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03144aam a22005538i 4500 001 A0C2DB94234811ECBAAFE49D31ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20211002011853 008 210205s2021 ctu b 001 0deng 010 $a 2021005862 020 $a 0811769968 020 $a 9780811769969 035 $a (OCoLC)1227916710 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d OQX $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us-md $a n-us-md 100 1 $a Eddy, Beverley D., $e author. 245 14 $a The Ritchie Boys : $b How a Top-Secret Force of Immigrants and Refugees Helped Win World War II / $c Beverley Driver Eddy. 263 $a 2108 264 1 $a Guilford, Connecticut : $b Stackpole Books, $c [2021] 300 $a viii, 428 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 24 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a 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. 520 $a "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"-- $c Provided by publisher. 648 7 $a 1939-1945 $2 fast 650 0 $a World War, 1939-1945 $x Military intelligence $z United States. 650 7 $a Military intelligence. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01021270 651 0 $a Camp Albert C. Ritchie (Md.) $x History. 651 0 $a Camp Albert C. Ritchie (Md.) $v Biography. 651 7 $a Maryland $z Camp Albert C. Ritchie. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01282620 651 7 $a United States. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204155 655 7 $a Biographies. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01919896 655 7 $a History. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411628 776 08 $i Online version: $a Eddy, Beverley D. $t Ritchie Boys $d Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, 2021 $z 9780811769976 $w (DLC) 2021005863 941 $a 12 952 $l DPPE403 $d 20240611014329.0 952 $l BOPG851 $d 20231010025452.0 952 $l TRPE062 $d 20221230010457.0 952 $l NYPE343 $d 20220804030645.0 952 $l YCPD572 $d 20220518025654.0 952 $l VEPB334 $d 20220517010614.0 952 $l GUPF501 $d 20220406011706.0 952 $l KSPG296 $d 20220208012202.0 952 $l RZPE145 $d 20220104012027.0 952 $l LAPH975 $d 20211009012809.0 952 $l GBPF771 $d 20211002012748.0 952 $l CDPF771 $d 20211002012212.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=A0C2DB94234811ECBAAFE49D31ECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b C@VInitiate Another SILO Locator Search