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Authors Michael Dobrin and Jerry Eppler tell their family stories intertwined with the development of a federal aviation ...
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 ...
The lives of up to 30,000 Allied troops were saved by the deception campaigns of the Ghost Army (Picture ... This is common for WWII veterans, including Congresswoman Ann McLane Kuster’s ...
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 ...
The National WWII Museum in New Orleans is in a race against time to preserve the stories of the men and women who fought in ...
Three World War 2 veterans from the so-called “Ghost Army” have finally been recognized by the US Congress with Congressional Gold Medals. Presented by members of Congress at a ceremony in ...
DALLAS — With inflatable tanks, radio trickery, costume uniforms and acting, the American military units that became known as the Ghost Army outwitted the enemy during World War II. Their ...