Biography
Munday, Arthur. b. July 12, 1915, NYC; Education through the 7th grade and 2 years in the Eastman Kodak Photographic school beginning in 1935; Single (Married); Photographer; CP 1935 (1936); Received Passport# 365792 on February 5, 1937 which listed his address as 149 West 24th Street, and 33 Northwest 77th street both NYC (1693 2nd Avenue, New York); Sailed February 10, 1937 aboard the Washington; Arrived in Spain on February 24, 1937; Arrived in Spain on February 21, 1938; Served with the 86th BDE, 20th BN, Commanded American Section, Cordoba Front; XV BDE, Lincoln- Washington BN; Last unit Lincoln-Washington BN, Co. 1; Rank Cabo; Served at Quinto, Belchite, Teruel, Retreats, and Ebro Offensive; Wounded in action during the Retreats and again after the Ebro crossing; Served as a section leader during the Retreats; Returned to the US on December 15, 1938 aboard the Paris; WWII US Army, Infantry, ETO, France and Germany, Rank field commission to Lieutenant; d. January 2000.
Sources: Sail; Scope of Soviet Activity; Cadre; Pay; RGASPI; Good Fight C; (obituary) Moe Fishman, “Arthur Munday,” The Volunteer, Volume 22, No. 4, Fall 2000, p. 22. Code A
Photograph: Arthur Munday in Spain, RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 951.; Arthur Munday, April 26, 1997, by Richard Bermack.
Sources: Sail; Scope of Soviet Activity; Cadre; Pay; RGASPI; Good Fight C; (obituary) Moe Fishman, “Arthur Munday,” The Volunteer, Volume 22, No. 4, Fall 2000, p. 22. Code A
Photograph: Arthur Munday in Spain, RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 951.; Arthur Munday, April 26, 1997, by Richard Bermack.