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Washington — Members of the Ghost Army, a top-secret military unit credited with saving thousands of Americans during World War II using distraction techniques, received Congressional Gold Medals on ...

HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill. (WLS) -- A north suburban World War II veteran will soon receive a long-awaited honor at the nation's capitol. Bernie Bluestein said when he signed up for a special World War II ...

On March 21, at the U.S. Capitol, a bygone company of American soldiers, most of whom are long dead, will be awarded the Congressional Gold Medal, one of the country’s highest honors, in appreciation ...

The Ghost Army journeyed from New York to England on May 2, 1944, alongside many American troops crossing the Atlantic ahead of the Normandy invasion. With inflatable tanks, fake artillery, carefully ...

American soldiers who deceived the enemy or served with the Ghost Army during the final two years of World War II have left this world, but their spirits march on in military folklore and on the walls ...

An unidentified member of the “Ghost Army” with an inflatable tank used to fool enemy forces in World War II. (National Archives/Wikimedia Commons) For five decades—from his discharge from the U.S.

MEDFORD - The McGlynns are known for their decades of service in Medford and Massachusetts politics. But this week, the late Jack McGlynn will finally be honored, for his most heroic service - a ...

A Des Moines man is soon to be posthumously recognized for his role in a top secret troop designed to confuse and intimidate the Germans in World War II. Information about the Ghost Army had been kept ...