Center. My name is jared frederick. Im also a reenactor with the furious fourth world war ii living history group. And we are here at Army Heritage days at the u. S. Army heritage and Education Center in carlyle, pennsylvania. And at this event it is a major complex. Were here on the Army Heritage trail. And one can kind reenactors or living historians from all different time periods ranging from the 17th century up to the present. My group, though, is here this weekend to discuss the 75th anniversary of the normandy invasion, which is taking place this summer, and we thought it certainly fitting to commemorate that event. And us putting on these old uniforms, wearing old equipment, it certainly gives us a better perspective and appreciation for what the greatest generation went through. And if we can impart even a small inkling of that to passersby and families who come visit this place, then we feel weve done a fairly good job. The unit we portray is the fourth Infantry Division. And
Ranging from the 17th century up to the present. My group is here this weekend to discuss the 75th anniversary of the normandy invasion, which is taking place this summer. We thought it certainly fitting to commemorate that event. Us putting on these old uniforms, wearing old equipment, it certainly gives us a better perspective and appreciation of what the jet appreciation of what the greatest generation went through. If we can impart even a small inkling of that the passersby, then we feel like we have done a good job. The unit we portray is the Fourth Infantry Division. It is a unit overshadowed in the world war ii history. It was one of the spearhead units involved in the normandy invasion. It was some of the first amphibious troops who were ashore. They waited ashore on the beach. Unbeknownst to many of them, they had landed on the wrong sector. They had landed half a mile off course. There was a little bit of uncertainty, perhaps hesitation as to exactly what they should do. Theo
The normandy invasion, which is taking place this summer. And we thought it certainly fitting to commemorate that event. And us putting on these old uniforms, wearing old equipment, it certainly gives us a better perspective and appreciation of what the greatest generation went through. And if we can impart even a small inkling of that to passersby and families who visit this place, then we feel like we have done a good job. The unit we portray is the Fourth Infantry Division. It is a unit that is sometimes overshadowed in the realm of world war ii history. Nonetheless, it was one of the spearhead units involved in the normandy invasion. It was some of the first amphibious troops who were ashore. And they waded ashore on utah beach. Unbeknownst to many of them, they had landed on the wrong sector. They had landed half a mile off course. And there was a little bit of uncertainty, perhaps hesitation as to what they should do. But the assistant Division Commander, Theodore Roosevelt junio
Ranging from the 17th century up to the present. My group, though, is here this weekend to discuss the 75th anniversary of the normandy invasion, which is taking place this summer, and we thought it certainly fitting to commemorate that event and us putting on these old uniforms, wearing old equipment, it certainly gives us a better perspective and appreciation of what the greatest generation went through. And if we can impart even a small inkling of that to passers by and families who come visit this place, this enwe feen we f weve done a fairly good job. The unit that we portray is the fourth Infantry Division, and its a unit thats sometimes overshadowed in the realm of world war ii history, but nonetheless, it was one of the spearhead units that was involved in the normandy invasion. It was some of the first am fs you amphibious troops who were ashore, and they waded ashore on utah beach. Unbeknownst to many of them at that time, they had actually landed on the wrong sector. They ha
Anniversary of the normandy invasion, which is taking place this summer, and we thought it certainly fitting to commemorate that event and us putting on these old uniforms, wearing old equipment, it certainly gives us a better perspective and appreciation of what the greatest generation went through. And if we can impart even a small inkling of that to passers by and families who come visit this place, then we feel that weve done a fairly good job. The unit that we portray is the Fourth Infantry Division, and its a unit thats sometimes overshadowed in the realm of world war ii history, but nonetheless, it was one of the spearhead units that was involved in the normandy invasion. It was some of the first amphibious troops who were ashore, and they waded ashore on utah beach. Unbeknown unbeknownst to many of them at that time they had actually landed on the wrong sector. They had landed about a half a mile offcourse and there was a little bit of uncertainty, perhaps hesitation as to what