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ACT I: REHEARSAL
One: The Swashbuckler-1941-1942, Douglas Fairbanks Jr. brings deception to America from Britain
Two: Hilton Howell Railey, The P.T Barnum of Deception-1942-1944, The discoverer of Amelia Earhart creates a deception lab
Three: Casting Call for Camoufleurs-1942-1944, Artists and other talented men recruited as camoufleurs at Fort Meade, Maryland
Four: Artists of Razzle-Dazzle-January-May 1944, Special Troops created at Camp Forrest, Tennessee, and lear tradecraft of deception
Five: Deceptive Fidelity-The Sonic Campaign-1944, From sonic "bomb" to sound effects at Pine Camp, sonic warriors prepare
Six: Dress Rehearsal at Stratford-upon-Avon, May-July 1944, Special Troops train in England and wait for D-Day
ACT II: ONSTAGE
Seven: Seeing the Elephant-June-July 1944 D-Day through the Battle of Normandy, doing it for real
Eight: Bad Show at Brest-August 1944, First combined deception leads American tanks into a deadly trap
Nine: Hold That Ghost Line-September-October 1944, Special Troops hold a seventy-mile-long gap in American lines, force a German retreat
Ten: Can You Hear Me, Luxembourg? October-November 1944, Second troops into Luxembourg-more operations against German border
Eleven: The Long, Cruel Winter-December 1944-January 1945
Battle of the Bulge erupts in the middle of a deception operation-winter campaigns with Patton and others to close the bulge
Twelve: The Deadliest Show-February-March 1945, Luck runs out-German artillery at last finds them, kills and wounds seventeen
Thirteen: Grand Illusion-March 1945, The Rhine ruse succeeds spectacularly-Ninth Army crosses, the war is virtually won
ACT III: CLOSING THE SHOW
Fourteen: Striking the Set-April-August 1945, Special Troops demobilized after a dramatic hunt for Russian fugitives
Epilogue: Curtain Call-Fort Drum N.Y., 15 September 2000, Veterans assemble at Fort Drum, New York, their old training ground, and find they have been erased from history.
One: The Swashbuckler-1941-1942, Douglas Fairbanks Jr. brings deception to America from Britain
Two: Hilton Howell Railey, The P.T Barnum of Deception-1942-1944, The discoverer of Amelia Earhart creates a deception lab
Three: Casting Call for Camoufleurs-1942-1944, Artists and other talented men recruited as camoufleurs at Fort Meade, Maryland
Four: Artists of Razzle-Dazzle-January-May 1944, Special Troops created at Camp Forrest, Tennessee, and lear tradecraft of deception
Five: Deceptive Fidelity-The Sonic Campaign-1944, From sonic "bomb" to sound effects at Pine Camp, sonic warriors prepare
Six: Dress Rehearsal at Stratford-upon-Avon, May-July 1944, Special Troops train in England and wait for D-Day
ACT II: ONSTAGE
Seven: Seeing the Elephant-June-July 1944 D-Day through the Battle of Normandy, doing it for real
Eight: Bad Show at Brest-August 1944, First combined deception leads American tanks into a deadly trap
Nine: Hold That Ghost Line-September-October 1944, Special Troops hold a seventy-mile-long gap in American lines, force a German retreat
Ten: Can You Hear Me, Luxembourg? October-November 1944, Second troops into Luxembourg-more operations against German border
Eleven: The Long, Cruel Winter-December 1944-January 1945
Battle of the Bulge erupts in the middle of a deception operation-winter campaigns with Patton and others to close the bulge
Twelve: The Deadliest Show-February-March 1945, Luck runs out-German artillery at last finds them, kills and wounds seventeen
Thirteen: Grand Illusion-March 1945, The Rhine ruse succeeds spectacularly-Ninth Army crosses, the war is virtually won
ACT III: CLOSING THE SHOW
Fourteen: Striking the Set-April-August 1945, Special Troops demobilized after a dramatic hunt for Russian fugitives
Epilogue: Curtain Call-Fort Drum N.Y., 15 September 2000, Veterans assemble at Fort Drum, New York, their old training ground, and find they have been erased from history.