Exhibit: The Ghost Army February 28, 2010

The Ghost Army is here! In June of 1944, an exceptional U.S. Army unit went into action in Normandy. Its weapons included hundreds of inflatable tanks and a one-of-a-kind collection of sound effects records, and it carried out its battlefield mission without firing a shot. The unit was officially called the 23rd Headquarters Special Troops, but it was known to its men as The Ghost Army.

Members of The Ghost Army adhered to a 50-year gag order; many never told their families about their extraordinary military service. Sixty-five years after this top-secret group went into action, the University of Michigan’s Hatcher Library will unveil the first public exhibit of this captivating group of materials documenting The Ghost Army.

This exhibit is available during library hours. See http://www.lib.umich.edu/hatcher-graduate-library.

Official Website: http://www.lib.umich.edu/mlibrarys-gallery-room-100/events/ghost-army