History's Headlines: The ghost army at war
Howard James Breisch (1917-1993) was a mid-20th century Bethlehem boy. He grew up in the 1920s and in 1935 graduated from Liberty High School where in 1934 he played football
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Howard James Breisch (1917-1993) was a mid-20th century Bethlehem boy. He grew up in the 1920s and in 1935 graduated from Liberty High School where in 1934 he played football
Weeks after the Allies stormed the beaches of Normandy, the young men of the 23rd Headquarters Special Troops encountered D-Day’s lingering carnage as they waded ashore. Bloated bodies churned in
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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.