Table of Contents
Introduction 1
Chapter 1 The Ghost Army Is Born 5
Germans in South America 10
Beach Jumpers 18
Chapter 2 Recruitment and Training 25
Combat Engineers 42
The Army Half-Tracks 52
Chapter 3 Shipping Out … and More Waiting 57
Convoys 59
Liberty Ships 65
Chapter 4 The Twenty-Third Gets into Action 87
From Hollywood to the Battlefield: Frederic Fox 92
Artists of the 603rd; Ellsworth Kelly 108
Chapter 5 The First Big Test 121
The Red Ball Express 125
Artists of the 603rd: Victor Dowd 140
Chapter 6 A Trio of Deceptions 153
Artists of the 603rd: Arthur Singer 160
Bailey Bridges 170
Chapter 7 A Deadly Winter 175
Panzer Brigade 150 185
Artists of the 603rd: Bill Blass 196
Chapter 8 After the Battle of the Bulge 205
Trench Art 213
Artists of the 603rd: Harold Laynor 219
Chapter 9 The Final Deception 223
Artists of the 603rd: Arthur Shilstone 226
Commendation for the VIERSEN Deception 244
Epilogue 247
Source Notes 253
Bibliography 278
Image Credits 284
Index 287
Acknowledgments 295