Thursday, April 12, 2012

Section two

                In this I will be talking about my reaserch process. Because i have been in this hobby for a long time (7 years) I know a lot about this hobby. My reasearch includes talking to veterans of the 82nt airborn, the 3rd armourd division, an a medic that landed on D-day,aswell as looking at pictures of my grandfather durring the war to see what they wore. I have read countless military manuals from WWII to get the rules and regulations for the military durring that time period. Finally i have gon to variouse credible websites on the topic.

Wednesday, April 4, 2012

Introduction

 
WWII Reenacting





                Reenacting WWII has come a long way since its origins in 1975. Back then, it wasn't "cool" to cut your hair short or even to wear military uniforms. However, there were groups of guys who wanted to understand what it was actually like, to really be in WWII. They rejected the "Hogan's Heroes" view of the war instead, doing research, interviewing veterans. Now, about 70 years later, WWII is going well and strong, gaining momentum every event. Unlike Civil War or Rev War, WWII is not done for the crowds, we have to pay our own way, we don't get free food, ammo and t-shirts  and we arnt paid to come to events and there if there are spectators who come they don’t pay for any thing. They just sit down and enjoy the show. So we have to pay our own way, but then again, we are free to do it the way we want to. In this capstone I will go deeper into what you do, dress like, and how you know what to do at a reenactment.