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George Dramis was a radio operator in the signal company special. He was part of Operation Troutfly, which was part of the D-day invasion in Normandy.
"If we hadn’t done some of these things there would have been more guys killed."
- George Dramis
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Lieutenant Gilbert Seltzer was part of many operations, and did spoof radio broadcasts. He is one of the few members still alive today, thriving at 106 years old.
"I don’t believe we saved 30,000, but if we saved one life, it was worth it"
- Gilbert Seltzer
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Arthur Shilstone served in the 603rd camouflage engineers before having a great career as an illustrator. He drew for major companies such as National Geographic, Sports Illustrated, and NASA.
"We were lucky throughout, I mean it could have been a lot different if the Germans had known who we were and what we did."
- Arthur Shilstone
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John Jarvie served as a Jeep driver for the 603rd camouflage engineers. Before that he strived to succeed in painting until being part of the Ghost Army.
“Brest was a screw-up. Was not our screw-up, but somewhere down the line, upstairs, was the screw-up, because the plans for all these things came down.”
- John Jarvie