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Photos from WWII Days 2008, Rockford, IL

JRB

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Nice photos, thanks for sharing. I took notice of all the round "mermite" cans in the field kitchen. I don't even see them for sale and I counted 5!
Jack
 

carter

I'll Lock Up
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Corsicana, TX
That is simply an amazing event. I must try to get up there next year.
Thanks for sharing your photos. Great shots one and all. Below are some of my favorites. The mounted photos are just great.


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Dieter

New in Town
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Santa Cruz, CA
Very impressive, and it looks like a fun time was had by all.
Incidentally, as impressive as the Kriegsmarine matrosen look, I'd really have more expected them to have been in a Coastal Artillery (Kunstenartillerie) impression, as opposed to their shoreleave/seafaring impression.
All in all, great stuff! :eusa_clap
 

Badluck Brody

Practically Family
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Whitewater WI
Good eye my friend!

You even got me in the large group formation of GIs during the safety and authenticity check...

Thanks.... Now after seeing my pic, I have to put a diet in full swing!!!

AAArgh!
 

norton

One of the Regulars
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Illinois
You know, I've never been to that. But right now I'm sitting in my office looking out the window at the field the re-enactors use for parking and camping. After seeing these pictures I really have to go check it out next year.
 

Blackjack

One Too Many
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Crystal Lake, Il
I missed this even though I only live a half hour away. Are they doing it at Midway again next year? I see they have a "hanger" dance after, there is an absolutly great 40's retro band here that would be perfect for this event, anyone knows who sets all this up??
 
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Location
Orange County, CA
carter said:
That is simply an amazing event. I must try to get up there next year.
Thanks for sharing your photos. Great shots one and all. Below are some of my favorites. The mounted photos are just great.


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polaroid04-vi.jpg
CRW_6121bw-vi.jpg

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Being new to this forum I was looking back through the "archives", as it were and came across your pics. I love the pic of the German horse-drawn goulaschkanone in action which contrasts with the image most people today have of the Wehrmacht with its wall-to-wall panzers. Many today do not realize that most of the major combatants of World War II, notably the French, German, Italian, Japanese, and Russian armies relied mainly on horse-drawn transport to tow the guns and deliver the supplies. Only the American and British Commonwealth armies were fully-mechanized.

I wonder if one of the Germans in the pics is somebody I used to chat with online a few years ago. He was (or still might be) a re-enactor with the 2nd Panzer Division group in Rockford.
 

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