TY - ADVS AU - Beyer,Rick AU - Coyote,Peter ED - PBS Distribution (Firm) ED - Plate of Peas Productions. TI - The ghost army SN - 1608839060 PY - 2013///] CY - [Arlington, VA] PB - PBS Distribution KW - United States KW - Army KW - Headquarters Special Troops, 23rd KW - World War, 1939-1945 KW - Campaigns KW - Eastern Front KW - Documentary television programs KW - lcgft KW - Historical television programs KW - Nonfiction television programs KW - Video recordings for the hearing impaired KW - War television programs N1 - Originally broadcast by PBS May 21, 2013; Special features: Bonus archival footage; an art show featuring works by Ghost army veterans, and more!; Music by Matt Mariano ; edited by Jon Neuburger; Peter Coyote, narrator; Rating: TVPG N2 - The Ghost Army was officially known as the 23rd Headquarters Special Troops. From June 1944 to March 1945 it staged 20 battlefield deceptions, beginning in Normandy and ending at the Rhine River. These deceptions included an array of inflatables (tanks, trucks, jeeps, and airplanes), sound trucks, phony radio transmissions and even playacting to fool the enemy ER -