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    Fort Ritchie in Cascade, Maryland was a military installation southwest of Blue Ridge Summit, Pennsylvania and southeast of Waynesboro in the area of South...
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    Fort Ritchie is a census-designated place (CDP) in Washington County, Maryland, United States, just south of the Pennsylvania state line. The population...
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  • at Fort Ritchie, which by then had closed. In August 2021 the Ritchie Boys were honored in a congressional resolution. Following the sale of Fort Ritchie...
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  • United States Ritchie, South Africa Ritchie County, West Virginia, United States Ritchie's Archipelago, Andaman Islands Fort Ritchie, Maryland, United...
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    Directorate of Telecommunications and placed under the garrison commander of Fort Ritchie, where Strategic Communications Command moved. The Directorate was redesignated...
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    north to Pen Mar Road in Fort Ritchie. MD 550 runs southeast–northwest across central Frederick County, connecting Fort Ritchie in the northeastern corner...
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    and the Joint Chiefs of Staff. It was based at Fort Ritchie, but was recommended to be transferred to Fort Detrick, Maryland during the 1995 Base Realignment...
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    Albert Cabell Ritchie (August 29, 1876 – February 24, 1936) was an American lawyer and politician. A Democrat, he was the 49th governor of Maryland from...
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    population was 2,975 at the 2010 census. Smithsburg is close to the former Fort Ritchie army base and just west of the presidential retreat Camp David. Smithsburg...
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    runs 6.78 miles (10.91 km) from MD 64 in Smithsburg north to MD 550 in Fort Ritchie. The middle portion of MD 491 was constructed in the mid-1950s. The highway...
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  • the Pennsylvania National Guard) Fort McClellan Fort Barfoot (turned over to the Virginia National Guard) Fort Ritchie Kelly Air Force Base (realigned...
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    replaces by a state-run historic area and St. Mary's College of Maryland. Fort Ritchie, a former military base which closed in 1998. The last residents were...
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  • Archived from the original on 13 March 2012. Retrieved 12 March 2012. "FORT RINGGOLD". Archived from the original on 18 November 2014. Retrieved 21 November...
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    David Rockefeller (category Ritchie Boys)
    economic intelligence units. He served as a "Ritchie Boy" secret unit specially trained at Fort Ritchie, Maryland. For seven months he served as an assistant...
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    other highway, Maryland Route 550, provides access northwestward towards Fort Ritchie and southeastward to Woodsboro. The median income for a household in...
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    northeastern Washington County, Maryland. It lies just southwest of Fort Ritchie Military Reservation in the village of Cascade and about 1/2 mile southeast...
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    targets in the United States, which includes The Pentagon, Camp David, Fort Ritchie, McClellan Air Force Base, and Jim Creek Naval Radio Station. Kremlin...
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  • NORAD computers and the Alternate National Military Command Center in Fort Ritchie, Maryland detected purported massive Soviet nuclear strike. After reviewing...
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    Dargan Downsville Eakles Mill Edgemont Ernstville Fairplay Fairview Fort Ritchie Fountainhead-Orchard Hills Gapland Garretts Mill Greensburg Halfway Highfield-Cascade...
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    an Army intelligence officer. He served as a "Ritchie Boy" secret unit specially trained at Fort Ritchie, Maryland. He accompanied U.S. troops in their...
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  • provides microwave communications relay to Mount Weather and DoD Site C (Fort Ritchie, Maryland) Site E: Veterans Administration Medical Center - Bay Pines...
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    central character, portrayed by veteran actress Phyllis Thaxter. A road at Fort Ritchie, Maryland a now decommissioned Army Post, was named in her honor. List...
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    major commands of the United States Army. Its headquarters are located at Fort Lesley J. McNair in Washington, D.C. The missions of the units in the Military...
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    Williamston Wilson "2002-12-30/news/25132636_1_edc-board-private-status-fort-ritchie". Herald Mail. December 30, 2002. Archived from the original on 2013-10-30...
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  • Fairplay Fairview Fairwood Fallston Forest Glen Forest Heights Fort Meade Fort Ritchie Fountainhead-Orchard Hills Four Corners Friendly Friendship Friendship...
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    Philip Johnson (category Ritchie Boys)
    graduation from Harvard, he was drafted to the Army and was sent to Fort Ritchie, Maryland, to interrogate German prisoners of war. He was investigated...
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  • native German language skills in military intelligence. After training at Fort Ritchie in Maryland, he was deployed to Germany to find Nazi war criminals. Papanek...
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    William Warfield (category Ritchie Boys)
    hundred African American members of the Ritchie Boys, thousands of soldiers who were trained at Fort Ritchie, Maryland. It was an intelligence center...
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    Cavetown Chewsville Fort Ritchie Fountainhead-Orchard Hills Halfway Highfield-Cascade Leitersburg Maugansville Mount Aetna Mount Lena Paramount-Long Meadow...
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  • Montgomery Forestville 12,831 Prince George's Fort Meade 9,324 Anne Arundel Fort Ritchie 12 Washington Fort Washington 24,261 Prince George's Fountainhead-Orchard...
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