Whenever family members asked 100-year-old Seymour Nussenbaum what part he played in the Second World War, he told them: “I blew up tanks!” Little did they know what he really meant. In fact, Mr ...

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The Congressional Gold Medal was recently awarded to living and deceased members of the Ghost Army, a World War II deception unit that was kept secret for half a century after the war. Many of the ...

FROM inflatable tanks to painted jets and even war camels, the Russians have used some of the barmiest tactics to wage a war ...

DALLAS — For decades, their mission during World War II was a secret. With inflatable tanks, trucks and planes, combined with sound effects, radio trickery, costume uniforms and acting, the American ...

Dive into declassified history with the Soldiers Memorial Military Museum’s upcoming exhibition, Ghost Army: The Combat Con Artists of World War II, opening September 25. This free exhibit in the ...

Weeks after the Allies stormed the beaches of Normandy, the young men of the 23rd Headquarters Special Troops encountered D-Day’s lingering carnage as they waded ashore. Bloated bodies churned in the ...

For more than a half-century, Hoffman Estates resident Bernard Bluestein’s World War II heroism was a military secret. But on Thursday, the service of Bluestein and two other surviving members of the ...

Congress this week will bestow its highest civilian honor – the Congressional Gold Medal – on men who have been called combat con artists. They’re the soldiers of a long-secret unit known as the ...

In June 2023, a video started spreading on pro-war Russian social media channels, apparently showing a drone destroying a Ukrainian tank in a massive explosion. But not everything is what it seems in ...

House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., right, presents Ghost Army member Bernard Bluestein, of Hoffman Estates, Ill., a Congressional Gold Medal during a ceremony to honor members of the secretive World ...