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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]
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 ...
John J. Williams sometime in 1944 in Normady, France. He was part of the 23rd Headquarters Special Troops also known as the Ghost Army during World War II.
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 ...
Three of the seven known surviving members of a secret group during World War II are set to accept Congressional Gold Medals on Thursday. ... The Ghost Army included about 1,100 soldiers in the ...
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]
(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 ...
The 23rd Cavalry Division was organized at some time after World War I, and was not activated in World War II. Of its component regiments, only the 106th Cavalry Regiment served under a cavalry designation during World War II. [3] Headquarters (New Orleans, Louisiana) Headquarters, Special Troops (New Orleans, Louisiana)