WWII Veteran Details Days in Little-known "Ghost Army'

[rangerrebew]

WWII Veteran Details Days in Little-known "Ghost Army'
By George Morris
August 20, 2017

SLIDELL, La. (AP) — Like many veterans, Anderson Wilson joined the American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars following his service in World War II. Before long, he quit going.

“All those fellows wanted to do was talk about what they did in the Army, and I couldn’t talk about that,” 94-year-old Wilson said.

http://www.realcleardefense.com/articles/2017/08/20/wwii_veteran_details_days_in_little-known_ghost_army_112094.html

[Fishrrman]

Very interesting article, worth the time to read.

[SZonian]

Cool story...the art of deception.

[thackney]

“Some of the best assignments we had were to go into the pubs at night and spread misinformation about troop movement,” Wilson said. “It wouldn’t be long until you’d see a pretty young lady get up and start to ease out, and what she didn’t know was that the Free French were on the outside to pick her up. I don’t know what happened to her after that.

Might have been the best part of the job, go out drinking and tell lies, watch for the pretty ladies to start moving...

[truth_seeker]

A great illustration of the Principle of "Winning"

Subordinating one's life and ideas, for the greater good. Taking/following orders.

Focus on main objective. Keep mouth shut, before, during and after.