the army. Accordingly, "Category:United States army personnel" was removed until better references are included that establish his service in the army. Semper Fi! FieldMarine (talk) 15:07, 19 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Update: The Michigan Alumnus, volume XLIX, number 1, October 3, 1942, page 299 stated, "Robert Cohn, '41, is a Second Lieutenant in the Signal Corps at Wright Field, Ohio." However, this is likely a different Robert Cohn, who was from New Jersey and was born in 1920. Otherwise, Colman would have been an 18 year old 2nd lieutenant. Semper Fi! FieldMarine (talk) 15:28, 19 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]
On page 20 of Simian Scrolls, Issue 12, High Council: An Interview with Booth Colman by Jeff Krueger, it says, "I was inducted into the army I was sent to the University of Michigan where the Army had a Japanese language school. I was there for a year and then I worked in an office in New York City and I was discharged from the army in New Jersey, Fort Dix." Semper Fi! FieldMarine (talk) 17:33, 19 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]