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The ghost army of World War II : how one top-secret unit deceived the enemy with inflatable tanks, sound effects, and other audacious fakery Cover Image Book Book

The ghost army of World War II : how one top-secret unit deceived the enemy with inflatable tanks, sound effects, and other audacious fakery

Beyer, Rick 1956- (author.). Sayles, Elizabeth, (author.).

Summary: "In the summer of 1944, a handpicked group of young GIs -- including such future luminaries as Bill Blass, Ellsworth Kelly, Arthur Singer, and Art Kane -- landed in France to conduct a secret mission. Armed with rubber tanks, fake artillery, and more than a few tricks up their sleeves, their job was to create a traveling road show of deception on the battlefields of Europe [...]"--

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  • ISBN: 9781616893187
  • ISBN: 1616893184
  • Physical Description: print
    253 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 26 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Princeton Architectural Press, [2015]

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Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 240-243) and index.

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Subject: United States. -- Army. -- Headquarters Special Troops, 23rd.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Deception -- United States
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Regimental histories -- United States

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Prince Rupert Library 940.5412 Beye (Text) 33294001924471 Adult Non-Fiction Volume hold Available -
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Summary: "In the summer of 1944, a handpicked group of young GIs -- including such future luminaries as Bill Blass, Ellsworth Kelly, Arthur Singer, and Art Kane -- landed in France to conduct a secret mission. Armed with rubber tanks, fake artillery, and more than a few tricks up their sleeves, their job was to create a traveling road show of deception on the battlefields of Europe [...]"--
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