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Host Robert Sutton you have a new book out titled nazis on the potomac. What is the basic story you were telling . This is a story that could have very well disappeared. During world war ii in fort hunt, most people consider fort hunt a picnic park, it is halfway between alexandria and mount vernon on the George Washington parkway, but during world war ii it became the site of three programs that were topsecret, that were so topsecret that the people who were involved in the program were sworn to secrecy and assumed they would carry the story with them to the grave, and most of them unfortunat...

The Ritchie Boys were responsible for gathering more than half the actionable intelligence on the battlefield during World War II. For the many German-born Jews in their ranks, defeating the Nazis was heartbreakingly personal.

The Ritchie Boys were responsible for gathering more than half the actionable intelligence on the battlefield during World War II. For the many German-born Jews in their ranks, defeating the Nazis was heartbreakingly personal.

For as casually as we often toss around the word "hero," sometimes no lesser term applies. Tonight we'll introduce you to members of a secret American intelligence unit who fought in World War II. What's most extraordinary about this group: many of them were German-born Jews who fled their homeland, came to America, and then joined the U.S. Army.  Their mission: to use their knowledge of the German language and culture to return to Europe and fight Nazism. The Ritchie Boys, as they were known, trained in espionage and frontline interrogation. And incredibly, they were responsible for most of...