The Ritchie Boys : how a top-secret force of immigrants and refugees helped win World War II
Record details
- ISBN: 9780811769969
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Physical Description:
viii, 428 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
print - Publisher: Guilford, Connecticut : Stackpole Books, [2021]
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Preface / by Guy Stern -- Building Camp Ritchie -- The First Class -- The Men Assigned to the Camp -- The Composite School Unit -- Interrogation of Prisoners of War -- Aerial Intelligence and Photo Interpretation -- Order of Battle (and 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" (and the GMDC) -- Ritchie Boys in Europe -- Ritchie Boys in the Pacific -- Postwar Activities in Europe. |
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Subject: | World War, 1939-1945 Military intelligence United States Camp Albert C. Ritchie (Md.) History Camp Albert C. Ritchie (Md.) Biography |
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Alexander Hamilton Memorial Free Library | 940.54 EDD (Text) | 37268003112554 | AHMFL Adult Non-Fiction | Available | - |
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In honor of Charles Leroy Bower by Marie-Rose Bower
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