Post by bravotwozero on Jul 26, 2006 2:10:32 GMT -5
Victor, thanks for creating this forum and since I requested this, I guess I should post a thread now.
I've always been interested in military history, particularly World War II. I'll be aging myself but I guess it's because of all the "Combat" and "Rat Patrol" series I was watching at the time. Not to mention watching "The Longest Day" in channel 9. Anyway, when I started reading books, I became a fan of Cornelius Ryan. He wrote the "The Longest Day", "A Bridge Too Far" and "The Last Battle".
When I read about the exploits of the British Paratroopers, I became enamoured with them. This was further strengthened after I saw the movie version of "A Bridge Too Far". I was hooked.
When I moved here to California, I found out about "The Fort MacArthur Days". That's where I first encountered reenactors. I was in awe when I saw them wearing the British Paratrooper uniforms. That's when I got started collecting uniforms.
The World War II British Paratrooper is the very first uniform set I have completed. In 2001, I bought a 3.1 megapixel camera and started taking pictures. And after editing out the background, here are the results:
I'll post some more pictures later, including a listing of the gears.
I've always been interested in military history, particularly World War II. I'll be aging myself but I guess it's because of all the "Combat" and "Rat Patrol" series I was watching at the time. Not to mention watching "The Longest Day" in channel 9. Anyway, when I started reading books, I became a fan of Cornelius Ryan. He wrote the "The Longest Day", "A Bridge Too Far" and "The Last Battle".
When I read about the exploits of the British Paratroopers, I became enamoured with them. This was further strengthened after I saw the movie version of "A Bridge Too Far". I was hooked.
When I moved here to California, I found out about "The Fort MacArthur Days". That's where I first encountered reenactors. I was in awe when I saw them wearing the British Paratrooper uniforms. That's when I got started collecting uniforms.
The World War II British Paratrooper is the very first uniform set I have completed. In 2001, I bought a 3.1 megapixel camera and started taking pictures. And after editing out the background, here are the results:
I'll post some more pictures later, including a listing of the gears.
