![]() ![]() ![]() Schmitz, during World War II, served as an aerial photographer in the Pacific for the United States Army Air Forces. He lived in various German cities, where he worked for the International Harvester Company, until his family left in 1938 just before World War II broke out in Europe. Since he was unable to get a job because of the Great Depression, he went back to Germany so that he could work with his dad’s company. In 1930, he traveled to Chicago to attend business school, and then switched to a correspondence course in journalism. The family spent the First World War in America, then returned to Germany. He was educated at a Realgymnasium in Hamburg, and he grew up speaking both German and English. ![]() James Henry Schmitz was born Octoin Hamburg, Germany. ![]()
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