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019    981052839 
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020    9780062419095|q(hardcover) 
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100 1  Henderson, Bruce,|d1946-|eauthor. 
245 10 Sons and soldiers :|bthe untold story of the Jews who 
       escaped the Nazis and returned with the U.S. army to fight
       Hitler /|cBruce Henderson. 
250    First edition. 
264  1 New York :|bWilliam Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins 
       Publishers,|c[2017] 
264  4 |c©2017 
300    xii, 429 pages :|billustrations ;|c24 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
500    Includes photographic images on end papers. 
504    Includes bibliographical references (pages [385]-418) and 
       an index. 
505 0  Prologue: Germany 1938 -- Saving the children -- Escaping 
       the Nazis -- A place to call home -- Camp Ritchie -- Going
       back -- Normandy -- The breakout -- Holland -- The forests
       -- Return to Deutschland -- The camps -- Denazification --
       Going home. 
520    Drawing on veteran interviews and archival research, an 
       account of the contributions of the German-born Jewish-
       American soldiers known as the Ritchie Boys describes how 
       they risked their lives to join major combat units and 
       gather crucial intelligence from German POWs. 
520    As Jewish families were trying desperately to get out of 
       Europe during the menacing rise of Hitler's Nazi party, 
       some chose to send their young sons away to uncertain 
       futures in America, perhaps never to see them again. As 
       these boys became young men, they were determined to join 
       the fight in Europe. Known as the Ritchie Boys, after the 
       Maryland camp where they were trained, these army recruits
       knew what would happen to them if they were captured. Yet 
       they leapt at the opportunity to be sent in small, elite 
       teams to join every major combat unit in Europe, where 
       they collected key tactical intelligence on enemy strength,
       troop and armored movements, and defensive positions. A 
       post-war army report found that nearly 60 percent of the 
       credible intelligence gathered in Europe came from the 
       Ritchie Boys. Drawing on original interviews and extensive
       archival research, Henderson vividly re-creates the 
       stories of six of these men in an epic tale of heroism, 
       courage, and patriotism that will not soon be forgotten. -
       -|cfrom dust jacket. 
650  0 World War, 1939-1945|xParticipation, Jewish. 
650  0 World War, 1939-1945|xMilitary intelligence|zUnited 
       States. 
650  0 Jewish soldiers|zUnited States. 
650  0 Jews, German|zUnited States. 
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