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== Face galleries == | == Face galleries == | ||
* [[Nisei and Pacific]] — Japanese American soldiers and WACs; PACMIRS / Pacific document work | |||
* [[Nuremberg and postwar justice]] — interrogators and translators tied to Nuremberg and related missions | |||
* [[Military governors]] — occupation / Military Government roles after combat | |||
* [[Iwo Jima Marines]] — Marines who fought (and died) on Iwo Jima | |||
* [[Awards faces]] — Medal of Honor, DSC, and Silver Star recipients as portrait cards | |||
* [[Refugees who enlisted]] — left Nazi-controlled Europe, then enlisted and trained at Camp Ritchie | * [[Refugees who enlisted]] — left Nazi-controlled Europe, then enlisted and trained at Camp Ritchie | ||
* [[Postwar intelligence careers]] — continued intelligence work after World War II (Army G-2, OSS/CIA, and related service) | * [[Postwar intelligence careers]] — continued intelligence work after World War II (Army G-2, OSS/CIA, and related service) | ||
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== Related directories == | == Related directories == | ||
* [[By birth country]] — full roster browse by country of birth (nativity) | * [[By birth country]] — full roster browse by country of birth (nativity) | ||
* [[By specialty]] — IPW, PI, CI, terrain, SigInt, and language tracks | |||
* [[Notable Ritchie Boys]] — selected portraits from Dan Gross’s Notables slides | * [[Notable Ritchie Boys]] — selected portraits from Dan Gross’s Notables slides | ||
* [[The Stories]] — longer person essays | * [[The Stories]] — longer person essays | ||
Latest revision as of 17:47, 13 September 2026
Themes collects browseable face galleries — short curated sets of soldiers linked by a shared story arc. Each page has a brief intro and portrait cards that link to soldier profiles (and to The Stories essays when one exists). These are not complete rosters; names are added only when sources on this wiki support the connection.
Face galleries[edit | edit source]
- Nisei and Pacific — Japanese American soldiers and WACs; PACMIRS / Pacific document work
- Nuremberg and postwar justice — interrogators and translators tied to Nuremberg and related missions
- Military governors — occupation / Military Government roles after combat
- Iwo Jima Marines — Marines who fought (and died) on Iwo Jima
- Awards faces — Medal of Honor, DSC, and Silver Star recipients as portrait cards
- Refugees who enlisted — left Nazi-controlled Europe, then enlisted and trained at Camp Ritchie
- Postwar intelligence careers — continued intelligence work after World War II (Army G-2, OSS/CIA, and related service)
- Battle of the Bulge — Faces of the Bulge — Ardennes warnings, combat, and contemporaneous intelligence work (above Dan Gross’s essay)
- Inventors and artists — inventors, designers, writers, photographers, architects, and musicians
- Congressional Gold Medal faces — soldiers tied to the public telling of the Congressional Gold Medal effort (group honor, not a named-recipient list)
- Ritchie WACs — Women’s Army Corps members identified in the roster (portraits scarce so far)
Related directories[edit | edit source]
- By birth country — full roster browse by country of birth (nativity)
- By specialty — IPW, PI, CI, terrain, SigInt, and language tracks
- Notable Ritchie Boys — selected portraits from Dan Gross’s Notables slides
- The Stories — longer person essays
- Contents — classes, teams, and the full site directory