About Victor Prezio

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  • Biography

    The following is submitted by Cathy Hurst:

    I am working to write biographies of the men who served in the Ghost Army, a World War II deception unit. About half of this unit was composed of the men of the 603rd Engineers Camouflage Battalion, artists recruited from art schools, art jobs, and ad agencies, mostly in New York, Philadelphia, and the surrounding areas.

    Victor Prezio was one of these men. He served in the European theatre during the war, helping to fool the Nazis with inflatable tanks and sound recordings of moving armies that were blasted from trucks using wire recording devices.
    December 2021
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