Before he would lead the U.S. 3rd Army across western Europe, Gen. George Patton spent the first half of 1944 in charge of a somewhat different command. It was the First U.S. Army Group, or FUSAG ...

It was September 1944, and the U.S. Third Army, under the command of Gen. George S. Patton, was holding positions along the banks of the Moselle River.

The Ghost Army had a huge impact on the war and they trained right here in Middle Tennessee. ... I met a guy once who was a tanker under Patton. And he had never heard of this unit,” said Beyer.

Perhaps World War II Gen. George S. Patton’s finest hour as an American war leader came during the pivotal Battle of the Bulge in December 1944, when his army relieved the surrounded 101st ...

Beyer, president of the Ghost Army Legacy Project, ... In September 1944, the Ghost Army helped fill a gap in Gen. George Patton's line during an attack on the Germans in the French city of Metz.

The Ghost Army included about 1,100 soldiers in the 23rd Headquarters Special Troops, which carried out about 20 battlefield deceptions in France, Luxembourg, Belgium and Germany, and around 200 ...

House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., right, presents Ghost Army member Bernard Bluestein, of Hoffman Estates, Ill., a Congressional Gold Medal during a ceremony to honor members of the secretive ...

The Ghost Army included about 1,100 soldiers in the 23rd Headquarters Special Troops, which carried out about 20 battlefield deceptions in France, Luxembourg, Belgium and Germany, and around 200 ...