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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]
Among those who employed these diversionary strategies was John J. Williams with the 23rd Headquarters Special Troops, which, along with the 3133rd Signal Service Company, was known as the Ghost Army.
The Ghost Army included about 1,100 soldiers in the 23rd Headquarters Special Troops and the 3133rd Signal Company Special. The group carried out 25 different “battlefield deceptions” in ...
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 ...
The material employed in the 23rd Army Headquarters Special Troops' operations included decoys such as inflatable rubber tanks, trucks, jeeps, and cannon, as well as powerful loudspeaker trucks playing sound recordings of various types military heavy activity.
The 23rd Headquarters Special Troops were composed of the 603rd Engineer Battalion, 406th Combat Engineer, and the 3132nd Sonic Company, better known in history as the Ghost Army. The special troops were composed of artists, designers, actors, meteorologists, sound technicians, and their true mission was not to fight, but to deceive the German ...
The Official History of the 23rd Headquarters Special Troops was written in September 1945 by Capt. Fred Fox. It is the most important primary source documenting activities of the unit.
[10] with the Ghost Army (officially known as the 23rd Headquarters Special Troops). [5] [3] [4] [8] [9] during World War II. [6] [7] Earlier in his life, Aliapoulos was featured in The Boston Globe newspaper for rescuing two children from their cribs in a tenement fire in Manchester, New Hampshire in 1939. [14]