2022 SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
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FEBRUARY 26
WHAT: "March to Morhet" WHERE: Modale, Iowa TIME PERIOD: Winter 1945 COMMAND: 17th Airborne Division UNIFORM: M43 Field Uniform and Wool Overcoats NOTES: Battle of the Bulge immersion event MARCH 26 WHAT: British Airborne Classroom & Field Training WHERE: Ft. Atkinson, NE TIME PERIOD: Spring 1944 COMMAND: British 2nd Parachute Battalion UNIFORM: Wools, Denison Smocks & Berets NOTES: British training day open to anyone interested. APRIL 9 WHAT: Training at Châlons-sur-Marne WHERE: Ft. Atkinson, NE TIME PERIOD: Spring 1945 COMMAND: 17th Airborne Division UNIFORM: M43 Field Uniform NOTES: Final preparations for the Jump on the Rhine! MAY 7 WHAT: Operation Varsity WHERE: Modale, Iowa TIME PERIOD: March 1945 COMMAND: 17th Airborne Division UNIFORM: M43 Field Uniform NOTES: Seize and hold the ground northwest of the DZ at Diersfordt. MAY 27 WHAT: Memorial Parade WHERE: Downtown Omaha TIME PERIOD: WWII through Desert Storm COMMAND: Open UNIFORM: Open NOTES: Parade through downtown Omaha. MAY 30 WHAT: Memorial Day Cemetery Clean-Up WHERE: TBD TIME PERIOD: None COMMAND: None UNIFORM: TBD NOTES: Cleaning up local gravesites. JUNE TBD WHAT: U.S. Marine Corps Immersion Event WHERE: Loess Hills near Little Sioux TIME PERIOD: TBD COMMAND: USMC UNIFORM: P41 Utilities NOTES: Overnight hilltop camp with night patrols. JULY 4 WHAT: 4th of July Parade WHERE: Field Club Neighborhood in Omaha TIME PERIOD: February 1945 COMMAND: 5th Marine Division UNIFORM: P41 Utilities NOTES: Mt. Suribachi here we come! |
JULY TBD
WHAT: Dong Ap Bia "Hamburger Hill" WHERE: Loess Hills near Little Sioux TIME PERIOD: May 1969 COMMAND: 3rd Battalion, 187th Infantry "Rakkasans" UNIFORM: 2nd or 3rd Pattern Jungle Utilities NOTES: We gotta take this hill! JULY/AUGUST TBD WHAT: Operation Fustian WHERE: Loess Hills near Little Sioux TIME PERIOD: July 1943 COMMAND: British 2nd Parachute Battalion UNIFORM: Khaki Drill Uniform NOTES: Capture Johnny II and dig in for defense! AUGUST TBD WHAT: WWII Pacific or Vietnam Patrol WHERE: TBD TIME PERIOD: TBD COMMAND: TBD UNIFORM: TBD NOTES: TBD SEPTEMBER 3-4 WHAT: 8th Annual Timeline Living History Weekend WHERE: Ft. Atkinson, NE TIME PERIOD: Any time period COMMAND: Open UNIFORM: Open NOTES: Public display event. SEPTEMBER 16-18 WHAT: "Bloody Gulch" Immersion Tactical WHERE: Near High Point, Iowa TIME PERIOD: June 1944 COMMAND: 1st Platoon Fox Co. 502nd PIR UNIFORM: Reinforced M42 Jumpsuits NOTES: Normandy themed event with the 502nd. SEPT./OCT. TBD WHAT: 8th Air Force Mission Briefing WHERE: TBD - Maybe Ft. Atkinson TIME PERIOD: 1943 COMMAND: 8th Air Force UNIFORM: Wools, Fight Suits, A2 Jackets NOTES: Mission briefing, baseball, photo shoot. OCTOBER TBD WHAT: Unit work day WHERE: Loess Hill trench site TIME PERIOD: TBD COMMAND: TBD UNIFORM: TBD NOTES: TBD NOVEMBER TBD WHAT: Surviving the Hurtgen Forest WHERE: Loess Hills near Little Sioux TIME PERIOD: November1944 COMMAND: 28th Infantry Division UNIFORM: M41 or M43 Field Jackets with Wools NOTES: Immersion field day with patrols and digging foxholes. DECEMBER 10 WHAT: Army vs. Navy Game WHERE: Local Beer, Patio and Kitchen - Millard TIME PERIOD: None COMMAND: None UNIFORM: Civis NOTES: GO ARMY! BEAT NAVY! |
