7-447: Bodson may refer to:- Herman Bodson - Belgian resistance member and mineralogist Omer Bodson - Belgian army officer Philippe Bodson - Belgian businessman and former senator Victor Bodson - Justice minister of Luxembourg The Victor Bodson Bridge named after him Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
14-507: A German railway convoy in which 600 German soldiers were killed. He was also involved in sheltering allied airmen which had been shot down and is credited with saving the lives of 17 allied pilots. During the Battle of the Bulge , he was trapped in the besieged town of Bastogne where he assisted US forces as a medic. For his service in the resistance he was awarded numerous Belgian medals, including
21-849: The Commemorative and the Resistance Medals as well as the British King's Medal for Courage in the Cause of Freedom and American Medal of Freedom . After the war, Bodson worked at the Union Chimique Belge in Brussels . He married in June 1948. In 1951, Bodson and his family moved to Elisabethville in the Belgian Congo . With the backlash against Europeans following Congolese independence in 1960,
28-640: The Bodson family moved first to Rhodesia and then to the United States . He had a notable collection of mineral specimens. He was a mineral dealer in Stow , Ohio before gaining a teaching job at Lake Erie College . He became a naturalized citizen in 1966. He died on 28 December 2001. Stow, Ohio Too Many Requests If you report this error to the Wikimedia System Administrators, please include
35-497: The title Bodson . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bodson&oldid=949234662 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Herman Bodson Herman Bodson (21 December 1912 – 28 December 2001)
42-620: Was a Belgian scientist, mineralogist and member of the Belgian resistance during the Second World War . After the war he emigrated to the United States, where he published numerous books about his experiences during the German occupation. Herman Bodson was born on 21 December 1912, the son of Alida and Fernand Bodson who was an architect. He gained a Doctor of Science in physical chemistry and
49-660: Was close to acquiring a master's degree in Mineralogy . When the Second World War broke out, Bodson was mobilized into the Belgian army Medical service . After the Belgian surrender in 1940, Bodson became involved in resistance work. He initially joined the resistance group known as OMBR , but later formed a new cell in the Ardennes . As an explosives expert, Bodson was involved in numerous sabotage missions, including an attack on
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