Tanks, Planes, Boats, Military Stuff

[Rey]

Well its time for another WWII story:



Sometimes when I go to these WWII reenactment events I don’t always know in advance what my role will be. Sometimes it’s exciting, such as when I’m in the French Resistance and participating in a skirmish. Other times, its a little more laid back, as I play a secondary role. This time I was asked to play the role of a refugee, bombed out of my home and wandering the countryside. But not just any refugee, a German one. This presented an interesting challenge, and I tried to imagine what a citizen of that country at that time of war would be thinking, what their attitude might be, and I tried to write the story from this viewpoint.

Once I was out of the way, my role in the developing battle around me was to wait in the back of a truck. Well, that in itself is not very exciting. Like I said, I often play a secondary role, as most reenactors play a combat soldier to get more into the action. But I wanted to take this opportunity, since I was in the middle of it from this unique vantage point, to describe one of our live battles unfolding. So come along with me back to 1944 as the Battle of Aachen is about to begin...

http://rambleswithrey.blogspot.com/2012/...achen.html


(This story is on a blog site this time, instead of here at the forum, but it’s not some popular blog, it’s just a place to park these stories. I want you all to know that everything there was originally content from this forum. These stories pretty much started here. The only readers over there are some family members and a few friends. The only other people that read these are you guys. )