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'''Ritchie Boys Wiki''' is an open roster of soldiers linked to Camp Ritchie military intelligence training in World War II. Start with a name or Army serial number (ASN), then add biography, photographs, and sourced corrections. Anyone can edit text without an account.

''Secret Heroes: Camp Ritchie and the Making of The Ritchie Boys'' — their unique history and demographics.

''[[Introduction|Secret Heroes: Camp Ritchie and the Making of The Ritchie Boys]]'' — their unique history and demographics.

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[[~~File:~~Camp Ritchie ~~castle snow~~.~~png~~|~~frameless~~|~~1000px|alt=Camp Ritchie stone building in snow~~]]

<div class="home-premise-title">Start here</div>

<p>At [[Camp Ritchie]], the Army trained soldiers — many of them immigrants and refugees fluent in the enemy’s languages — for military intelligence in World War II. This wiki is their open roster and memorial.</p>

<p class="home-premise-links">[[Start here|Learn the story or find a relative]] · [[Introduction|Full overview]] · [[By The Numbers]]</p>

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<div class="home-find-title">Find a soldier</div>

<p class="home-find-fallback">[[Special:Search|Open search]] and type a surname or ASN (for example <code>~~Kugelmann~~</code> or <code>~~32906164~~</code>). Article titles look like <code>Surname, First (ASN)</code>.</p>

<p class="home-find-fallback">[[Special:Search|Open search]] and type a surname or ASN (for example <code>Guy Stern</code> or <code>37413105</code>). Article titles look like <code>Surname, First (ASN)</code>.</p>

<p class="home-find-hint">Browse by class or letter on [[Contents]]. ~~For camp background~~, ~~see~~ [[~~Camp~~ Ritchie]].</p>

<p class="home-find-hint">Browse by class or letter on [[Contents]]. No match? Try alternate spellings or ASN zeros — see [[Start here#If_the_name_is_not_found|If the name is not found]], or [[Contact Us]].</p>

<p class="home-find-more">[[Contribute]] · [[Contact Us]] · [[Contents|Directory]] · [[Notable Ritchie Boys|Notables]] · [[About the data]]</p>

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[[~~Contribute~~|~~How to contribute]] · [[Introduction]] · [[Contents~~|~~Directory]] · [[About the data]] · [[Patrol~~|~~Patrol guide]] · [[Special:RecentChanges|Recent changes]] · [[Disclaimer~~]]

[[File:Camp Ritchie castle snow.png|frameless|1000px|alt=Camp Ritchie stone building in snow]]

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== How to help ==

Looking for a relative? Use [[Start here#Looking for a relative|Start here]]. To improve any page:

# Search for a soldier, or open one from [[Contents]]

# Use '''Edit soldier facts''' for roster fields, or '''Edit''' for biography and sources

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# Watch [[Special:RecentChanges]] if you help patrol edits

== ~~History and recognition~~ ==

== Featured Ritchie Boys ==

~~This wiki focuses on the searchable class roster and editable soldier pages, plus background essays such as~~ [[~~Introduction~~]], [[The Stories]]~~, and [[Secret Heroes/Battle of the Bulge|''The Battle of the Bulge~~: ~~A Failure of Intelligence? No, a Failure to USE Intelligence!'']].~~

Soldier profiles with fuller biographies — portraits rotate each week from a curated pool (more in [[Notable Ritchie Boys|Notables]] and [[The Stories]]):

~~The [[Congressional Gold Medal|Ritchie Boys Congressional Gold Medal Act]] recognizes their wartime service.~~

~~If you have information about a Ritchie Boy, [[Contribute|add it on this wiki]].~~

~~== Featured stories ==~~

~~From [[The Stories]]:~~

~~<div class="home-feature-thumbs">~~

~~<div class="home-feature-thumb">[[File:Hans A Land.png|120px|link=The Stories/Hans A. Land|alt=Hans A. Land]]<div class="home-feature-caption">[[The Stories/Hans A. Land|Hans A. Land]]</div></div>~~

~~<div class="home-feature-thumb">[[File:Eric Waldman.png|120px|link=The Stories/Eric Waldman|alt=Eric Waldman]]<div class="home-feature-caption">[[The Stories/Eric Waldman|Eric Waldman]]</div></div>~~

