It’s never too late to celebrate America’s heroes.

Manny Frockt, 98, was presented with a Congressional Gold Medal on Saturday for the U.S. Army veteran’s role in deceiving the Nazis with illusions during World War II, ABC affiliate WPBF reported.

Frockt was a member of the “Ghost Army,” a once-secret Army unit that used ruses — such as inflatable tanks, sound effects and even fake radio transmissions — to trick the Nazis and impede their military objectives.

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“Their unit was intentionally placed to be observed as a real unit, to be observed as a real and viable threat meant to draw in the Axis attackers, and who was their backup to save them from incoming aircraft or from artillery fire or from snipers who would approach or from any other threat? It was selfless work,” Florida Congressman Brian Mast, a military veteran, said during the ceremony, per WPBF.

“I’m proud to be a part of that very small portion of what we owe you, sir, and I couldn’t be more proud that you’ll be presented with the Congressional Gold Medal,” Mast told Frockt.

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