Soldiers of the Ghost Army were sworn to secrecy. After the war, records were classified and equipment packed away. A smattering of newspaper articles appeared in August 1945, but the Pentagon otherwise succeeded in keeping the story quiet until 1985, when a Ghost Army veteran—artist Arthur Shilstone (creator of the header image above)—illustrated his story for Smithsonian magazine. The Ghost Army used inflatable tanks, sound effects, radio trickery and imagination to fool the Germans on the battlefields of Europe. The unsung heroes of the 23rd Headquarters Special Troops and the 3133rd Signal Company Special carried out 25 battlefield deceptions in France, Luxembourg, Belgium, Germany and Italy. The Ghost Army's deception operations saved up to an estimated 30,000 Allied soldiers' lives, Kuster's office said in a news release, citing a US Army analysis after WWII. Ghost Army veteran The Book (Updated Edition) The Ghost Army of World War II, by Rick Beyer and Elizabeth Sayles, details the fascinating story of this top-secret WWII unit that used inflatable tanks, sound effects, and illusions to fool the Germans on the battlefields of Europe. This updated edition was published by Princeton Architectural Press in October 2023. It includes a new chapter and more than 15 new Rick Beyer is an award winning documentary filmmaker, best-selling author, and long-time history enthusiast. He produced and directed the award-winning PBS documentary The Ghost Army, and is the co-author (with Liz Sayles) of The Ghost Army of World War II.He has spent the last nineteen years researching and telling the story of the unit, and worked hard to have the Ghost Army awarded a |laz| xrz| vmk| tpd| dph| onk| lov| wej| fip| frn| fia| kvl| ibs| ihd| lcw| cwb| oty| qoa| eao| alc| elb| jdc| nlr| ocs| rnw| lld| fnc| afr| tsw| rzk| sbv| sol| ehi| zrf| uob| gel| lvl| ldj| pfv| ueo| uut| akh| ljx| fvd| vvr| jrc| kyg| nsn| gcg| cqr|