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A classified postwar U.S. Army assessment found that nearly '''60%''' of the credible intelligence gathered in the European theater came from the Ritchie Boys. After the war, many served as translators and interrogators at the Nuremberg trials.

General Oscar Koch (Patton’s G-2) is among those who later acknowledged that advance warning of the German Ardennes offensive drew on information from Military Intelligence Service units — a theme developed at length on [[Secret Heroes/Battle of the Bulge]].

General Oscar Koch (Patton’s G-2) is among those who later acknowledged that advance warning of the German Ardennes offensive drew on information from Military Intelligence Service units — a theme developed at length on [[Secret Heroes/Battle of the Bulge]]. A contemporary G-2 ETOUSA organizational account (Lt. Col. Henry C. Settle, October 1944) likewise stresses peacetime neglect of intelligence training and describes plans to place Camp Ritchie graduates into division G-2 slots (including a '''29th Infantry Division''' staffing plan); see [[The Stories/Camp Ritchie Background|Camp Ritchie Background]] and [[Training materials#Featured: Early ETOUSA G-2 organization (Settle, 1944)|Training materials]].

=== Pacific ===

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== Sources ==

* [https://www.fold3.com/image/293236119 Fold3 — Settle Early G-2 Branch Organization (ETOUSA), 27 Oct 1944] / [[:File:Settle_Early_G2_Branch_Organization_ETOUSA_27_Oct_1944.pdf|PDF]]

* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nisei_women_translators_in_World_War_II English Wikipedia, ''Nisei women translators in World War II''] (MISLS graduates assigned to PACMIRS at Camp Ritchie)

* [[Nisei and Pacific#Mobile Intelligence Training Units (MITU), 1945|Nisei and Pacific — Mobile Intelligence Training Units]]

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 A classified postwar U.S. Army assessment found that nearly '''60%''' of the credible intelligence gathered in the European theater came from the Ritchie Boys. After the war, many served as translators and interrogators at the Nuremberg trials.
-General Oscar Koch (Patton’s G-2) is among those who later acknowledged that advance warning of the German Ardennes offensive drew on information from Military Intelligence Service units — a theme developed at length on [[Secret Heroes/Battle of the Bulge]].
+General Oscar Koch (Patton’s G-2) is among those who later acknowledged that advance warning of the German Ardennes offensive drew on information from Military Intelligence Service units — a theme developed at length on [[Secret Heroes/Battle of the Bulge]]. A contemporary G-2 ETOUSA organizational account (Lt. Col. Henry C. Settle, October 1944) likewise stresses peacetime neglect of intelligence training and describes plans to place Camp Ritchie graduates into division G-2 slots (including a '''29th Infantry Division''' staffing plan); see [[The Stories/Camp Ritchie Background|Camp Ritchie Background]] and [[Training materials#Featured: Early ETOUSA G-2 organization (Settle, 1944)|Training materials]].
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 == Sources ==
+* [https://www.fold3.com/image/293236119 Fold3 — Settle Early G-2 Branch Organization (ETOUSA), 27 Oct 1944] / [[:File:Settle_Early_G2_Branch_Organization_ETOUSA_27_Oct_1944.pdf|PDF]]
 * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nisei_women_translators_in_World_War_II English Wikipedia, ''Nisei women translators in World War II''] (MISLS graduates assigned to PACMIRS at Camp Ritchie)
 * [[Nisei and Pacific#Mobile Intelligence Training Units (MITU), 1945|Nisei and Pacific — Mobile Intelligence Training Units]]