<div class="home-feature-thumb">[[File:Herbert K Oehmichen.png|120px|link=The Stories/Herbert K. Oehmichen|alt=Herbert K. Oehmichen]]<div class="home-feature-caption">[[The Stories/Herbert K. Oehmichen|Herbert K. Oehmichen]]</div></div>

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~~== Reading ==~~

<div class="home-book-cover">[[File:Quiet Contingent Cartwright.png|140px|link=https://www.amazon.com/Quiet-Contingent-Addendum-WWII-Ritchie/dp/B0D2CYL82M/|alt=The Quiet Contingent by J. B. Cartwright]]</div>

<div class="home-book-text">Author J. B. Cartwright compiled ''[https://www.amazon.com/Quiet-Contingent-Addendum-WWII-Ritchie/dp/B0D2CYL82M/ The Quiet Contingent: An Addendum on WWII: The Boys of Camp Ritchie]'', with more than 400 biographies drawn from first-hand sources, interviews, and obituaries (paperback and Kindle). It includes well-known Ritchie Boys such as Guy Stern, Paul Fairbrook, Hans Tuch, and Werner Angress, as well as many less-known men whose postwar lives ranged across law, politics, the arts, and intelligence work.</div>

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== Reading ==

More topic pages on [[Contents]] and under Site pages in the sidebar:

* [[Start here]]

* [[Introduction]]

* [[Camp Ritchie]]

* [[The Stories]]

* [[FAQ]]

* [[About]]

== Related links ==

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* [https://www.youtube.com/@RitchieMuseum Ritchie Museum] (YouTube)

== ~~Disclaimer~~ ==

== About the data ==

~~{{Class data disclaimer}}~~

This wiki combines class-roster fields, research notes, biographies, photographs, and open edits from many sources. Treat pages as a starting point—not finished fact—until you check the Sources on a soldier page. How the material was compiled, what can go wrong, and credit for the Classes 1–31 roster digitization are on [[About the data]].

~~Research~~ notes on soldier ~~pages are a~~ compiled ~~working file~~ and ~~may be unverified. Yellow '''Record status: unconfirmed''' banners mean~~ the ~~class-~~roster ~~match is not high confidence. See~~ [[About the data]].

[[Category:Ritchie Boys Wiki]]

