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World War II's Ghost Army, including an Iowan, to receive the Congressional Gold Medal today
A Des Moines man is soon to be posthumously recognized for his role in a top secret troop designed to confuse and intimidate the Germans in World War II. Information about the Ghost Army had been ...
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Ben Affleck is making a movie about the secret Army unit that tricked Nazis into chasing ‘ghost armies’ during WWII
Ben Affleck will star and direct "Ghost Army" a new World War II movie about the artists and engineers who pulled off one of the greatest acts of deception in military history. By James Clark ...
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How a Ghost Army of American artists helped defeat Hitler
nicknamed the Ghost Army, a group of 1,100 handpicked soldiers in World War II who played an unlikely, but pivotal, role in the Allied victory over Nazi Germany. If you've never heard of the Ghost ...
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The 'Ghost Army' veterans who fooled the Nazis in WW2
A secretive US Army unit was honoured on Thursday, 80 years after their special effects saved tens of thousands of lives during World War Two. The group received the Congressional Gold Medal ...