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== Changelog ==

=== 18 September 2026 ===

* '''Case-insensitive soldier name suggestions''' — Header search and Main Page “Find a soldier” now match roster titles when you type lowercase (e.g. <code>meyer, k</code> finds <code>Meyer, Kurt…</code>). MediaWiki’s built-in title suggest is case-sensitive after the first letter; we normalize name queries before looking up suggestions.

=== 17 September 2026 ===

* '''Camp Ritchie Museum photo (2024)''' — Added a modern exterior of the museum with period jeep (credit: ~~Camp Ritchie Museum / The~~ Ritchie History Museum) on [[Camp Ritchie]] and [[Photos]].

* '''Russian-linguist MITC cable (ETOUSA IN 92691)''' — Added War Department → ETOUSA message on Russian linguists at Camp Ritchie to [[Training materials]] (and linked from [[Camp Ritchie]] / class-dates table); Class 6/7 start dates match; form year 1945 treated as doubtful vs 1943 context.

* '''IPW Team 46 unit history''' — Added a 1943–1945 narrative and ASN-confirmed roster on [[Team IPW 46]] from the contemporary ''History and Activities'' typescript in the Steiner RB Archive packet (with scans); kept the Dec 1944 interrogation report section.

* '''Name expansions + sources''' — Expanded middle names in page titles for Immerwahr, von Klemperer, Horn, and Prawy (no leftover redirects — one search hit each); set Prawy profile photo; added ''New York Times'' Klemperer obituary PDF.

* '''Enhanced profiles for 9 people''' — Biographies, timelines, and Sources updated from editor-supplied web references (artists, scholars, and postwar careers).

* '''Aughinbaugh Camp Ritchie study''' — Kevin M. Aughinbaugh’s 2018 ''Gettysburg Historical Journal'' article used to enrich [[Bilous, William H. (01945757)|Bilous]], [[Hornung, Karl W. (32348002)|Hornung]], [[Winslett, Edmund J. (0103458)|Winslett]], Stern–Howard interrogation notes, and a [[Camp Ritchie]] training-methods summary.

* '''Ritchie History Museum photo (2024)''' — Added a modern exterior of the museum with period jeep (credit: Ritchie History Museum) on [[Camp Ritchie]] and [[Photos]].

* '''Featured Books on the Main Page''' — New “Featured Books” section under Featured Ritchie Boys; one cover + brief synopsis rotates each calendar week from [[Featured books pool]] on the same schedule as the soldier portraits (edit the pool, not the Main Page).

* '''About page consolidation''' — Skin/footer “About” now goes to [[About]]; empty [[Ritchie Boys Wiki:About]] and [[Ritchie Boys Wiki]] titles redirect to [[About]] / [[Main Page]] so only one About page is used.

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 == Changelog ==
+=== 18 September 2026 ===
+* '''Case-insensitive soldier name suggestions''' — Header search and Main Page “Find a soldier” now match roster titles when you type lowercase (e.g. <code>meyer, k</code> finds <code>Meyer, Kurt…</code>). MediaWiki’s built-in title suggest is case-sensitive after the first letter; we normalize name queries before looking up suggestions.
 === 17 September 2026 ===
-* '''Camp Ritchie Museum photo (2024)''' — Added a modern exterior of the museum with period jeep (credit: Camp Ritchie Museum / The Ritchie History Museum) on [[Camp Ritchie]] and [[Photos]].
+* '''Russian-linguist MITC cable (ETOUSA IN 92691)''' — Added War Department → ETOUSA message on Russian linguists at Camp Ritchie to [[Training materials]] (and linked from [[Camp Ritchie]] / class-dates table); Class 6/7 start dates match; form year 1945 treated as doubtful vs 1943 context.
+* '''IPW Team 46 unit history''' — Added a 1943–1945 narrative and ASN-confirmed roster on [[Team IPW 46]] from the contemporary ''History and Activities'' typescript in the Steiner RB Archive packet (with scans); kept the Dec 1944 interrogation report section.
+* '''Name expansions + sources''' — Expanded middle names in page titles for Immerwahr, von Klemperer, Horn, and Prawy (no leftover redirects — one search hit each); set Prawy profile photo; added ''New York Times'' Klemperer obituary PDF.
+* '''Enhanced profiles for 9 people''' — Biographies, timelines, and Sources updated from editor-supplied web references (artists, scholars, and postwar careers).
+* '''Aughinbaugh Camp Ritchie study''' — Kevin M. Aughinbaugh’s 2018 ''Gettysburg Historical Journal'' article used to enrich [[Bilous, William H. (01945757)|Bilous]], [[Hornung, Karl W. (32348002)|Hornung]], [[Winslett, Edmund J. (0103458)|Winslett]], Stern–Howard interrogation notes, and a [[Camp Ritchie]] training-methods summary.
+* '''Ritchie History Museum photo (2024)''' — Added a modern exterior of the museum with period jeep (credit: Ritchie History Museum) on [[Camp Ritchie]] and [[Photos]].
 * '''Featured Books on the Main Page''' — New “Featured Books” section under Featured Ritchie Boys; one cover + brief synopsis rotates each calendar week from [[Featured books pool]] on the same schedule as the soldier portraits (edit the pool, not the Main Page).
 * '''About page consolidation''' — Skin/footer “About” now goes to [[About]]; empty [[Ritchie Boys Wiki:About]] and [[Ritchie Boys Wiki]] titles redirect to [[About]] / [[Main Page]] so only one About page is used.