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+__NOTOC__
 <div class="home-lead">
 '''Ritchie Boys Wiki''' is an open roster of soldiers linked to Camp Ritchie military intelligence training in World War II. Start with a name or Army serial number (ASN), then add biography, photographs, and sourced corrections. Anyone can edit text without an account.
-''Secret Heroes: Camp Ritchie and the Making of The Ritchie Boys'' — their unique history and demographics.
+''[[Introduction|Secret Heroes: Camp Ritchie and the Making of The Ritchie Boys]]'' — their unique history and demographics.
 </div>
-<div class="home-hero-photo">
+<div class="home-premise">
-[[File:Camp Ritchie castle snow.png|frameless|1000px|alt=Camp Ritchie stone building in snow]]
+<div class="home-premise-title">Start here</div>
+<p>At [[Camp Ritchie]], the Army trained soldiers — many of them immigrants and refugees fluent in the enemy’s languages — for military intelligence in World War II. This wiki is their open roster and memorial.</p>
+<p class="home-premise-links">[[Start here|Learn the story or find a relative]] · [[Introduction|Full overview]] · [[By The Numbers]]</p>
 </div>
 <div class="home-find home-find-slot" data-search-script="/index.php">
 <div class="home-find-title">Find a soldier</div>
-<p class="home-find-fallback">[[Special:Search|Open search]] and type a surname or ASN (for example <code>Kugelmann</code> or <code>32906164</code>). Article titles look like <code>Surname, First (ASN)</code>.</p>
+<p class="home-find-fallback">[[Special:Search|Open search]] and type a surname or ASN (for example <code>Guy Stern</code> or <code>37413105</code>). Article titles look like <code>Surname, First (ASN)</code>.</p>
-<p class="home-find-hint">Browse by class or letter on [[Contents]]. For camp background, see [[Camp Ritchie]].</p>
+<p class="home-find-hint">Browse by class or letter on [[Contents]]. No match? Try alternate spellings or ASN zeros — see [[Start here#If_the_name_is_not_found|If the name is not found]], or [[Contact Us]].</p>
+<p class="home-find-more">[[Contribute]] · [[Contact Us]] · [[Contents|Directory]] · [[Notable Ritchie Boys|Notables]] · [[About the data]]</p>
 </div>
-<div class="home-actions">
+<div class="home-hero-photo">
-[[Contribute|How to contribute]] &middot; [[Introduction]] &middot; [[Contents|Directory]] &middot; [[About the data]] &middot; [[Patrol|Patrol guide]] &middot; [[Special:RecentChanges|Recent changes]] &middot; [[Disclaimer]]
+[[File:Camp Ritchie castle snow.png|frameless|1000px|alt=Camp Ritchie stone building in snow]]
 </div>
 == How to help ==
+Looking for a relative? Use [[Start here#Looking for a relative|Start here]]. To improve any page:
 # Search for a soldier, or open one from [[Contents]]
 # Use '''Edit soldier facts''' for roster fields, or '''Edit''' for biography and sources
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 # Watch [[Special:RecentChanges]] if you help patrol edits
-== History and recognition ==
+== Featured Ritchie Boys ==
-This wiki focuses on the searchable class roster and editable soldier pages, plus background essays such as [[Introduction]], [[The Stories]], and [[Secret Heroes/Battle of the Bulge|''The Battle of the Bulge: A Failure of Intelligence? No, a Failure to USE Intelligence!'']].
+Soldier profiles with fuller biographies — portraits rotate each week from a curated pool (more in [[Notable Ritchie Boys|Notables]] and [[The Stories]]):
-The [[Congressional Gold Medal|Ritchie Boys Congressional Gold Medal Act]] recognizes their wartime service.
+{{Featured soldiers}}
-If you have information about a Ritchie Boy, [[Contribute|add it on this wiki]].
-== Featured stories ==
-From [[The Stories]]:
-<div class="home-feature-thumbs">
-<div class="home-feature-thumb">[[File:Hans A Land.png|120px|link=The Stories/Hans A. Land|alt=Hans A. Land]]<div class="home-feature-caption">[[The Stories/Hans A. Land|Hans A. Land]]</div></div>
-<div class="home-feature-thumb">[[File:Eric Waldman.png|120px|link=The Stories/Eric Waldman|alt=Eric Waldman]]<div class="home-feature-caption">[[The Stories/Eric Waldman|Eric Waldman]]</div></div>
-<div class="home-feature-thumb">[[File:Herbert K Oehmichen.png|120px|link=The Stories/Herbert K. Oehmichen|alt=Herbert K. Oehmichen]]<div class="home-feature-caption">[[The Stories/Herbert K. Oehmichen|Herbert K. Oehmichen]]</div></div>
-</div>
-== Reading ==
 <div class="home-book">
 <div class="home-book-cover">[[File:Quiet Contingent Cartwright.png|140px|link=https://www.amazon.com/Quiet-Contingent-Addendum-WWII-Ritchie/dp/B0D2CYL82M/|alt=The Quiet Contingent by J. B. Cartwright]]</div>
 <div class="home-book-text">Author J. B. Cartwright compiled ''[https://www.amazon.com/Quiet-Contingent-Addendum-WWII-Ritchie/dp/B0D2CYL82M/ The Quiet Contingent: An Addendum on WWII: The Boys of Camp Ritchie]'', with more than 400 biographies drawn from first-hand sources, interviews, and obituaries (paperback and Kindle). It includes well-known Ritchie Boys such as Guy Stern, Paul Fairbrook, Hans Tuch, and Werner Angress, as well as many less-known men whose postwar lives ranged across law, politics, the arts, and intelligence work.</div>
 </div>
+== Reading ==
+More topic pages on [[Contents]] and under Site pages in the sidebar:
+* [[Start here]]
+* [[Introduction]]
+* [[Camp Ritchie]]
+* [[The Stories]]
+* [[FAQ]]
+* [[About]]
 == Related links ==
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 * [https://www.youtube.com/@RitchieMuseum Ritchie Museum] (YouTube)
-== Disclaimer ==
+== About the data ==
-{{Class data disclaimer}}
+This wiki combines class-roster fields, research notes, biographies, photographs, and open edits from many sources. Treat pages as a starting point—not finished fact—until you check the Sources on a soldier page. How the material was compiled, what can go wrong, and credit for the Classes 1–31 roster digitization are on [[About the data]].
-Research notes on soldier pages are a compiled working file and may be unverified. Yellow '''Record status: unconfirmed''' banners mean the class-roster match is not high confidence. See [[About the data]].
 [[Category:Ritchie Boys Wiki]]