Captain Lee Bishop Posted February 24, 2011 Share Posted February 24, 2011 On February 24, 1991, Allied forces moved into Iraq and Kuwait, starting the ground war of Desert Storm. To that end, I have formed a living history group dedicated to the veterans of this war. We'll be displaying the vehicles, uniforms, weapons and equipment of America's quickest (and perhaps most decisive) mechanized campaign. There are only three of us right now but are looking to gather a few more. The current plan is for events in 2011 only. If it goes over very well, we might continue. More to come on our site: http://desertstorm20th.webs.com/index.htm Photos there will show some of what we have, more to come soon! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Okie Sawbones, SASS #77381 Posted February 24, 2011 Share Posted February 24, 2011 It is hard to believe it has been 20 years since Major General Barry R. McCaffrey came to our CASH and asked us to take care of his troops. It is hard to describe the feelings as we were poised to follow the 24th ID into Iraq. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mingo Frank Posted February 24, 2011 Share Posted February 24, 2011 Okie, Are you an alumni of the 47th CSH?? Mingo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Okie Sawbones, SASS #77381 Posted February 24, 2011 Share Posted February 24, 2011 Desert Shield/Desert Storm, 1990-91. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Bob #35998 Posted February 24, 2011 Share Posted February 24, 2011 Re-enact this eh! Canadian troops and a jeep. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apache Hawk 60642 Posted February 26, 2011 Share Posted February 26, 2011 Yup, I was a "Rider of da Storm". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pay Dirt Norvelle #90056 Posted February 26, 2011 Share Posted February 26, 2011 That was a nice video. This coming weekend I will be at Camp Roberts in California for a WWII reenactment. I do that along with Civil War reenacting, plus CAS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunner Gatlin, SASS 10274L Posted February 26, 2011 Share Posted February 26, 2011 20 years ago - wow! On that day, we were beginning our first rehearsal for the play 'Billy Budd'...alot of fear (uncertainty) alot of us had that day. God bless the veterans...and those families of those lost. GG ~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunner Gatlin, SASS 10274L Posted February 26, 2011 Share Posted February 26, 2011 Re-enact this eh! Canadian troops and a jeep. GG ~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Lee Bishop Posted February 27, 2011 Author Share Posted February 27, 2011 Re-enact this eh! Canadian troops and a jeep. Yeah, I’ve seen that a few times before. I own a 1944 Willys Jeep and have talked about this video with other Jeep owners. We can’t quite figure out how they made some components modular for use, such as brake and oil lines, fuel connections, and the like. There’s no way you could safely dive it away like that, as at the least the brakes would be ridiculously spongy.But as for the Desert Storm stuff, there are many events that are “timeline” oriented where you see groups representing various times in history. The biggest of its type in these parts will be Armed Forces Day at Joint Base Lewis-McChord (formerly known as simply Fort Lewis). Last year there were people representing the Revolution up to the Vietnam time period. I found a few sites showing the last year’s event, one had some decent photos here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Lee Bishop Posted May 24, 2011 Author Share Posted May 24, 2011 We did our first public display at Joint Base Lewis/McChord’s Armed Forces Day event on Saturday, which went over very well. We were able to get several vehicles from that era for a background for our display. Five people showed in uniform, but only three had the gear and weapons. One guy had a modular tent from the 80s, which became our HQ for the day. Here are a few photos: Our original tent and some of the vehicles Myself and Ed with an Iraqi Type 59 tank All of the armed members of the group Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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