Photo albums from D-Day Conneaut

What a fantastic weekend in Conneaut, Ohio for the annual D-Day reenactment. Tons of photos and video are being posted but here are a few select sources to wet your appetite.

JBW Photography
http://jbwphotography.smugmug.com/Events/Conneaut-Ohio-D-Day-Saturday/24853735_h6B6fD

Mike Oakley

Great pics from all of Saturday including a lot of Baker Company in the "Bridge Battle" and as straight-leg infantry on Omaha Beach.











D-Day Conneaut website
http://ddayohio.smugmug.com/2012Photos

Mark Gaynor and Chris Bauer

Official photos from the event. The first 40 or so are up but nearly 20,000 are being processed. Again, Baker Company and our Omaha alter egos seems to be a camera favorite.










B-25 Fly-By
As close as it gets! The B-25 gives us a very close buzz as the Allies form up at the embarkation point.

WARNING ORDER - D-Day Conneaut

TO:  All personnel, B/502
SUBJ:  Unit details for D-Day Conneaut

1. We currently have 8 personnel from Baker Company attending the event this weekend. There will be an advanced party (Penix and Gaynor) going up Thursday afternoon. Please let me know if anyone else is planning to join them. The rest of the squad will be going over Friday morning and evening.
2. The squad will have the pyramidal set up in the Allied camp. Please bring your cot. If you have a period wooden folding chair, please bring it. There will be a few extras.
3. Check-in and on site registration will begin on Thursday 1000 hrs. to 2100 hrs. and continue Friday 1000 hrs. to 2200 hrs. If you have NOT pre-registered, there will be a $10 walk-on fee.
4. There will be plenty of food on-site. Bring your mess kit!
5. Our standard impression for the weekend will be M42s in D-Day configuration (jump boots, helmet nets with scrim). This will also be our normal impression in camp. Covers to be overseas caps. We will however have a different impression for the beach scenario only (more on that in a moment).
6. For those of you who will be there early FRIDAY, at 1700 hrs. will be the "Battle for Foucarville" (hopefully by the end of the battle, you will be able to drive all of those German Fourcars out of there). Our impression for this scenario will be 101st Airborne.
7. SATURDAY at 1100 hrs will be "The Battle for La Fier Bridge". This will also be an Airborne scenario.
8. After the above scenario, we need to beat boots back to camp for those who are also participating in the beach landing. This will require a change out of some equipment and uniforms to portray regular infantry. Please see a previous email from Mark Gaynor about uniforms and equipment. If you are still missing anything, there will be a HUGE number of vendors at the event including At The Front.
9. The beach landing scenario begins at 1500 hrs (embarkation formation at 1430 hrs). We have been invited to fall in under Lt. Rob Guinta (of "Ride Through History" fame) and members of the 78th Infantry Division).
10. As a final note, there will be a USO dance Saturday evening (2000 hrs.). Please wear your dress uniform or at least wool shirt with tie.
11. As with all scenarios, we will be provided with information on our roll by Sgt Penix once he has received the details.
12. The unit will pack up and depart Sunday morning after breakfast. Please let me know if you have any questions. If you would like to see a detailed schedule, please go to http://www.ddayohio.us/schedule.htm

SUBMITTED:

Pvt. Christopher L. Smith
Company B, 502nd PIR - 101st ABN
csmith@firstalliedairborne.com

Roll call for D-Day

Hello troopers,

It is already August and the D-Day event in Conneaut, OH August 17-18 is almost upon us. The unit plans to set up Friday the 17th, participate on the 18th, and stay over till Sunday morning. A warning order will be coming out with more details. The plan is to set up the pyramidal.

At this time I need to get a head count from members of Baker Company, 101st so I can report this information to Sgt. Penix. Therefore, please answer the following questions in an email to: csmith@firstalliedairborne.com

1. Will you be attending?
2. When will you arrive and depart (i.e. are you coming Friday night and staying until Sunday morning).
3. Are you firing .30-06 or .308 ammo.
4. In addition to the Airborne scenario on Saturday morning, are you also equip to participate in the beach landing Saturday afternoon as regular infantry.

Please let me know the above information ASAP. More information can be found on the event website at http://www.ddayohio.us

Thanks,
Bulldog

Atlantic Wall Blanks launches new website

Exciting news! Atlantic Wall Blanks has just officially launched their NEW website featuring a full range of blank ammunition and accessories for reenactors, law enforcement training, and film production. The biggest part of this new website is that you can finally place orders online using AWB's secure shopping cart! Get what you need before the next event with just a few mouse clicks.

Check it out at http://www.atlanticwallblanks.com

Follow the MVPA Convoy on Facebook

AC’12 convoy participants are starting to roll across the country. The Southeast convoy group left Alabama this morning at 0700 with 4 trucks bound for Colorado where they’ll connect with another group.

For those of you want to follow posts from the participants driving the 2012 MVPA Convoy through Alaska, visit the MVPA Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/MilitaryVehiclePreservationAssociation. Anyone can read the posts BUT, if you a Facebook member, you can also join the Convoy Facebook Group at the following link: http://www.facebook.com/groups/AlaskaConvoy.

Don’t forget to read Wendy’s Convoy Blog posts at http://www.mvpa.org/ too!