A mission that was kept secret for years but that undoubtedly saved lives. The Ghost Army had a huge impact on the war and they trained right here in Middle Tennessee.

The Ghost Army was only made up of 1,100 men, but Tomlin said it could simulate the presence of 30,000 troops. The U.S. Army estimates that the diversions saved between 15,000-30,000 American ...

Members of the Ghost Army, a top-secret military unit credited with saving thousands of Americans during World War II using distraction techniques, received Congress' highest honor.

With the so-called "Ghost Army," its World War II mission of fooling the enemy was so secret because most of the people who knew about it took it to the grave. A secret no more and nearly 80 years ...

The Ghost Army included about 1,100 soldiers in the 23rd Headquarters Special Troops, which carried out about 20 battlefield deceptions in France, Luxembourg, Belgium and Germany, and around 200 ...

Ghost Army members who staged secret WWII battle deceptions awarded Congressional Gold Medal House Speaker Mike Johnson said during the ceremony that it’s estimated that between 15,000 to 30,000 ...

Congress awarded its highest civilian honor to a long-secret Army unit that helped win World War II with battlefield deception. Just seven members of the 1,300-man Ghost Army are still alive.

The top-secret Ghost Army, which practiced deception during World War II to save tens of thousands of lives, was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal at a Thursday ceremony. Three of the seven surv… ...