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Post by tranham on Oct 17, 2008 23:41:14 GMT -5
I picked up this from Wikipedia. I started the hobby in 1991 and thought I would ask if this is basicly true? What/where was the first WWII organized battle in the USA?
Robert
History While some dramatic recreations of wartime events had been staged for theatrical purposes (the movie Theirs is the Glory, for example, was filmed on location in Arnhem using veterans of the battle) and for military purposes (the last days in Adolf Hitler's bunker were recreated by the actual participants at the insistence of their Soviet captors), the reenactment of World War II as a hobby traces its roots to the Historical Reenactment Society (HRS)[citation needed].
Not long after the first HRS event in 1975 — an offshoot of American Civil War reenactment — World War II reenactors began to form permanent groups, each adopting the designation of a specific military unit that had served during the war. One of the first of these organizations was a 1st SS Division Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler reenactment group in Missouri. Since that time hundreds of units have formed worldwide, representing nearly every nationality involved in the conflict.[1] World War II reenactments also began in Canada around the same time, they evolving independently of their American counterparts.[citation needed]
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Post by Buggnkat on Oct 18, 2008 10:31:00 GMT -5
Weldon Spring, MO, Jefferson Barracks, MO, they were both held same year. Weldon is now closed (due to Army Reserve training for OIF and OEF) Jeff Barracks is being sponsored and run by the 2nd Rangers out of STL MO who by the way were members of the HRS in the late 70s and early 80s.
Greg Lee
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Post by dixieflyer on Oct 19, 2008 18:47:52 GMT -5
Robert, That's pretty much it as I remember it from the time I started in the early/mid 80's. A lot of the original guys and units were still floating around at that time, and even a few WWII vets as participants.
Warren
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Post by 209 PzPi on Oct 19, 2008 19:09:14 GMT -5
Robert, That's pretty much it as I remember it from the time I started in the early/mid 80's. A lot of the original guys and units were still floating around at that time, and even a few WWII vets as participants. Warren sad to see what it has become
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Post by Barrelhunter on Oct 20, 2008 6:06:01 GMT -5
In all honesty, the War Bond Tour was the first reenactment using the original flag raisers. In addition, the Nijmegen Road March can be considered in the early history as Occupation Forces and subsequently NATO forces participated using original vehicles and later reconditioned and museum pieces.
Jim
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Post by Buggnkat on Oct 29, 2008 15:03:47 GMT -5
Robert, That's pretty much it as I remember it from the time I started in the early/mid 80's. A lot of the original guys and units were still floating around at that time, and even a few WWII vets as participants. Warren \ Very true, I know most of the bigger units (US 2nd Armored, GER 1st SS) did have several WW2 vets in them. I know in the 2nd Armored we had 4, one being a real General. One of the guys was the owner of the M4 Sherman and the other had a collection of jeeps that would have made any vehicle collectors mouth drool. Pretty sharp mechanic he was. I once saw him rebuild a carburator at Weldon in the middle of a fire fight and he did it under 30 minutes. We joked later about blind folding him next time. He kept a milk crate in the back of his jeep that had carbs, brake lines, and emergency brake cables. I was stationed in Germany when he passed in 86. I do not know who got his collection. His house has since been torn down for an interstate widening project. I think his first name was Bill, but everyone called him Chief as he was a retired maitenance warrant.
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