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August 31, 2013

Tons of photos from D-Day

A tip of the helmet to all of the photographers working at D-Day 2013 in Conneaut, Ohio. They captured some fantastic photos including a lot of action pics featuring Company B of the 502nd. Take a look at the nearly 10,000 images!
 

August 23, 2013

Market Garden tactical a little more than a month away!

Time is fast approaching and we are about to release details on impressions and schedule. Before we can tell people their building assignments, your unit members NEED to register first!

What you get for your registration:

Indoor billeting for the first 184 reenactors in heated cabins. Space is available for outdoor bivouac areas. No foxholes are permitted.

Saturday and Sunday breakfast, and Saturday night dinner at the indoor mess hall.

Indoor and outdoor restroom facilities.

Water and firewood.

EVENT SETUP STARTS AT NOON ON FRIDAY OCTOBER 11TH.

Period military vehicles welcome. Go to this link for more information and how to register. www.firstalliedairborne.com/tuscazoar-wwii-tactical

August 22, 2013

Images from D-Day

Our good friend Andy Donaldson shot the hell out of events at D-Day this past weekend. He has posted a menu of links to his work on his blog at www.tuscpics.com/p/reenactments.html. Photos from all of the official photographers (including Andy) will start going up on the event website later this week. www.ddayohio.us.


A big thanks to all of you from Baker Company who participated. A fine job was done by our group of dedicated and highly trained reenactors. Each of you should be proud. All those hours of training training training really pays off. Thanks to our NCOs for keeping us on task and thanks to the event organizers for another fantastic weekend!

WIDOWMAKERS!!

August 21, 2013

Welcome Texas GPR

The 1st Allied Airborne WWII Reenactors would like to welcome our newest member-unit from Texas. No. 2 Wing, Glider Pilot Regiment (GPR), 1st British Airborne Division. Unit Commander Mick Stewart and his guys recently started the group and wanted to get involved with the 1st AA's network of fellow Airborne reenactors. You can check out their website at http://www.pegasusatwar.com/.

Happy to have you gents as part of the organization!

August 16, 2013

Happy Birthday 101st Airborne!

71 years ago today, the 101st Airborne Division was activated 16 August 1942 at Camp Claiborne, Louisiana. On 19 August 1942, its first commander, Major General William C. Lee, promised his new recruits that the 101st had "no history but had a rendezvous with destiny." In his first address to his soldiers the day the division was born, Lee read General Order Number 5 dated 19 August 1942:

"The 101st Airborne Division, which was activated on 16 August 1942, at Camp Claiborne, Louisiana, has no history, but it has a rendezvous with destiny.

Due to the nature of our armament, and the tactics in which we shall perfect ourselves, we shall be called upon to carry out operations of far-reaching military importance and we shall habitually go into action when the need is immediate and extreme.

Let me call your attention to the fact that our badge is the great American eagle. This is a fitting emblem for a division that will crush its enemies by falling upon them like a thunderbolt from the skies.

The history we shall make, the record of high achievement we hope to write in the annals of the American Army and the American people, depends wholly and completely on the men of this division. Each individual, each officer and each enlisted man, must therefore regard himself as a necessary part of a complex and powerful instrument for the overcoming of the enemies of the nation. Each, in his own job, must realize that he is not only a means, but an indispensable means for obtaining the goal of victory. It is, therefore, not too much to say that the future itself, in whose molding we expect to have our share, is in the hands of the soldiers of the 101st Airborne Division."

August 1, 2013

Register for the Camp Tuscazoar

Attention troops. Believe it or not, we are in the final stretch of registration for the Operation Market Garden tactical at Camp Tuscazoar. Before you know it, we will be in to October!

The event will be held on the weekend of the 12th and 13th of October with earliest arrival on the 11th at noon. Registration for this invitation-only event is $35.00 per person and includes the following amenities:

- Indoor billeting for the first 184 reenactors in heated cabins. Space is available for outdoor bivouac areas. No foxholes are permitted.

- Indoor and outdoor restroom facilities.

- Water and firewood.

- Saturday and Sunday breakfast, and Saturday night dinner at the indoor mess hall.

- Battle scenarios revolve around Operation Market Garden and will include a bridge battle.

- Plenty of operational areas to work in. Corrcet period vehicles are more than welcome. There is a good off-loading site for trailers.

- Atlantic Wall Blanks will be on site for ammo sales.

- Saturday night social and flea market at the mess hall. Bring anything you are looking to trade or sell and trwo it out on a table.

Only members of pre-approved units can register. See the list of units under "Military Impression" when you click the green Register button on Eventbrite. We welcome you to submit your unit for approval, contact the following personnel:

ALLED UNITS: Mike Felmlee, buckshotsgt@83rd.us
AXIS TROOPS: Max Roth, panzerman1944@yahoo.com

The event will be limited to 186 personnel. ALL reenactors MUST register in advance. NO WALK-ONS are permitted. Transfer of registrations must be coordinated through the event no later than October 1, 2013. If you have any registration questions, please contact Chris Smith (csmith@firstalliedairborne.com)

VENDORS

There is limited space for vendors at the event. Please contact Mark Gaynor (mark@ddayquartermaster.com) with questions about purchasing your vendor space.

MILITARY VEHICLES

We highly encourage participants to bring their military vehicles to use as part of the operations. There are plenty of areas where they can be driven. Vehicles must be correct for the time period and impression. Please contact Mark Gaynor (mark@ddayquartermaster.com) if you plan to bring a military vehicle to the event.

Please go to www.firstalliedairborne.com and click on the Tuscazoar WWII Tactical button. Make sure to read ALL of the information. If you click on the "Register Now" button, there is additional information before you actually register.