Inside the Beltway: Plan set to award Gold Medal to World War II-era Ghost Army washingtontimes.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from washingtontimes.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Hoffman Estates resident Bernard Bluestein’s service with the Ghost Army was kept a military secret for more than 50 years.
But since its existence was declassified in 1996, members of the extraord.
Congress will bestow its highest honor to the Ghost Army on March 21 in recognition of the unique role the unit played in helping defeat Nazi Germany by misleading German forces about the size and location of Allied troops.