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'''Ritchie Boys Wiki''' is a public roster of soldiers associated with Camp Ritchie military intelligence training in World War II. The starting data comes from a merged class roster and demographics file. Anyone with an account can add biographies, photographs, and corrections. Every change is kept in page history and can be rolled back.


[[Contents]] · [[Special:Search|Search]] · [[Contribute]] · [[About the data]] · [[Disclaimer]] · [[Special:RecentChanges|Recent changes]]
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== Directory ==
[[Contents]] lists Camp Ritchie classes, shared assignments such as [[Assignment VI-863]], an A–Z index of soldier articles, and other site pages. New topic pages show up there automatically when they are tagged for the directory.
 
== How to help ==
# [[Special:CreateAccount|Create an account]]
# Open a soldier page (titles look like <code>Aach, Jack (37401962)</code>)
# Add a biography, a sourced correction, or a photo
# Watch [[Special:RecentChanges]] if you are helping patrol edits
 
See [[Contribute]] for photo upload rules and what not to publish.
 
== Disclaimer ==
{{Class data disclaimer}}
 
Research notes on soldier pages are a compiled working file and may be unverified. See [[About the data]].
 
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