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By The Numbers/Eight Week Classes - Dates & Graduation Numbers
Camp Ritchie: Eight Week Classes: Dates and Graduation Numbers lists the schedule and graduation counts for the thirty-one eight-week MITC classes. Figures are from the source spreadsheet.
Each class number links to that class’s roster page. The same dates also appear on soldier infoboxes (Camp Ritchie row) and on the Class pages.
| Class | Dates | Graduated |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | 27 July – 19 September 1942 | 32 of 36 |
| Class 2 | 24 August – 17 October 1942 | 125 of 256 |
| Class 3 | 2 November – 23 December 1942 | 300 of 341 |
| Class 4 | 6 January – 6 March 1943 | 359 of 454 |
| Class 5 | 8 February – 9 April 1943 | 471 of 555 |
| Class 6 | 13 March – 11 May 1943 | 426 of 559 |
| Class 7 | 15 April – 12 June 1943 | 537 of 609 |
| Class 8 | 17 May – 16 July 1943 | 402 of 556 |
| Class 9 | 21 June – 18 August 1943 | 413 of 602 |
| Class 10 | 23 July – 20 September 1943 | 537 of 645 |
| Class 11 | 25 August – 23 October 1943 | 427 of 511 |
| Class 12 | 27 September – 25 November 1943 | 394 of 461 |
| Class 13 | 30 October – 23 December 1943 | 460 of 516 |
| Class 14 | 2 December 1943 – 31 January 1944 | 427 of 503 |
| Class 15 | 4 January – 3 March 1944 | 359 of 552 |
| Class 16 | 6 February – 5 April 1944 | 513 of 613 |
| Class 17 | 11 March – 8 May 1944 | 511 of 696 |
| Class 18 | 13 April – 10 June 1944 | 622 of 708 |
| Class 19 | 16 May – 13 July 1944 | 489 of 583 |
| Class 20 | 19 June – 16 August 1944 | 355 of 551 |
| Class 21 | 21 July – 18 September 1944 | 309 of 416 |
| Class 22 | 23 August – 21 October 1944 | 344 of 465 |
| Class 23 | 25 September – 23 November 1944 | 360 of 576 |
| Class 24 | 26 October – 29 December 1944 | 514 of 653 |
| Class 25 | 30 November 1944 – 29 January 1945 | 579 of 779 |
| Class 26 | 3 January – 3 March 1945 | 418 of 580 |
| Class 27 | 5 February – 5 April 1945 | 237 of 329 |
| Class 28 | 11 March – 10 May 1945 | 257 of 344 |
| Class 29 | 13 April – 12 June 1945 | 265 of 548 |
| Class 30 | 18 May – 17 July 1945 | 121 of 148 |
| Class 31 | 26 July – 22 September 1945 | 74 of 108 |
| Grand total | 11,637 of 15,253 | |
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