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2. Ghost Army - Wikipedia

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   The Ghost Army was a United States Army tactical deception unit during World War II officially known as the 23rd Headquarters Special Troops. [2] [3] The 1,100-man unit was given a unique mission: to deceive Hitler's forces and mislead them as to the size and location of Allied forces, while giving the actual units elsewhere time to maneuver. [4]

3. Ghost Army members who staged secret WWII battlefield ... - AOL

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   The Ghost Army included about 1,100 soldiers in the 23rd Headquarters Special Troops, which carried out about 20 battlefield deceptions in France, Luxembourg, Belgium and Germany, and around 200 ...

4. These U.S. Army units that used diversionary tactics in WWII ...

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   The Congressional Gold Medal was given to the 23rd Headquarters Special Troops and 3133rd Signal Service Co. A Columbia resident was among them. These U.S. Army units that used diversionary ...

5. National Veterans Memorial and Museum exhibit tells history ...

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   (For those interested in additional reading, Tomlin recommends Rick Beyer’s 2015 book “The Ghost Army of World War II.) The 23rd Headquarters Special Troops included artists who, after the war ...

6. The Ghost Army (film) - Wikipedia

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   The Ghost Army is a 2013 American documentary about the United States Army 23rd Headquarters Special Troops, ... 1945 in the final stages of World War II in the fight ...

7. Ralph James Wickel - Wikipedia

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   The 23rd Headquarters Special Troops military activities were highly classified during the war, and the mission details were only declassified in 1996. Wickel earned the military position of Technician Fifth Grade (T/5). Receiving an honorable discharge from the United States Army, he returned to civilian life in November 1945. [3]

8. Their WWII mission was secret for decades. Now the Ghost Army ...

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   One of the biggest missions, called Operation Viersen, came in March 1945 when the 23rd Headquarters Special Troops' deception drew German units away from the point on the Rhine River where the 9th Army was actually crossing. “They had hundreds of inflatables set up," Beyer said. “They had their sound trucks operating for multiple nights.

9. This Iowan served in World War II's Ghost Army. Years later ...

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   The project lobbied for seven years to secure a Congressional Gold Medal for the 23rd Headquarters Special Troops and the 3133rd Signal Service Company. President Joe Biden authorized the medals ...