WASHINGTON — The family of a local coal miner who served with the Ghost Army during World War II was presented a replica of a Congressional Gold Medal, which is
From D-Day to the crossing of the Rhine, the Army's top-secret 23rd Headquarters Special Troops unit used inflatable tanks, trucks and artillery pieces; bogus radio traffic; 500-pound loudspeakers blasting recordings of divisions on the move; and other means of fakery to confuse the Nazis. In the process, it may have saved the lives of 15,000 to 30,000 American troops, according to Army historians.
International Holocaust Remembrance Day (established by the United Nations General Assembly) is January 27 andYom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day in Israel, the United States, and other countries) is in April or May (in 2022 it s April 28).