That reminds me of the Son Tay Prison Camp raid. They would build a replica of it every day, then take it down while a Russian Satellite passed over.
Colonel Bull Simons who led the raid lived not far from us.
Met Bull once. Force of nature.
From Wiki:
Simons was recalled to active duty in 1951 to serve as an infantry instructor and Ranger trainer in the Amphibious and Jungle Training camp at Eglin AFB, Florida. Other assignments included a year as a Public Information Officer (PIO, now “Public Affairs Officer” or PAO) at Ft. Bragg, North Carolina, a job that he despised (he held a low opinion of the media, one that would prove itself in later years and assignments. “The press hasn’t done very well for the American soldier,” he would later remark.)
What a great man!