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Post by 15thengineer on Jun 28, 2009 21:38:42 GMT -5
Veevee
Ya, I know the Garand is OK.........and I told all my guys that too...but they all wanted and excuse to bring out their 1903's! Ha go figure......
I think we may actually be changing that sign next year to read "60th Coastal Artillery" instead of 31st Inf. since everyone wants to use the 1903..........
Ya, I wish the country were shorter across, or they would hurry up and invent a teleporter.
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Post by 15thengineer on Jun 28, 2009 18:28:47 GMT -5
Hello all, Been a long time since I posted here last! Life has been busy with the birth of my first son this last May. So I have been away from the forum for a while........ Anyway, this weekend we had our event at Lyons Farm in Yorkville, IL as we did last year (See pics in my previous post on the subject). I must say that our group has grown quite a bit since last year! We had only 2 of us representing the Early War in the Philippines then, myself and my buddy Joe. This year however, a bunch more guys from our primary WWII unit (9th Inf. Div. US) decided to put together a Early War kit and come out! This year we managed to get 8 troops out! Including our member with his full auto BAR! We had another 2 part battle where we defended against the Japanese, and lost, then cleared the field while the Japs occupied our positions and then had the late war marines and army come through in the second part of the battle. Here are a few pictures of the men from the event, enjoy:
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Post by 15thengineer on Oct 27, 2008 19:22:10 GMT -5
Thanks a lot I knew there were posts on this before but could not find them!
59th and 60th it is! We will most likely go with the 60th, as our ETO impression is the 60th Inf. Regt. ......so we can keep our numbers straight this way.
A new militaria shop just opened by us and I was very happy to see several correct patches for our era for sale. I picked up the rampant sea lion patch, and a 1918 bolo knife sheath with cover for my knife. I had jury-rigged a sheath with wood slats and a sheath cover similar to your set up VeeVee, but now I have a nice sheath and cover. I also found some Coastal Artillery District patches, which sparked this whole interest in doing a Coastal Arty impression......plus it is not done a whole lot here in the midwest.
So me and Joe decided to put one together, we have been drooling over the Denim work uniforms for a while now, and this is just one more excuse to ask santa for one this year.
My grandfather on my mom's side was part of the harbor defense at Pearl Harbor from 1942-45. He was in the 326th Searchlight Battalion....
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Post by 15thengineer on Oct 25, 2008 19:00:40 GMT -5
Hey all,
Me and Joe are now trying to put together a Coastal Artillery impression for our 1939-42 garrison impressions.
We are going to buy some denim utility unifroms and such.
We were wondering what CA units were present at the time in the Islands? We bought some 9th CA unit patches, but this district was the west coast of the US.
I also manage to find the sea lion patch at the same shop!
Any info you all have on unit numbers and patches would be great.
Tom
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Post by 15thengineer on Jul 22, 2008 8:13:52 GMT -5
Faustino,
Hey! Cool!
Here is the Story,
My dad was a combat Engineer in the 38th Inf. 113th Eng. Bn back in the early 70's (70-77 actually). So growing up I always saw pictures of him with his dump truck and all his old uniforms and such.
When I started doing WWII reenacting in 2000, I wanted to do Engineers to honor my dad. Plus no one ever does the important support roles in WWII reenacting, as we know the war was won by Airborne and Rangers (no offense) everyone wants to be elite.
I joined a reenactment group that does the 9th Inf. Div. and when I did I asked if I could portray the Divisions Eng. Battalion. They said sure! Great! So I started doing a 15th Engineer impression with them.
I still do....although it is less now as they have made me a 2nd Lt. (due to our unit having 50+ members) so when I am not needed as an Officer I do the whole Engineer thing. I have a full demo display, squad tool chest, mine sweeper....ect.
Where was your unit of the 60th RA out of? Might have shot at you a couple of times at Niagara or some other event.
I have done several things over the years ....including:
Hommes du Pere Allouez (my new 1680s impression) Milice du St. Joseph (F&I) Regt. Royal Rousillon (F&I) 9th Indiana Vol. Inf. (Civil War) 1st USSS Co. F (Civil War) 1st Michigan Engineers & Mechanics (Civil War) 15th Engineer Bn. (WWII) 9th Inf. Div. Co. A (WWII) 25th Panzer Grenadiers (WWII) 9th Volksgrenadiers (WWII)
Plus my 1941 philippine garrison stuff which I post here.
