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Education Sponsor: Nevada Museum of Art’s “Ghost Army” Exhibition
McDonald Carano proudly serves as an Education & Programming Sponsor of the Nevada Museum of Art’s Ghost Army Exhibition honoring the Combat Con Artists of World War II. The exhibition is funded by the E. L. Wiegand Foundation and additional education and programming costs are provided by a group of seven corporate and individual sponsors including McDonald Carano. McDonald Carano’s long-term support of the Nevada Museum of Art includes providing pro bono legal representation, as well as Firm Managing Partner George Ogilvie’s six years of service on the Board of Trustees from 2018-2024 and Partner Sallie Armstrong’s current membership on the Board of Trustees.
From March 4 to July 23, 2023, the Ghost Army Exhibition relates the story of more than 1,100 men who deceived, sketched, and painted across Europe to manipulate Hitler’s armies during World War II. Activated on January 20, 1944, the 23rd Headquarters Special Troops, known as the “Ghost Army,” was the first mobile, multimedia, tactical deception unit in U.S. Army history. Consisting of an authorized strength of 82 officers and 1,023 men under the command of Army veteran Colonel Harry L. Reeder, this top-secret unit was capable of simulating two whole divisions—approximately 30,000 men—and used visual, sonic, and radio deception to fool German forces during World War II’s final year.
The unit consisted of a carefully selected group of artists, engineers, professional soldiers, and draftees, including famed artists such as fashion designer Bill Blass, painter Ellsworth Kelly, and photographer Art Kane. The unit waged war with inflatable tanks and vehicles, fake radio traffic, sound effects, and even phony generals, using imagination and illusion to trick the enemy while saving thousands of lives along the way. Armed with nothing heavier than .50 caliber machine guns, the 23rd took part in 22 large-scale deceptions in Europe from Normandy to the Rhine River, the bulk of the unit arriving in England in May 1944, shortly before D-Day. The 23rd, along with the 3133rd Signal Service Company in Italy, helped liberate Europe from the grip of Nazi tyranny.
Produced by the National World War II Museum in New Orleans, the exhibition brings together archival photography, historical artifacts, uniforms, sketches, and life-sized recreations of inflatable military equipment used during combat. Information about the exhibition is available here.
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