How 2,000 Jewish refugees tipped WWII to the US
The Ritchie Boys were intelligence specialists trained at Camp Ritchie, Maryland, including 2,000 German refugees who fought for America.
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The Ritchie Boys were intelligence specialists trained at Camp Ritchie, Maryland, including 2,000 German refugees who fought for America.
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Legislation calls for awarding a congressional gold medal for a group of several thousand personnel trained at a Maryland site to provide service in military intelligence during World War II.
The Ritchie Boys, many of them Jewish refugees, trained in the U.S. and returned to Europe to help defeat Hitler and the Nazis.
The Ritchie Boys were trained to interrogate prisoners of war who were brought to the site, to translate and intercept messages, to engage in psychological warfare against the Nazis.