Camp Ritchie, Maryland "The Ritchie Boys"
Article about: by AZPhil Thanks for sharing those pic's. I have never heard about this place.Next time I visit my Sis in Law, I will have to look for this spot. So what happen to the PAK? Semper Fi Phil Ho
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Camp Ritchie, Maryland "The Ritchie Boys"
A few weeks back I came upon Camp (Fort) Ritchie in Cascade, Maryland. It's about 30 minutes from my house. Hard to believe I grew up one county over and never visited before. I have since watched a documentatry on, "The Ritchie Boys" made in 2004 and decided to wander my way back. I did so today on my way to work. It's a beautiful area in Washington County, MD. Nestled in the Blue Ridge Mountains it is very quiet and serene, especially on a cool crystal clear Spring morning. The old Camp is now owned by a private company and many of the wooden buildings were demolished in 2007
However, many of the original stone buildings remain, and according to the private company's development plan, they have no intention of destroying any of the stone buildings.
Here is a link to a Wikipedia page on a brief history of the Camp and the Ritchie Boys Ritchie Boys - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
I haven't found many WWII period photos of the site, probably due to the sensitive nature of the intelligence training that occured there, but, I have found some images on postcards which I assume are from the WWII era, especially since one depicts the tent city that was set up on the grounds.
I am going to upload a few photos I took during my brief visit and try to match some to the old postcards. I'll try to make a few more return visits to photograph some more as I did not have a lot of time to check it out. Some of the area was sealed off with cement barriers so that might take some more work to photograph those areas
Here is the documentary
A generic postcard
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Re: Camp Ritchie, Maryland "The Ritchie Boys"
One of the entrances...which isn't really an entrance anymore
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Re: Camp Ritchie, Maryland "The Ritchie Boys"
Thanks for sharing those pic's. I have never heard about this place.Next time I visit my Sis in Law, I will have to look for this spot. So what happen to the PAK?
Semper Fi
Phil
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