Secret Heroes/First Class

Secret Heroes/First Class covers the first class trained at Camp Ritchie. Adapted from theritchieboys.com.

The image below is a photo of the First Class at Camp Ritchie. There are two known copies of this photo, in which the numbering differs. The numbered list corresponds with the individuals marked on the photo.

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Image courtesy of Kay Fuller Mitchell, published in Ritchie Boy Secrets: How a Force of Immigrants and Refugees Helped Win World War II by Beverley Driver Eddy. Reproduced here with permission.

Members of the First Class

1. Thomas Robbins
2. John R. Guenard
3. George H. Rochman
4. John B. Jackson
5. Werner Fischer
6. Mario G. Manzone
7. Kenneth D. Koch
8. John F. Parker
9. Young A. Neal
10. Theodore J. Roberts
11. Henry J. Staudigl
12. Benno H. Selcke Jr.
13. Hanns G. Kurth
14. Edwin L. Ruprecht
15. Walter H. Rapp
16. Paul M. Birkeland
17. Arthur W. Curtis
18. Erhart A. Schinske
19. Sterling R. Ryser
20. Robert E. Walker
21. Jack A. Dabbs
22. Christo T. Mocas
23. Robert L. Grosjean
24. Leroy H. Woodson
25. Conrad C. Reining
26. John H. Brown
27. Henry C. Barringer

For structured roster fields (nativity, religion, ASN, birth/death years, rank, specialty, and related data when known), open each soldier’s page above, or browse Class 1 / Category:Class 1.

See also

• Class 1
• Camp Ritchie
• Introduction
• Contents
• Original page on theritchieboys.com