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Takao · 06-09-08, 07:01 AM

Those are some really sweet pics you took.

You only went one day, the is just to much to see and do in one day. I went Sat. & Sun. One day is for looking at all the reenactments, planes, and vehicles. The second is for listening to the veteran speakers that are present. "Dutch" Van Kirk(navigator on Enola Gay), Col. Clarence "Bud" Anderson(ace, 16 1/4 kills), Robert "Bob" Bolinger (P-61 pilot, 4 kills), "Buck" Compton(from Band Of Brothers). In addition, I listened to a B-17 pilot, 2 POWs, a sailor who survived the sinking of the USS Indianapolis, and some soldiers who fought with the 28th Infantry Division at the "Battle of the Bulge".

For once we had all 3 days of no rain, I can't remember the last time that had happened. And , WOW!, I was amazed at how large the WW2 Weekend has become.
Even with the cost of gas sky high, there were more reenactors there than I have ever seen before.

06-09-08, 07:01 AM	#5
Takao Officer Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Reading, PA Posts: 244 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	Those are some really sweet pics you took. You only went one day, the is just to much to see and do in one day. I went Sat. & Sun. One day is for looking at all the reenactments, planes, and vehicles. The second is for listening to the veteran speakers that are present. "Dutch" Van Kirk(navigator on Enola Gay), Col. Clarence "Bud" Anderson(ace, 16 1/4 kills), Robert "Bob" Bolinger (P-61 pilot, 4 kills), "Buck" Compton(from Band Of Brothers). In addition, I listened to a B-17 pilot, 2 POWs, a sailor who survived the sinking of the USS Indianapolis, and some soldiers who fought with the 28th Infantry Division at the "Battle of the Bulge". For once we had all 3 days of no rain, I can't remember the last time that had happened. And , WOW!, I was amazed at how large the WW2 Weekend has become. Even with the cost of gas sky high, there were more reenactors there than I have ever seen before.