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Post by 15thengineer on Jul 22, 2008 7:59:21 GMT -5
VeeVee
In the first picture we are sitting on a firing step. That was in the WWI display area where they have a full sized trench set up, complete with trench binoculars which show original movies of the war when viewed. Right above us to the right is the top of the trench where they have a "no mans land" diorama set up we were actually looking at a dummy of a doughboy who was looking down into the trench at us.
The loops on my suspenders are canvas loops to hold 12 extra rounds for my .38 S&W revolver which is in the holster I carry. I know the M1917 .45 cal pistol carried the half moon clips in the 3 celled belt pouch, but the .38 revolver does not use half moons. So I found this ammo carrier at Pacific Canvas and Leather on the net, it works well though I can not document it as being a real item. Better than carrying my rounds in my pocket though.
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Post by 15thengineer on Jul 21, 2008 13:33:13 GMT -5
Here is one photo of my Civil War Impression....taken with a period camera!! 1st US Sharpshooters Company F
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Post by 15thengineer on Jul 21, 2008 13:30:45 GMT -5
Here are some pictures from a display our group did this last weekend at the Cantigny Museum (home of the Big Red One Museum), in Wheaton, IL. The museum has lots of wonderful interactive exhibits, including a WWI trench, and Normandy Beach landing. Me and Adam in the WWI display... Us in the Jungles of the Pacific.....caption: Did you hear that? The whole group of us Me by the museum's White scout car My friend Joe doing his March 45 impression
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Post by 15thengineer on Jul 17, 2008 10:30:15 GMT -5
Sure thing! Here are some more pics........I also do Civil War but dont have any pics loaded on my PC at this point.... Me in my replica birch bark canoe Our Regt. at the 250th Anniversery Battle of Carillon in Ticonderoga, NY this July... Me and a friend relaxing and having some Eau de Via One of our winter events: My wife and Cousin cooking in a historic cabin at a local park: and finally last holloween.......Sallah and Indy showed up at my party.....seems as though they chose wisely!
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Post by 15thengineer on Jul 15, 2008 16:48:32 GMT -5
Hello all,
Looking for some info on Thompson SMGs.
Which model was correct for WWII in the Philippines? I am thinking of getting a dummy gun for displays and would really like a tommy with a drum mag, but am unsure which model(s) are right for the period?
Thanks!
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Post by 15thengineer on Jul 15, 2008 9:30:06 GMT -5
In chronological order: 1680s French Colonial ( think La Salle, or Marquette and Joliet) 1750's French Infantry (Seven Years War) 1750's French Colonial Militia WWII 9th Inf. Div. 2nd Lt. WWII 9th Volksgrenadier
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Post by 15thengineer on Jun 19, 2008 8:04:06 GMT -5
Well,
It could be....
I am not sure which one Emo has....but I think we have the same one? So maybe its the angle.......in any case I am looking for a two button WWI style right now........but they are pricey!!
We are looking to maybe do this impression again at a display in July at the Cantigny museum in Ill. (offical 1st Inf. Div. Museum) so hopefully we will have more pictures to post then...
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Post by 15thengineer on Jun 17, 2008 16:29:21 GMT -5
Legion,
The string is the waist sinch for my training gas mask bag....
I am wearing the training mask while my BAR gunner has on the M4A1 bag and mask...
I also have a Mills WWI ammo belt, 1924 Carlise First Aid Pouch, 1905 model Bolo Knife, Holster with my S&W .38 cal revolver with lanyard, canteen and uniform....
There is one picture of my display on the site VeeVee posted with the pictures from the event...I layed out a 1910 pack with all its "regulation contents" I had the contents on the blanket as display and had the pack as if it was fully loaded...rain coat, overcoat...and all..
Thanks for the vid VeeVee...I did not get to see that part as I was in the trees "captured"...
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Post by 15thengineer on Jun 16, 2008 15:44:53 GMT -5
Thanks for posting those other pics VeeVee,
They pretty much detail the whole two part battle we had...
First we defended the bridge, then we got captured...the announce told the crowd that 3 years have passed and then all the late war marines and aussies came and defeated the japanese who had occupied our old positions.......
