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'It wasn't in vain': 98-year-old local World War II vet receives France's Legion of Honor

NORTHBROOK, Ill. — France honored a 98-year-old World War II veteran Friday for helping liberate the country. WGN News spoke with PFC. Emil Hirsch to learn more about his Chicago roots, his war story and what he did after that tumultuous period of time. Like most people during the 1930s, Hirsch felt the effects of […]
United States Hyde Park High School France General Omaha Beach Basse Normandie Emilg Hirsch
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'Combat Con Artists' of World War II Who Hoodwinked Nazis Get Long Overdue Top Honor from Congress

From D-Day to the crossing of the Rhine, the Army's top-secret 23rd Headquarters Special Troops unit used inflatable tanks, trucks and artillery pieces; bogus radio traffic; 500-pound loudspeakers blasting recordings of divisions on the move; and other means of fakery to confuse the Nazis. In the process, it may have saved the lives of 15,000 to 30,000 American troops, according to Army historians.
United States Nordrhein Westfalen Waals Gewest Jacqueline Kennedy Ellsworth Kelly Aaaron Copland

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