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LEADER: 03451cam a22003254a 4500
001 2002017069
003 DLC
005 20070510135656.0
008 020116s2002 nyuabf b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2002017069
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100 1 $aGerard, Philip.
245 10 $aSecret soldiers :$bthe story of World War II's heroic army of deception /$cPhilip Gerard.
260 $aNew York :$bDutton,$cc2002.
300 $axv, 400 p. [8] p. of plates :$bill., map ;$c24 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 8 $aMachine generated contents note: ACT I: REHEARSAL -- One: The Swashbuckler-1941-1942 -- Douglas Fairbanks Jr.brings deception to America from Britain. -- Two: Hilton Howell Railey, The P.T Barnum of Deception-1942-1944 -- The discoverer of Amelia Earhart creates a deception lab. -- Three: Casting Call for Camoufleurs-1942-1944 -- Artists and other talented men recruited as camoufleurs at Fort Meade, Maryland. -- Four: Artists of Razzle-Dazzle-January-May 1944 -- Special Troops created at Camp Forrest, Tennessee, and lear tradecraft of deception. -- Five: Deceptive Fidelity-The Sonic Campaign-1944 -- From sonic "bomb" to sound effects at Pine Camp, sonic warriors -- prepare. -- Six: Dress Rehearsal at Stratford-upon-Avon-May-July 1944 -- Special Troops train in England and wait for D-Day. -- ACT II: ONSTAGE -- Seven: Seeing the Elephant-June-July 1944 -- D-Day through the Battle of Normandy, doing it for real. -- Eight: Bad Show at Brest-August 1944 -- First combined deception leads American tanks into a deadly trap. -- Nine: Hold That Ghost Line-September-October 1944 -- Special Troops hold a seventy-mile-long gap in American lines, -- force a German retreat. -- Ten: Can You Hear Me, Luxembourg?-October-November 1944 -- Second troops into Luxembourg-more operations against -- German border. -- Eleven: The Long, Cruel Winter-December 1944-January 1945 -- Battle of the Bulge erupts in the middle of a deception operation- -- winter campaigns with Patton and others to close the bulge. -- Twelve: The Deadliest Show-February-March 1945 -- Luck runs out-German artillery at last finds them, kills and -- wounds seventeen. -- Thirteen: Grand Illusion-March 1945 -- The Rhine ruse succeeds spectacularly-Ninth Army crosses, the -- war is virtually won. -- ACT III: CLOSING THE SHOW -- Fourteen: Striking the Set-April-August 1945 -- Special Troops demobilized after a dramatic hunt for Russian -- fugitives. -- Epilogue: Curtain Call-Fort Drum N.Y., 15 September 2000 -- Veterans assemble at Fort Drum, New York, their old training -- ground, and find they have been erased from history..
610 10 $aUnited States.$bArmy.$bHeadquarters Special Troops, 23rd$xHistory.
650 0 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xRegimental histories$zUnited States.
650 0 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xCampaigns$zWestern Front.
650 0 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xDeception$zUnited States.
650 0 $aDisinformation$xHistory$y20th century.
856 41 $3Table of contents$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy031/2002017069.html
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0719/2002017069-b.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0719/2002017069-d.html