Then after the battle they rescued us early war types from our prison camp........
I just needed to lost about 150 lbs...........in about 15 minutes.......
But all in all it was a nice senerio, showing people the progression of the war in the pacific in a short time frame...
And as you can see.......there were alot of Japs!!! Oh man!!
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Post by 15thengineer on Jun 16, 2008 15:36:09 GMT -5
26th, I know the gentleman on the horse as a coat tail relation.......he comes to alot of the same events i do (even in other time periods) but we are not really "friends" so to speak....I just see him alot...
His name is Ward....and he has alot of great cav stuff for a bunch of time periods....I used to have his contact info...but I think I lost it...
VeeVee, Ya!!! there were Japs A plenty!! More than me and my 7 man squad could handle!! We got smoked! I fired as fast as my hand could move the bolt and still only managed to get off 12 rifle and 3 pistol rounds before I was banzai'ed .....
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Post by 15thengineer on Jun 16, 2008 15:31:38 GMT -5
26th,
They are in the photo page under Lyons Farm event.......which is the name of the event we went to this weekend.
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Post by 15thengineer on Jun 16, 2008 11:40:35 GMT -5
VeeVee,
Ya, we were supposed to have a .30 cal and everything! But it fell through....next year maybe....
The Japs were all mostly non asians.......but we did have a few....I think there were 5 or so out of the 20 that were actually asian.
It was still scary having 10-12 guys with rising sun flags and bandanas coming at me...regardless if they were asian or not!!
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Post by 15thengineer on Jun 16, 2008 11:35:54 GMT -5
Well 26th, I guess that is just one more reason to buy a new set of Khaki's.......so I can put my 2nd Lt. insignia on it (I do 2nd Lt. for my 1944 US Inf. unit)....
Right now I have khaki sgt. stripes on my current uniform...and I am loath to remove them as I did an X stitch on them (the decorative type you see sometimes were the stitching makes an X pattern around the patch), but I have been wanting a new set for a while now.....one to get dirty.
I posted some of the pics from my event this weekend...including one of the guy on his horse who was doing the 26th!! So check them out...
Sounds like there are a fair number of you guys in California...wish I could meet up with you all out there...but its alot of gas to drive (or fly) from Indiana.......
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Post by 15thengineer on Jun 16, 2008 9:42:43 GMT -5
Here are some of the pictures from the Lyons Farm Event in Ill. Me and my friend ended up doing an early war philippine garrison impression and actually got to fight a battle too! More to come as I get them: Welcome to Bataan Bolo Brothers Big Game Hunters 26th Cav. Sgt. Wojcinski BAR man Mejia
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Post by 15thengineer on Jun 16, 2008 8:26:20 GMT -5
Thank you all for the book suggestion I will sure try to find them to read!
Got back from my event this weekend....it went great! Beautiful weather, decent crowd, lots of cool unique impressions...
We did manage to do a battle involving all us early war pacific reenactors....
I will post some pics here once I get them from our units photographer, but basically we had a nice battle field bordered on 3 sides by trees with tall grass in the middle and the public on the fourth side. At the far left hand side of the field (viewing it as if you were the public) there was a nice old timey steel truss bridge over a creek with sand bag emplacements around it.
For the battle we had 7 men, 5 of us regualr infantry impressions, me and a friend doing 31st, and two others doing supply clerks forced into front line action, we also had 1 medic and a guy doing 26th Cav. with a real horse!!
The battle was basically defend the bridge...with the 7 of us vs. about 20 Japanese!!! They just kept coming out of the wood work!! It was eye opening to see all my comrades "killed" or captured and myself staring down about 12 Japs coming at me over the sand bags....
Once we were all captured or killed we were marched or dragged off the field and the Japs took over our positions. The announcer then said that 3 years had passed and it was now 1944 and the Island Hopping had begun. At which point all the late war Pacific impressions came on the field and started the second part of the battle....there were some australians, marines, and army which then defeated the Japanese and rescued those of us who had been captured and led off the field.
It worked out very nicely! Next year we are talking of having an all early war battle perhaps....my buddy and I are also talking to a friend from my 1944 inf unit to see if we can convert his 1919 to look like a water cooled .30 cal....for next year!
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