Please support our year-end fundraiser!

Fundraising Campaign 

2022 Goal: $60,000

The soldiers of The Ghost Army used inflatable tanks, sound effects, and imagination to fool the Germans on the battlefields of Europe. Only 9 of the intrepid soldiers who carried out this bold mission are left. The Ghost Army Legacy Project is ensuring that these men and their accomplishments are never forgotten. 

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​​Ghost Army Legacy Project
1305 S. Michigan Ave. #1104
Chicago, IL 60605
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All donations are tax deductible!

2022 Goals

• Final Passage of Ghost Army Gold Medal Bill!
• National publicity campaign to announce Gold Medal
• New Historical Markers in Normandy and Luxembourg
• Programming Support for museum exhibits in Illinois and Nevada

Ongoing Initiatives

• Outreach to honor members of the unit and their story
  
• Research to uncover more about the story
• Publishing primary source docs on website
• Facilitating donations of material to Ghost Army Archive at National World War II Museum
• Support of students’ National History Day Projects

The family of Ghost Army soldier Thomas Wells laying flowers at his grave on Memrial Day.  Wells was killed in March, 1945, during operation Bouzonville.  

2021 GALP Accomplishments

• The Ghost Army Congressional Gold Medal is approaching final passage. The House of Representatives passed the legislation in May. Lobbying efforts netted 69 co-sponsors in the Senate, allowing the bill to move forward. The bill should win full passage in the Senate soon, perhaps by the end of this year

•  A Ghost Army historical marker was dedicated in the town of Plabennec, near Brest, in France. (Photos at top of page ) The marker commemorated Operation Brest, the first mission to use all their means of deception. The US Consul for Western France, Beth Webster, attended the event, as did local officials and veterans’ organizations. (Note: Brest is a large port city in Brittany, France’s westernmost province.)
• Ghost Army: Secret Soldiers of WWII, Our traveling museum exhibit, was seen by thousands. It was displayed at the Army Special Operations Museum at Fort Bragg, and the Historical Society of Cheshire County in New Hampshire.

• ​We assisted eight student National History Day Projects. Four projects made it to the nationals, and one, a website created by 14-year-old Caleb Sinnwell of Iowa,seen here with Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley, won first place in the country!

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• Generated broad media coverage of The Ghost Army:
  
  
  • The New York Times
  • NBC Today Show
  • Washington Times Inside the Beltway” column
  • Army Times
  • Stars and Stripes
  • Historynet.com
  • CSPAN
  • St. Louis Post Dispatch
  • St Louis Public Radio
  • Charlotte Observer (North Carolina)
  • Des Moines Register (Iowa)
  • The Hill
  • Dallas Morning News
  • Branson Tri Lakes (Missouri)
  • Allentown Morning Call (Pennsylvania)
  • Roanoke Times (Virginia)
  • Santa Fe New Mexican
  • KUTV (Salt Lake City, Utah)
  • Deseret News (Utah)
  • Tullahoma News (Tennessee)
  • San Diego Jewish World
  • France 3 Television
  • Ouest France
  • Le Telegramme

Outreach initiatives to tell the Ghost Army story:
 

• Memorial Day Graveside Commemorations
• June 6 Remarks at National D-Day Memorial in Bedford VA Commemoration
• Celebration of Ghost Army Recognition Day in Missouri
• Presentation to the U.S Army Engineering School at Fort Leonard Wood
• Presentation to New Mexico National Guard
• Presentation to the New Mexico Military Museum
• Presentation for the Michigan Holocaust Memorial
• American Veterans Center interview with Veteran George Dramis
• History Happy Hour feature ???

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The Ghost Army Legacy Project is a 501(C)3 nonprofit corporation registered in Massachusetts.  You will receive an acknowledgement of your donation. We have receieved tax-exempt status from ths IRS, so all donations are tax-deductible.