#13 "GHOST ARMY"

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Episode Recording -- "GHOST ARMY"
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Episode Number
Students Podcast History Episode #13
Episode Title
#13 "GHOST ARMY"
Episode Date
April 24, 2025
Episode Introduction
What if I told you that during World War II, the U.S. military created a secret unit made up of artists, sound designers, and radio specialists? A unit that used rubber tanks, fake radio chatter, and pre-recorded sounds to trick the Nazis without ever firing a bullet?
Hosted By
Garrett Gray
The Show
Students Podcasting History is an educational resource developed by students in Dr. Andrew Maginn’s History of the United States II course to highlight crucial movements in American History through podcasting. The students research and interpret primary and secondary sources to discuss pivotal themes, people, and events in the United States' history from 1865 through the present. Through creatively sharing these narratives and learning digital tools, these students hope to make history more accessible and exciting for the general public.
Source
Woodrow Wilson, “The New Freedom,” The American Yawp Reader, 1912.
● A. Philip Randolph and Franklin D. Roosevelt, “Racial Discrimination in the Defense
Industry,” The American Yawp Reader, 1941.
● Gerry Souter, The Ghost Army (Minneapolis, MN: ABDO Publishing, 2015).
● Beyer, Rick, and Elizabeth Sayles. The Ghost Army of World War II: How One
Top-Secret Unit Deceived the Enemy with Inflatable Tanks, Sound Effects, and Other
Audacious Fakery. New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 2015.
● Kneece, Jack. Ghost Army of World War II. Narrated by Paul Woodson. Old Saybrook,
CT: Tantor Media, 2017. Audiobook.
● Roosevelt, Franklin D. "Executive Order No. 9066 (1942)." The American Yawp Reader.
Accessed April 22, 2025.
● Turner, Frederick Jackson. "Significance of the Frontier in American History" (1893).
The American Yawp Reader. Accessed April 22, 2025.
● “Chapter 24: World War II,” The American Yawp, accessed April 7, 2025.
https://www.americanyawp.com/text/24-world-war-ii/.
Contact Information
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