Artists of Deception: The Ghost Army of World War II

Artists of Deception: The Ghost Army of World War II
ISBN-10
0615534341
ISBN-13
9780615534343
Category
World War, 1939-1945
Pages
48
Language
English
Published
2011-09-18
Authors
Rick Beyer, Elizabeth Sayles

Description

"The Ghost Army" is full of art and photographs telling the story of the 23rd Headquarters Special Troops, an extraordinary US Army unit that used inflatable tanks and sound effects records to stage a traveling road show of deception on the battlefields of Europe during WWII. Many who served in this to-secret unit were artists destined for illustrious post-war art careers, including a budding fashion designer named Bill Blass. In their spare time they painted and sketched their way across war-torn Europe. The book is a catalog for a museum exhibit about the unit, and a companion to the forthcoming documentary film.

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