New in McCabe Library
The Ghost Army of World War II by Rick Beyer and Elizabeth Sayles
The first book to tell the full story of how a traveling road show of artists wielding imagination, paint, and bravado saved thousands of American lives. In the summer of 1944, a handpicked group of young GIs—including such future luminaries such as Bill Blass, Ellsworth Kelly, Arthur Singer, Victor Dowd, Art Kane, and Jack Masey—landed in France to conduct a secret mission. From Normandy to the Rhine, the 1,100 men of the 23rd Headquarters Special Troops, known as the Ghost Army, conjured up phony convoys, phantom divisions, and make-believe headquarters to fool the enemy about the strength and location of American units. Every move they made was top secret and their story was hushed up for decades after the war’s end. [Amazon]
If you want to read this book now and can’t order it, our library will gladly loan it to you. Simply come by the church during office hours and we can leave the book out for you to pick up.
You can also walk right in to McCabe/Kesler Library and pick and choose! Just leave us the sign out card on the desk.
OR – ALL NEW: Check out books via our New Online Database (Contact our Church Librarian Dottie Lewis if you have any questions)