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Company L 109th Infantry Regiment 28th Infantry Division (Recreated) |
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Company L 109th Infantry Regiment 28th Infantry Division (Recreated) |
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Where we were 1999 Statement
1999
January: 54th Commemoration of The Battle of the Bulge, Fort Indiantown Gap, PA [Photos]
Memorial Day Weekend: Living History, 28th Division Museum, Boalsburg, PA
June : Reading Air Show
September: Odessa
2000
January: 55th Commemoration of The Battle of the Bulge, Fort Indiantown Gap, PA
Memorial Day Weekend: Living History, 28th Division Museum, Boalsburg, PA
June : Reading Air Show
August 11-13: Living History and Tactical, Roadster Factory Car Show, Indiana, PA
September: Odessa
November: Battle of Buck's Farm I, Gettysburg, PA
2001
January: 56th Commemoration of The Battle of the Bulge, Fort Indiantown Gap, PA
March 31-April 1: Harrisburg Militaria Show
May 4-6: Living History and Tactical, Codorus Sate Park, Hanover, PA
May 12-13: WW II Encampment & Living History, Lancaster County Historical Society, Lancaster, PA
May 25-28: Living History, 28th Division Museum, Boalsburg, PA
June 8-10 : Reading Air Show
July: The Battle of Buck's Farm II, Gettysburg, PA
September 14-16: Odessa
October: Living History, Gap, PA
2002
January 23-27: 57th Commemoration of The Battle of the Bulge, Fort Indiantown Gap, PA
March 8-9: The Battle of Buck's Farm III, Gettysburg, PA
March 22-24: Harrisburg Militaria Show
May 24-27: Living History, 28th Division Museum, Boalsburg, PA
June 7-9: Reading Air Show
May 24-27: Living History, 28th Division Museum, Boalsburg, PA
September 6-8: Odessa
2002-2003
January 23-27: 57th Commemoration of The Battle of the Bulge, Fort Indiantown Gap, PA
March 8-9: The Battle of Buck's Farm III, Gettysburg, PA
March 22-24: Harrisburg Militaria Show
May 24-27: Living History, 28th Division Museum, Boalsburg, PA
June 7-9: Reading Air Show
August 10, 2002 Carlisle Air Show, Carlisle, PA
Setup is Friday night, show is Saturday from 8:30 to 5:00.
Contact is John Dubbs
August 16-18, 2002 Frederick Air Show, Frederick, MD
This is a large event that has both living history and a tactical. Contact is Mike Williamson. We will be registering through the 82nd Airborne. I need to know by August 1.
September
6-8, 2002 Odessa, NY Tactical
Register before August 1, 2002
September
21-22: World War II Weekend
at Eisenhower National Historic Site. Encampment featuring Allied soldiers, a
German camp, and World War II vintage jeeps, trucks and tanks. Saturday, 9-5;
Sunday, 9-4. (717) 338-9114.
http://www.nps.gov/gett/events.htm
September
21, 2002 10AM - 6PM, D-Day Celebration and Remembrance
Conneaut, Ohio
There is no registration for this event.
Be sure you are there on time. We
will be landing on the beach in two landing craft operated by the US Navy. This is a reasonably small, but a great event.
It is really growing. The
website below provides the details.
http://www.geocities.com/ccdef/
Check out the aerial
photographs of the beach landing area.
September
27-29, 2002, Anzio (The Caesar Line), Goshen, Virginia
contact:: Raul Martinez, (757) 423-3511, or email
lufthq@cs.com
No charge for certified EMT's and persons bringing period
vehicles
Deadline for Registration: September 21, 2002
Make checks payable to: ODLHA mail to 325 Forrest Avenue,
Norfolk, VA 23505
Haunted Train, Saturday, October 19th and 26th in the evening.
Once again, Jon Dubbs is organizing the haunted train ride in . The train Is part of an antique railroad. The ride on Saturday night, October 19th and 26th would involve us in creating frightening displays to scare the folks on the train. I went last year and had a lot of fun. John is responsible for the haunted car this year. This is public service work and John does it every year. Please contact John if you are willing to help out. He will work out what you can do. If you want to scare some folks, please help out.
November 9, 7th Army drill at Buck’s Farm
See you at Buck’s Farm. Keep an eye on the 7th Army list for details.
November 10th, Cruise on the Liberty Ship John Brown, Baltimore, MD.
We have an offer to do an unusual event, take a cruise on a Liberty Ship with a group of WW II veterans on November 10th. The cruise will originate in Baltimore Harbor and return to the dock after a three-hour cruise on the Potomac River.
Shades of Gilligan’s Island. I know who the Skipper is, but who will play Gilligan on the cruise ;-)
The ship is named the John Brown and served as a troop ship in World War II, carrying soldiers to England. The cruises are normally open to the public, but we would be sharing it with veterans only. The cost of the cruise is normally $130. We would be going for free and doing a living history for the vets. There is normally a strafing by a Japanese plane and a German fighter. The deck gun crew performs a drill, possibly firing blank rounds. I do not have all the information yet.
The problem is that we will be at Buck’s Farm on Saturday and the cruise is Sunday afternoon. We can go to Baltimore and stay on the ship on Saturday night. The driving time is probably about 2 and one half to three hours to downtown Baltimore. We can sleep on board the ship on Saturday night if we like.
Mike Martin is our point of contact, but he does not have email. Until he gets email, I will serve as point of contact. Please let me know as soon as possible.
To go, you would have to be willing to leave Buck’s Farm in the afternoon and drive to Baltimore. We will get you directions to the dock.
This is the main event.
We will be discussing the schedule for next year and the new directions
we will be taking. If you do not meet the registration deadline, they will
not let you register. We will be
meeting with Joe Horvath of the PA Military Museum to discuss the Boalsburg
event for Memorial Day 2003.
Website.
Point of contact: Mike Williamson
We have spoken with Frank and he has agreed to the date.
We will need volunteers to work at the event, primarily with parking on Friday
late afternoon and evening. I will
handle registration and will need some relief at night and on Saturday AM.
Point of contact: Mike Williamson
This event is one of our most important.
We will be representing the 28th Division at their memorial. Joe Horvath, the Museum Curator and Educator, would like us
to move toward a more active event.
We have discussed a number of plans, including a K ration issue, pay call, and
mail call. We might also have some
close order drill for a short period of time.
We will have much to discuss at The Gap about the possibilities.
Back to the Pacific.
We have a number of others who would like to join us, including some
swabbies.
2003
January 23-27: 58th Commemoration of The Battle of the Bulge, Fort Indiantown Gap, PA
May 24-27: Living History, 28th Division Museum, Boalsburg, PA
June 7-9: Reading Air Show
July: Military Time Line, Yellow Creek State Park, Indiana, PA
September 6-8: Odessa
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