On this web page, I see some units listed as ‘ghost unit’. What does that mean? I never heard the term before…
Maybe the CIA Spooks?
Ahh, here we go: The 14th “Phantom” Army:
Looks like those units were part of this “phantom army”. The link has the whole story.
I was going to come up with some lame joke about otherwise fearless suicide bombers being scared shitless by ghosts, but here’s the truth instead:
http://www.grunts.net/army/deception.html
Basically, there were a bunch of units created only on paper to scare and confuse the enemies during World War II.
A ghost unit is the amount of ectoplasm in the “body” of one average-sized ghost. It is also referred to as a “casper.”
I figured it was what was used to make baby ghosts and attract the lady ones: “Look at the unit on that ghost!”
Jeez, don’t you people play StarCraft?