Sightseer
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Post by Sightseer on May 28, 2013 23:13:13 GMT -5
After reenacting ACW for more years than I care to remember, I was spurred on to WW2 after meeting a gentleman that had fought in the Sightseeing Sixth Infantry Division, the same Division I had served in in Alaska on Active duty..
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Post by GramlingMan on May 29, 2013 7:38:28 GMT -5
Glad to have you! Many of us were WBTS Reenactors before turning to something else. Where are you living presently? Not Alaska I hope, since there are few events of any era up there I assume.
Ron
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Sightseer
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Post by Sightseer on May 29, 2013 9:35:14 GMT -5
I left AK in 2000... actually we did some WBTS LH stuff, but alot of what I did up there was 1760s trekking. I am a happy resident now of Savannah, GA (well, actually Port Wentworth!) and loving it.. Im still an active WBTS reenactor, but meeting someone on whos shoulders I actually stood made me realize, the 6th is one of the unsung divisions, and needs its story told, and who better to tell it, than some one who lived the legacy that the Sightseers passed to us.. ON THE LINE!
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Post by pdweiser on May 29, 2013 10:51:18 GMT -5
Welcome, Savannah is a great area, port Wentworth not so much (cops set up a lot of speed traps there lol) I'm just about an hour north of you in South Carolina.
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Sightseer
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Post by Sightseer on May 29, 2013 11:20:43 GMT -5
Huh..... never had a problem with that LOL.... we love it... its quiet, and thats what we like... and its super close to where I work in town..my wife has a further commute than I do...
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Post by TC1c Dunigan on May 29, 2013 19:16:54 GMT -5
Not to mention a buddy who's been gigg'n ya to turn to the dark side.   lol FRISCAN |
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Sightseer
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Post by Sightseer on May 30, 2013 9:21:25 GMT -5
Yeah Yeah Yeah LOL
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Post by ROO on May 31, 2013 15:25:48 GMT -5
Welcome aboard. I was stationed at Ft Wainwright myself. I dont miss training at Ft Greely a bit.
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Post by Sightseer on May 31, 2013 16:03:12 GMT -5
LOL not by damn sight... we use to shoot missions there all time. between there and YTA... miss it not at all. I was at Wainwright and Richardson... in reverse order... only good thing abot Squarebanks was my son being born there.. Loved the 6th, hated AK
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Post by scottwashburn on May 31, 2013 16:35:01 GMT -5
Welcome aboard. I still do ACW as well as WWII. It's challenging: shave off beard, grow beard back, shave off beard, grow beard back...  |
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Post by ROO on Jun 5, 2013 15:21:41 GMT -5
Shoot missions? Were you in field artillery? Only thing I miss about Fairbanks is the Food Factory. Grizzly Burger was awesome.
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