History has always been a big part of my life. I remember in first grade pouring all of my affections onto the historical fiction American girl doll books in the elementary school library and imagining myself as a Swedish immigrant in 1854, or as a young patriot in 1774. During second and third grade I devoted my free time to reading about the Civil War and the Spanish explorers that conquested through my native Florida. In fourth grade I remember leaping through a native american pottery exhibit on a field trip to Tallahassee, desperately trying to obtain all of the knowledge the signs held before being dragged away by my classmates and chaperone. On a fifth grade field trip I was left behind at an exhibit at the Kennedy Space Center because I was too engrossed in the history of rhesus monkeys being shot into space to notice that my entire class had moved on to the I-Max theater. In sixth grade I got a grade
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Beyer writes that the 603rd Engineer Camouflage Special focused on visually deceiving the enemy. These were the guys that used inflatable tanks, jeep, planes, and artillery to delude enemy aerial reconnaissance of the area. This company employed most of the men in the Ghost Army. The 244th Signal Company Special specialized in fake radio transmissions and the impersonation of real-life radio operators. While the Signal Company Special tricked the germans with their “spoof radio”, the 3132 Signal Service Company Special used impressive speakers attached to the back of armoured half-backs to create the sounds of a moving units during the night. And finally, the men of the 406th Engineer Combat Company Special were trained as fighting soldiers and helped out the Ghost Army by creating ‘tank ruts’ with their bulldozers and providing perimeter security, as well as performing normal engineer corp duties like reconstruction and
Beyer writes that the 603rd Engineer Camouflage Special focused on visually deceiving the enemy. These were the guys that used inflatable tanks, jeep, planes, and artillery to delude enemy aerial reconnaissance of the area. This company employed most of the men in the Ghost Army. The 244th Signal Company Special specialized in fake radio transmissions and the impersonation of real-life radio operators. While the Signal Company Special tricked the germans with their “spoof radio”, the 3132 Signal Service Company Special used impressive speakers attached to the back of armoured half-backs to create the sounds of a moving units during the night. And finally, the men of the 406th Engineer Combat Company Special were trained as fighting soldiers and helped out the Ghost Army by creating ‘tank ruts’ with their bulldozers and providing perimeter security, as well as performing normal engineer corp duties like reconstruction and