Mashbir, Sidney F. (Sidney Forrester), 1891-1973

found: Wikipedia, June 20, 2017(Sidney Mashbir; Sidney Forrester Mashbir; Colonel Sidney F. Mashbir; born September 12, 1891, Manhattan, New York; died June 13, 1973; buried in Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery, Point Loma, California; moved to Safford, Arizona in 1899; Sidney Mashbir; a senior officer in the United States Army who was primarily involved in military intelligence; he served in the Arizona Army National Guard during the Mexican-American Border War; resigned from the army in 1923; dis-enrolled from the reserves in 1939; re-enrolled after attack on Pearl Harbor in January 1940 and rose to the rank of colonel; he later served as the executive officer for the Army Adjutant General's Office before retiring in 1951)

found: Online Archive of California, June 20, 2017(Finding Aid for the Sidney Forrester Mashbir papers, 1942-1960; Colonel Sydney Forrester Mashbir worked in the Allied Translator and Interpreter Section as a military intelligence officer during the occupation of Japan, 1945-47; wrote I was an American spy, 1953)