Were here on the Army Heritage trail. And one can find 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 of 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 that weve done a fairly good job. The unit that we portray is the 4th 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
Pam pment encampment at the group. We talked to him in carlisle, pennsylvania, hosted by the Army Heritage and Education Center. My name is jarrod frederic. Im an instructor of history at Penn State Altoona and 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 carlisle, pennsylvania. And at this event it is a major complex. Were here on the Army Heritage trail. And one can find reenactor or living historians from all different time periods. Ranging from the 17th century up to the present. My group here is to discuss the normandie ib sahratian which is taking place this summer. We thought it certainly fitting to commemorate that event. D 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. If he we can impart even a small inkling of that to passers by and people
Hobbyists are selected by the center to conduct demonstrations and talk to the public about military subjects ranging from the American Revolution to the war on terror. The theme this year was the 75th anniversary of dday. Next on american artifacts we visit an exhibit about world war ii soviet soldiers. My name is craig hall. I basically consider myself an amateur military historian. I do various impressions. And this impression here today is to represent the contribution of the soviet union as an ally of the americans and the british to helping them win world war ii. We have to give equal credit to our allies. Now, some would say we couldnt have done it by ourselves but the point is, people ask me why do i do this impression . And i think because the reason is that we need to tell the story about the eastern front, okay . If you dont understand what happened on the eastern front, you dont understand world war ii. The soviets made a significant contribution to winning that war. Now, f
My name is al kose, and im one of the volunteers here. Were going to talk about the american m4 medium tank. Probably one of the most prolific tanks of the Second World War. This particular example was one of the earlier versions. This is the m4a3 tank. This is armed with a 75 millimeter main gun. If we move to the commanders weapons station here, it also has the caliber 50 machine gun up top where the commander is. And it also has two m19 1930 caliber machine guns. One is mounted with the main gun and the other is mounted here up in the front of the tank. And this one is manned by the battle gunner. If you look at the battle gun, he can move it up and down. He can show you the way the ball turret works. That machine gun is protruding through this ball mount here and beyond that has the workings of the gun. He has his ammunition back there in a catch bag to catch the shell casings as they come out. If you look at the top of the hatch right over his right shoulder there, theres a perisc
Good morning my name is al coast. I am a volunteer here. Well talk about the american m4 medium tank this is one of the most prolific tanks of the Second World War. This is the m4a3 tank. Its armed with a 75mm gun. It also has the caliber. 50 machine gun and two m1919. 30 caliber machine guns. One is mounted coaxially with the main gun. The other is mounted here and is manned by the battle dinner. Gunner. If you look here, he can show you how the ball term iturret works. He has his ammunition in the back and to the back to catch the bag to catch the right here, its a prismatic periscope that sticks up through that space. At the periscope is a lense that has a radical. He uses that this is another one on this side. This is not the main gun. This one is controlled by the gunner. There is a switch to fire the machine gun. His gutters periscope comes up to the inside his gunners periscope comes up for the inside. Their field of vision is fairly limited. The critical thing for the commander