Dream. Come. True.
We just came back from New Orleans where we attended an opening of the exhibit 'Ghost Army: Combat Con Artists of WWII' at the The National WWII Museum. I have a unique connection to the exhibit so I will start with how I first became involved. For years, I had heard about the inflatable tanks, sound effects and radio broadcast that were created to deceive the Germans during WWII. But it wasn’t until I saw Rick Beyer's documentary, The Ghost Army, that I got a full understanding of the whole story. I was very excited about the audio element of the deception and thought it was very similar to the type of audio recording that I love to do when I attend reenactments. I love the sound of tanks, trucks and even the sound of gear and boots when soldiers march by. I have done a great deal of research on sounds of WWII. I've listened to authentic recordings from that time period and do the best job I can to capture the authenticity when I record. I heard Rick would be speaking about the Ghost Army at the First Division Museum at Cantigny , not too far from where I live so I went. After watching the great presentation, I introduced myself and shared my love of the The Ghost Army. We started to expand on the unique aspects that we both enjoyed and also a real interest into helping others understand what these men did. In a matter of minutes, we shared the exact same idea for an audio interactive and decided we should collaborate. He also shared with me that he was working on an exhibit about the Ghost Army with the National WWII Museum. A week later, I was contacted by the museum and asked if I could provide sounds to be used in the upcoming exhibit! More to this story...

Checking out the exhibit right before opening night, super exciting.