This week, we had the rare chance to hear from one of the few remaining World War II veterans—102-year-old John Smith, a ...

When it comes to historical fiction books about war, the options are endless. Whether you want to read about The Civil War, ...

Rhode Island played a key role in WWII through deception ... produced inflatable tanks and other equipment for the "Ghost Army," misleading German forces. Secret POW camps in Rhode Island re ...

Learn all about Operation Fortitude, the plan to deceive and divide the Nazis during the build-up to D-Day, when National WWII Museum volunteer ... Added to that was a ghost army created to ...

which is recounted in John Eisenhower’s 1995 book The Bitter Woods: The Battle of the Bulge. After decades of secrecy, the ‘Ghost Army’ is honored for saving U.S. lives in WWII The Ghost Army is ...

Though he left this world believing their contributions were unnoticed, his legacy endures through his stories captured in family videos, the documentary, and in two books written by Rick Beyer: The ...

Hapgood served in the war in the “Ghost Army,” a unit dedicated to deception and trickery that ran 21 different ersatz military campaigns between D-Day and the surrender of Germany in May 1945.

(WKRN) — They’re often referred to as the unsung heroes of World War II — the Ghost Army ... Beyer wrote a book about the ghost army and produced a documentary. More information about ...

It is difficult for World War II veteran Tom Anderson of Dover to reflect on his experiences as a soldier, even on the 80th anniversary of the D-Day invasion that turned the tide of the war on ...

(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 ...