Nearly 80 years after World War Two, members of secretive US units are being honoured for the clever ruses they used to save tens of thousands of lives.
Known as the “Ghost Army”, the group used inflatable vehicles and Hollywood-level special effects to fool the Germans about Allied war plans.
President Joe Biden signed a bill to award Congress’s highest honour to the Ghost Army in 2022.
Seymour Nussenbaum, a New Jersey native who is now 100, is one of the three Ghost Army soldiers who will be honoured in person in Congress.
To do so, the unit set up hundreds of inflatable trucks and tanks, blasted the sounds of troop movements from loudspeakers and simulated military radio traffic.
Additionally, some members posed as military commanders in areas they knew German spies would detect their presence.
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