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EasyRed1944 Posted August 26, 2009 Share #4 Posted August 26, 2009 Great work ! :thumbsup: I've seen a reenactor in Belgium running around like you guys , French beret with an insignia on it ( i don't recall the name ) . And the US flag on the left arm. I asked him the story on the US flag, and he told me this : Before they jumped into southern France, the division decided to take off their unit patches, so the guys decided to put the arm flag in place , could this be correct ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
US Victory Museum Posted August 26, 2009 Share #5 Posted August 26, 2009 Your event appears to be a lot of fun, and as much as I enjoyed looking at the subject matter of the photographs, I was even more favorably impressed by the overall quality of your photos. What type of camera did you use? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
124cav Posted August 27, 2009 Share #6 Posted August 27, 2009 great stuff 11 out of 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blake_E Posted August 27, 2009 Share #7 Posted August 27, 2009 Well done, good job guys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willysmb44 Posted August 27, 2009 Share #8 Posted August 27, 2009 Amazing photos. Why is it that when I see re-enactment photos taken in Europe, you mostly see younger, fitter people? I swear that in the US, as many as 1/3 of all re-enactors are “morbidly obese” or way too old to have served. I just don’t see the same ratio in event photos from the EU. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
young90th Posted August 27, 2009 Share #9 Posted August 27, 2009 really great pictures. I do not know much about the 509th, but what is that white cap on one of the guys? Charlie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogface44 Posted August 27, 2009 Author Share #10 Posted August 27, 2009 Hello, The "White cap" is simply a handkerchief. Easy Red: 509th didnt have a unit shoulder patch (except for 5th army patch with "parachute" tab on Class A's. The cut-out oilcloth armband was standard for 517th and 509th. The French farmer's beret was pretty common among troopers in Southern France, but I have never seen a period pic in Belgium with such a beret. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogface44 Posted August 27, 2009 Author Share #11 Posted August 27, 2009 Here are our 509ers during the parade in Cannes which took place on 08.24.2009. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Blake_E Posted August 27, 2009 Share #13 Posted August 27, 2009 Amazing photos. Why is it that when I see re-enactment photos taken in Europe, you mostly see younger, fitter people? I swear that in the US, as many as 1/3 of all re-enactors are “morbidly obese” or way too old to have served. I just don’t see the same ratio in event photos from the EU. I quite oftenly think the same, except i think the US scale is even worse than that, probably 6,7/10 i reckon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.A.T. Posted August 29, 2009 Share #14 Posted August 29, 2009 Awesome pictures! :thumbsup: I think French Reenactors are kinda lucky, they live right there in the middle of history, and these poor guys in Southern France! :w00t: I've been to only one Event in France, with this group http://www.clvma95idus.info/ 95th ID Reenactor group, more of a vehicle group, and went on about a 2 hour Convoy through the French countryside with them, people would come out of thier houses waving, smiling! I live in Germany, also sort of in the middle of history, I don't think the Germans would react very positve about it. Amazing photos. Why is it that when I see re-enactment photos taken in Europe, you mostly see younger, fitter people? I swear that in the US, as many as 1/3 of all re-enactors are “morbidly obese” or way too old to have served. I just don’t see the same ratio in event photos from the EU. These Swiss guys, and one German did some "Stateside" USMC training, hard to find jungle conditions in Switzerland. Three are over 40, the others real young, I don't know how they do it, keeping slim, self-discipline(?), I act as thier Photographer, I'm a bit chunky, and it is HARD keeping up with them running through the woods, and I don't have any combat gear on, just my digital camera! But they'll grow old too someday. And to keep everybody happy, you also see overweight Reenactors over here too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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