Table of Contents
Foreword Guy Stern vii
Introduction 1
Chapter 1 Building Camp Ritchie 11
Chapter 2 The First Class 23
Chapter 3 The Men at Ritchie 39
Chapter 4 The Composite School Unit 55
Chapter 5 Interrogation of Prisoners of War (IPW) 67
Chapter 6 Aerial Intelligence and Photo Interpretation 85
Chapter 7 Order of Battle and the Military Intelligence Research Section (MIRS) 95
Chapter 8 Field Maneuvers and Close Combat Training 111
Chapter 9 Instructional Units 127
Chapter 10 The Camp Ritchie WACs 141
Chapter 11 Interactions with Civilians 155
Chapter 12 The First Mobile Radio Broadcasting Company 173
Chapter 13 The Counterintelligence Corps and the Office of Strategic Services 181
Chapter 14 Camp Sharpe 201
Chapter 15 The Nisei (PACMIRS and MITUs) 219
Chapter 16 The German "Hillbillies" 237
Chapter 17 Ritchie Boys in Europe 249
Chapter 18 Ritchie Boys in the Pacific 271
Chapter 19 Postwar Activities in Europe 287
Chapter 20 Postwar Activities in the Pacific 307
Chapter 21 Ritchie Remembrances 323
Appendices 337
Acronyms
Appendix 1 Acronyms 337
Tables
Appendix 2 Camp Ritchie Student Numbers: All Classes 341
Appendix 3 Student Numbers in the Mobile Radio Broadcasting Companies 343
Appendix 4 Camp Ritchie Eight-Week Classes: Dates and Graduation Numbers 345
Appendix 5 Camp Ritchie Eight-Week Class Content 347
Appendix 6 Eight-Week Courses by Specialties 349
Appendix 7 Camp Ritchie Student Numbers: Forty-Seven Graduate Training Classes 351
Appendix 8 CIC Classes 353
Organizational Charts
Appendix 9 Military Intelligence Training Center 355
Appendix 10 Composite School Unit 357
Appendix 11 Mobile Radio Broadcasting Company 359
Appendix 12 Pacific Military Intelligence Research Section 361
Appendix 13 German Military Document Section 363
IPW Instructional Materials
Appendix 14 Specialized Training: Course Instruction (Class Syllabus) 365
Appendix 15 Handout on Searching, Sorting, and Handling of Documents 369
Appendix 16 Handout on Evacuation and Interrogation of Prisoners of War 371
Appendix 17 Exercise in Personality Analysis 373
Appendix 18 Tactical Squeeze 375
Appendix 19 Situation Map for Practice in Tactical Interrogation 377
Awards
Appendix 20 Awards 379
Notes 383
Bibliography 405
Index of Names 419