Download or read book The Psycho Boys written by Beverley Driver Eddy and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2023-11-07 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: They were not your typical World War II soldiers. Most were not in particularly good physical shape, and many had trouble handling their weapons. They differed widely in their ages, politics, and skills. Many worked in academia, media, and the arts. They were a strange mix of Americans and foreign nationals, immigrants, and refugees, linked by their language skills, knowledge of Europe, and a desire to defeat the Axis. During the war, the U.S. Army trained them in psychological warfare at a secret camp on the Gettysburg battlefield and then sent them to Europe. They became known as “Psycho Boys,” a group of soldiers who have never received their due respect. In this book Beverley Driver Eddy, author of Ritchie Boy Secrets, tells their rarely heard story and argues for their importance to the Allied war effort. At Gettysburg the Psycho Boys were taught the various skills that would be necessary in the European campaign from D-Day onward: prisoner and civilian interrogation, broadcasting, loudspeaker appeals, leaflet and newspaper production, and technical support. The 800 men were divided into four mobile radio broadcasting companies and sent to Europe to land on D-Day, fight in Normandy and at the Bulge, and participate in the conquest of Germany and the liberation of the concentration camps. Some of the soldiers operated well out in front of Allied lines and – in German – called on enemy soldiers to surrender. Others worked behind the lines, printing propaganda leaflets and making radio broadcasts. Drawing on company histories, memoirs, and veteran interviews, this book traces the history of the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th Mobile Radio Broadcasting Companies and the individuals who served in them. For far too long, these soldiers were maligned as mere “paragraph troopers,” because they fought with words rather than bullets. As Eddy shows, the Psycho Boys hastened victory and saved countless lives by encouraging enemy soldiers to desert or surrender. Their story is an important and fascinating contribution to World War II scholarship.
Download or read book Camp Sharpe s Psycho Boys From Gettysburg to Germany written by Beverley Driver Eddy and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2019-03-30 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing on company histories, memoirs, and interviews, Camp Sharpe's "Psycho Boys" traces the history of the men of the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th Mobile Radio Broadcasting Companies during World War II. The story begins with the establishment of a secret camp in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, for specialized training in psychological warfare. There they were taught the various skills that would be necessary in the European campaign from D-Day onward: prisoner and civilian interrogation, broadcasting, loudspeaker appeals, leaflet and newspaper production, and technical support. These men were divided into four Mobile Radio Broadcasting (MRB) companies. They would, first, be employed in shortening the European war by lowering the morale of the enemy, then in easing the transition of Germany from a Nazi stronghold to an American-controlled democracy. Camp Sharpe's "Psycho Boys" is enriched with new material - including photographs - acquired through personal interviews and correspondence with nine veterans of the camp. 37 photos, footnotes, index. A Merriam Press World War II History.
Download or read book Psycho boys T2 written by Michel J. Lévesque and published by Éditions Hurtubise. This book was released on 2014-05-21T00:00:00-04:00 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: «Contrairement à tout ce qu’on racontait au sujet des Psycho Boys et de leur absence de sentiments, Matthew, lui, était capable d’aimer. Il arrivait à éprouver non seulement de l’amour, mais aussi de la compassion et de la sympathie envers autrui, choses qu’il n’avait jamais ressenties auparavant, quand il habitait Fairy Lake. Sydney l’avait changé. Elle avait fait de lui un meilleur homme, et pour cela, il lui serait éternellement reconnaissant.» Un an s’est écoulé depuis les événements de Fairy Lake. Grâce au programme de protection des témoins, Matthew Craine et Sydney Fisher vivent désormais dans une autre ville sous une nouvelle identité. De son côté, Winter Craine, célèbre Psycho Boy en fuite, s’est débarrassé d’un des trois Premiers, mais sa mission sera inachevée tant qu’il n’aura pas éliminé les deux autres membres de ce trio diabolique. Pourchassés dans tout le pays par des tueurs du SRS, Matthew et Sydney retourneront à Fairy Lake afin d’y retrouver Winter. Les cousins Craine et leurs compagnons devront cependant affronter un nouvel adversaire: une force spéciale de l’armée qui a pour tâche de rassembler tous les Psycho Boys du pays et de les enfermer à Psycho Land...
Download or read book Camp Sharpe s Psycho Boys written by Beverley Driver Eddy and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-10-20 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Drawing on company histories, memoirs, and interviews, this book traces the history of the men of the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th Mobile Radio Broadcasting Companies during World War II. It begins with the establishment of a secret camp in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, and the specialized training in military intelligence and propaganda services that the men received there. It then follows these men abroad: to further training in Britain, to the D-Day landings, Battle of the Bulge, Conquest of Germany, and liberation of the concentration camps."--P. [4] of cover.
Download or read book Ritchie Boy Secrets written by Beverley Driver Eddy and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2021-09-07 with total page 441 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In June 1942, the U.S. Army began recruiting immigrants, the children of immigrants, refugees, and others with language skills and knowledge of enemy lands and cultures for a special military intelligence group being trained in the mountains of northern Maryland and sent into Europe and the Pacific. Ultimately, 15,000 men and some women received this specialized training and went on to make vital contributions to victory in World War II. This is their story, which Beverley Driver Eddy tells thoroughly and colorfully, drawing heavily on interviews with surviving Ritchie Boys. The army recruited not just those fluent in German, French, Italian, and Polish (approximately a fifth were Jewish refugees from Europe), but also Arabic, Japanese, Dutch, Greek, Norwegian, Russian, Turkish, and other languages—as well as some 200 Native Americans and 200 WACs. They were trained in photo interpretation, terrain analysis, POW interrogation, counterintelligence, espionage, signal intelligence (including pigeons), mapmaking, intelligence gathering, and close combat. Many landed in France on D-Day. Many more fanned out across Europe and around the world completing their missions, often in cooperation with the OSS and Counterintelligence Corps, sometimes on the front lines, often behind the lines. The Ritchie Boys’ intelligence proved vital during the liberation of Paris and the Battle of the Bulge. They helped craft the print and radio propaganda that wore down German homefront morale. If caught, they could have been executed as spies. After the war they translated and interrogated at the Nuremberg trials. One participated in using war criminal Klaus Barbie as an anti-communist agent. Meanwhile, Ritchie Boys in the Pacific Theater of Operations collected intelligence in Burma and China, directed bombing raids in New Guinea and the Philippines, and fought on Okinawa and Iwo Jima. This is a different kind of World War II story, and Eddy tells it with conviction, supported by years of research and interviews.
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