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Ghost Army in the News

NBC Today Show

9/19/2021

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Gilbert Seltzer, member of the Ghost Army during WWII, dies at 106

Renowned architect Gilbert Seltzer has died at age 106. During World War II, he was one of the 1,100 men who made up the 23rd Headquarters Special Troops, also known as the Ghost Army, who helped the allies win the war with a series of creative deceptions that included inflatable tanks and wooden airplanes. Sunday TODAY’s Willie Geist remembers a life well lived.
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New York Times

9/11/2021

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​Gilbert Seltzer, Soldier in the World War II ‘Ghost Army,’ Dies at 106

He was one of the last survivors of a band of Army con artists who duped German forces with their arsenal of fakery, including inflatable tanks and scripted radio transmissions.
Read the New York Times Story Here
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