You always see and hear about those who re-enact the life of soldiers and sailors during the Civil War. Plus, we even have Revolutionary War, American frontier re-enactors, but you don't hear much about those who recreate World War II.
The July 30th Chicago Tribune had an article "Ambush at New Lenox front" by Barbara Dargis.
These World War II re-enactors have huge collections of war-related memorabilia. They say it is important to bring the experience to the younger generations especially as those who actually lived it are dying off as fast as they now are.
Most of the article was about those who play the parts of German soldiers. July 24th was excessively hot and humid, but25 re-enactors did show up.
They pay attention down to the tiniest detail. Dargis described ione scene as "Big band music drifted from an original World War II radio in an American headquarters tent cluttered with radio and communications equipment and the effects of officers who would have been inside. Maps of France lay open beside a .45 caliber Colt on a field desk and under the gaze of a pinup girl."
World War re-enactors are in Danville this weekend and will be in Rockford in September (probably at Midway Village.)
With my fairly new found interest in World War II, I'd like to get out and see these people.
Bringing Back the Greatest Generation. --Cooter
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