VIDEO: Resurrecting the Ghost Army
For several years now Lexington filmmaker Rick Beyer has been working on a film about a little-known WWII unit that specialized in deception. This past weekend, his hometown got a sneak peak at the unit and documentary -- both known as The Ghost Army.
Lexington filmmaker Rick Beyer is on a mission to expose the 23rd Headquarters Special Troops for what it was. This WWII unit was full of artists who specialized in deception and criss-crossed the European Theater in an effort to dupe the Germans and save lives. Young soldier-artists like fashion designer Bill Blass, Ellsworth Kelly, and photographer Art Kane used inflatable tanks, sound trucks and phony radio communications. They were the Ghost Army. Beyer first heard of the Ghost Army about seven years ago, when he met Martha Gavin, whose uncle, Army Corporal John Jarvie, was in the unit. She had binders filled with artwork his uncle created. "I started to learn about the deception mission, learn about the art that they created," he …
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