Operation Overlord: Assault On Vierville-Sur-Mer World War II Reenactment At Fort Mifflin On April 9, 2011

Fort Mifflin hosted another World War II reenactment yesterday ... this one being from D-Day (The Battle Of Normandy). It was specifically the Assault On Vierville-Sur-Mer in France which originally took place on June 6, 1944.



The 78th U.S. Infantry Division was involved in addition to other groups. The reenactors and living historians were very knowledgeable about their respective areas. Several camps were set up throughout the Fort. I toured the camps before and after the actual battle reenactment.

The photographs you see are from my first tour of the camps, the battle and my second tour of the camps ...



















































































I picked these brass shell casings up after the event:


The 78th provided this World War II reproduction notice (with a facsimile Dwight D. Eisenhower signature):


More photographs can be found at this link: http://s169.photobucket.com/albums/u213/portaltothepast/Reenactments/World War II/Assault On Vierville-Sur-Mer 4-9-2011

Here is a video showing some of the reenactment:

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The video's url:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9VfDgTIcAvc

At times I was holding the camcorder in one hand and the camera in the other!!

Upcoming events for the 78th Infantry can be found here: http://www.78thinfantry.org/Missions.htm

Colored Troops Civil War Reenactment Held At Fort Mifflin On April 2, 2011

A Civil War Union USCT Reenactment was held on April 2, 2011 at Fort Mifflin in Philadelphia, PA.

I walked in late so I am not exactly sure what is happening here. I believe these are Navy Maritime Squadron reenactors:


The troops are reviewed by a living historian portraying Robert Smalls:






At this point in the day (the lowering of the Flag and the Final March), I was working the video camcorder with one hand and the photo camera with the other hand and I expected most of the pictures to turn out blurry.  Surprisingly, they turned out well.





















The Final Goodbye ...





Flags of the 54th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteers. Here are a few pictures of them blowing in the wind ...











A flyer showing a reproduction of an eight-foot tall recruiting poster that is part of the holdings of the Camp William Penn Museum:


Here is a cup that I picked up and sold by the 3rd United States Infantry Regiment:


I picked up a 33-star U.S. Flag at the Fort Mifflin gift shop:


Many, many more photographs can be found at this link: http://s169.photobucket.com/albums/u213/portaltothepast/Reenactments/Civil War/Colored Troops April 2 2011

Here is a video showing various events of the day (it is a bit shaky in some areas - I had to grab my stuff while I followed the line and, as I mentioned above, I was working a camcorder and a camera at once!):