Mangiardi, Egidio B. (36713852)

Egidio B. Mangiardi
Personal details
Born	1921
Died	2018
Nativity	Italy
Religion	Catholic
Military service
Allegiance	United States
Branch	United States Army
ASN	36713852
Rank	Private
Camp Ritchie	Class 8 (17 May – 16 July 1943)
Section	5E

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Egidio B. Mangiardi (1921–2018) was a Ritchie Boy (from Italy; Catholic) who trained at Camp Ritchie in class 8.

Biography

Born in Spadola, Italy in 1921, Ritchie Boy Mangiardi emigrated to the United States in 1939. Fluent in multiple languages, he was sent to Camp Ritchie for training in military intelligence. -More- Fluent in several languages when he entered the military, he became part of a Military Intelligence Unit that operated throughout Europe during World War

In a story written in August 2016 about RB Mangiardi's experience at Camp Ritchie, he said that, "during the intense eight week session, all ranks of soldiers studied together morning to night, learning such things as signal intelligence training and interrogation techniques. 'At that age, it was not difficult,' Mangiardi says. 'I found it very interesting.' "We had to know what kind of plane was coming from the engine noise. We had to learn to recognize a soldier from the uniform,” Mangiardi says. “We had to know how to behave and how to get information.” He traveled to an Army base in Oregon to teach American soldiers how to act in case they were taken prisoners. “Say only your first name, last name and serial number,” he taught them.

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Technical record

Field	Imported value
Approx Age at Death	97
Class_ASN	36713852
Class_Name	MANGIARDI, Egidio B.
match_method	asn_exact_name_exact
row_source	both

Sources

• Camp Ritchie class roster (classes 1–31), merged research file
• NARA World War II Army enlistment records (where a NARA ASN is present)
• 1940 U.S. Census (where a census match is present)
• Ritchie Boys of WWII Facebook page, post dated 2022-07-23 (2 posts)