Title Ritchie Boy secrets : how a force of immigrants and refugees helped win World War II / Beverley Driver Eddy.

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Guilford, Connecticut : Stackpole Books, [2021]

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Description	viii, 428 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 383-417) and index.
Contents	Preface / by Guy Stern -- Building Camp Ritchie -- The First Class -- The Men at Ritchie -- The Composite School Unit -- Interrogation of Prisoners of War -- Aerial Intelligence and Photo Interpretation -- Order of Battle and the Military Intelligence Research Section (MIRS) -- Field Maneuvers and Close Combat Training -- Instructional Units -- The Camp Ritchie WACs -- Interactions with Civilians -- The First Mobile Radio Broadcasting Company -- The Counter Intelligence Corps and the Office of Strategic Services -- Camp Sharpe -- The Nisei (PACMIRS and MITUs) -- The German "Hillbillies" -- Ritchie Boys in Europe -- Ritchie Boys in the Pacific -- Postwar Activities in Europe -- Postwar Activities in the Pacific -- Ritchie Remembrances -- Appendices.
Summary	"This is the story of the 15,000 immigrants and refugees who used their native language skills and knowledge of their home countries to help America to victory in World War II. Beverley Driver Eddy tells their story thoroughly and colorfully, drawing heavily on interviews with surviving Ritchie Boys"-- Provided by publisher.
Subject	World War, 1939-1945 -- Military intelligence -- United States.
	Camp Albert C. Ritchie (Md.) -- History.
	Camp Albert C. Ritchie (Md.) -- Biography.
	HISTORY / Military / World War II.
	SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration.
	Military intelligence. (OCoLC)fst01021270
	Maryland -- Camp Albert C. Ritchie. (OCoLC)fst01282620
	United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
	World War (1939-1945) (OCoLC)fst01180924
Chronological Term	1939-1945
Genre/Form	Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
	History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Other Form:	Online version: Eddy, Beverley D. Ritchie Boys Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, 2021 9780811769976 (DLC) 2021005863
ISBN	9780811769969 (hardcover ; alk paperback)
	0811769968 (hardcover ; alk paperback)
	9780811769976 electronic book

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