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Post by ww2dave on Jan 27, 2014 16:15:22 GMT -5
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Post by Kirby on Jan 27, 2014 19:08:39 GMT -5
The photo looks too crisp to be period. I couldn't enlarge it to see any details.
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Post by HQ327 on Jan 27, 2014 19:41:12 GMT -5
fake
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Post by Buck on Jan 27, 2014 21:15:49 GMT -5
Reenacted....
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Post by MAEMT86 on Jan 28, 2014 0:22:03 GMT -5
I'm gonna argue the other way.
The photo title says McCoy 1949 in the URL anyways. If this is a reenacted shot it certainly is not at Ft McCoy as the sidewalks are paved at-least around the different barracks area that I have stayed in. Sure its a crisp shot, but I don't think that's enough to rule it out as period, 100% sure, not at all, being able to get view a larger image would be helpful.
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Post by T-5.Flibble on Jan 28, 2014 5:57:14 GMT -5
The photo looks too crisp to be period. This means nothing. A period large-format negative or slide could be enlarged to the size of a house and still be crisp. |
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Post by Vudu on Jan 28, 2014 9:31:51 GMT -5
The photo looks too crisp to be period. This means nothing. A period large-format negative or slide could be enlarged to the size of a house and still be crisp. True. A decent camera with a good lens and film can make extremely crisp images. Look at some of the more famous shots from the 1920s and 30s... |
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Post by ww2dave on Jan 28, 2014 21:01:58 GMT -5
Actually I messed up and left a big fat hint in the photo link, whoops!    It's a photo I found while looking for WW II photos of Ft.McCoy. It's 1949 Camp McCoy (what we call today Ft. McCoy) Wisc. in 1949. Unfortunately it didn't have a unit or even a block location, so I was unable to identify unit or which block in the Cantonment area. If you look in the right corner there is a WW II model Jeep parked. Just a photo of some GIs doing busy work. I seem to recall doing the same thing there once when we first started going there for Reenacting. Thought we'd leave it nicer than we found it. The Fellas appear to be wearing 2 buckles & 43 Fatigues with a post war fatigue cap. Dave  |
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Post by MAEMT86 on Jan 28, 2014 21:09:35 GMT -5
Dave,
Another reason I was leaning towards real, it sometimes is a reenactorism to have all the goodies and vehicles present in a photo, I could see a unit posing a jeep behind the guys as a backdrop to a staged photo. Seeing it cut in half at the edge of the frame a ways off to me was an indicator this was the real mccoy.... <- see what I did there.
Ft. McCoy last time I was there, 100+ for 5 days strait, downright miserable!
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Post by gummipuppe on Feb 7, 2014 17:08:55 GMT -5
It's a photo I found while looking for WW II photos of Ft.McCoy. It's 1949 Camp McCoy (what we call today Ft. McCoy) Wisc. in 1949. Unfortunately it didn't have a unit or even a block location, so I was unable to identify unit or which block in the Cantonment area. If you look in the right corner there is a WW II model Jeep parked. About five years ago, I went on a job interview at Ft. McCoy. Lots of those buildings are still standing. It's an amazing place. When I was a kid back in the '60s, I used to live about 25, 30 miles away from "Camp" McCoy. I remember hearing the artillery rumbling from that distance. I also enjoyed watching the jet fighters from nearby Volk Field roaring by just over the treetops. |
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Post by ww2dave on Feb 7, 2014 22:22:23 GMT -5
They've torn down a lot of stuff over the years like the Hospital and many of the Barracks & assorted other assorted buildings, But they have also been revamping some of the old WW II Barracks & buildings too, modernizing them. There was still a few WW II Barracks left last time I was there. But I haven't been there recently and had a chance to poke around. The last big WW II tactical battle we did there was many years ago. They assigned us (by mistake) one of the remaining WW II style barracks. I have had lots of good times there over the years since my first time there in 1989/90. www.mccoy.army.mil/vnewspaper/newspaper/realmccoy/07102009/Hospital_Area_Demolition.htmOld Photos of 100th BN @ Camp McCoy: www.100thbattalion.org/archives/photos/t-z/sam-tomai/We tried to get another event going there this year, but they have way to many new restrictions and procedures now and I don't think most Reenactors would be willing to endure them. I know I'm not wanting to be responsible for other peoples Machine Guns. Dave It's a photo I found while looking for WW II photos of Ft.McCoy. It's 1949 Camp McCoy (what we call today Ft. McCoy) Wisc. in 1949. Unfortunately it didn't have a unit or even a block location, so I was unable to identify unit or which block in the Cantonment area. If you look in the right corner there is a WW II model Jeep parked. About five years ago, I went on a job interview at Ft. McCoy. Lots of those buildings are still standing. It's an amazing place. When I was a kid back in the '60s, I used to live about 25, 30 miles away from "Camp" McCoy. I remember hearing the artillery rumbling from that distance. I also enjoyed watching the jet fighters from nearby Volk Field roaring by just over the treetops. |
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Post by 137e R.I. on Feb 11, 2014 21:34:36 GMT -5
I was leaning towards "reenacted" , but now I'm unsure. Would the military allow reenactors to digging on it's property, let alone in front of a barracks?
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Post by ww2dave on Feb 12, 2014 11:37:30 GMT -5
It's real not Reenacted.  Years and years ago when we were there Reenacting... we were there early Friday and looking for something to do and took it upon ourselves to police up some of the sidewalks in front of the Barracks. You know, the whole "leave any area nicer than you found it" thing. We did something similar at Camp Attebury years and years ago... then post event, the event organizer accused our unit of nasty things, said nasty things about us and tried to have our unit kicked out of the WW II HRS (it's a long story, and very far in the past now) - sometimes no good deed goes UN-punished.  Dave I was leaning towards "reenacted" , but now I'm unsure. Would the military allow reenactors to digging on it's property, let alone in front of a barracks? |
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Post by gummipuppe on Feb 14, 2014 11:31:20 GMT -5
.... - sometimes no good deed goes UN-punished. Uffda. |
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