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 d-day. 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 british to helping them win world war ii. we have to give equal credit to our allies. some would say we couldn t have done it by ourselves, but the point is that 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. if you don t understand what happened on the eastern front, you don t understand world war ii. the soviets made a significant contribution to winning that war. n
my name is jared frederick, i am an instructor of history at penn state, and i am a reenactor with the furious fourth world war ii history group. we are here at the u.s. army heritage education center in pennsylvania. it is a major complex on the army heritage trail. 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 greatest generation went through. if we can impart even a small inkling of that to 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
my name is jared frederick, i am an instructor of history at penn state, and i am a reenactor with the furious fourth world war ii history group. we are here at the u.s. army heritage reeducation center education center in pennsylvania. it is a major complex on the army heritage trail. 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 greatest generation went through, and if we can impart even a small inkling of that the passersby, then we feel like we ve 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 fir
my name is jared frederick, i am an instructor of history at penn state, and i am a reenactor with the furious fourth world war ii history group. we are here at the u.s. army heritage reeducation center education center in pennsylvania. it is a major complex on the army heritage trail. 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 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 u
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 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 that 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 utah beach. unbeknownst to many of them, they had landed on the wrong sector. they had landed about a half a mile off course. there was a little bit of uncertainty, perhaps hesitation as to exactly what they should do. theodore