Text Box: 6th Cavalry Group, Troop B, 3rd Army Reenactment Group    

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Text Box:  Capt Zukauskas, Sergeant Fry, and Pvt. Ennest on patrol at the Bulge 05

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Text Box: The Battle of the Bulge in Indiantown Gap, Pennsylvania in one of the largest reenactments in the United States.  We stayed in real World War Two Buildings that has the feel and experience of the 1940's Barracks life.  Staying in the buildings that the World War II veteran  stayed in leaves you with memories that  will last.  The picture could easily have been taken in 1945 as well as 2005.

 

Text Box: The 6th Cav. does a lot of work with Captain Campbell and the Rangers, we handle transportation, food and scouting.  This hobby offers friendship and  camaraderie with some of the best soldiers and men  in the reenactment business.  Captain Campbell takes a lot of pride in his Rangers.  And we are proud to be considered comrades with these guys. Even when the Capt makes us march with them.  Their web site is on our link page.    

 

 

 

       

 

 

Text Box: 2005 Battle of  The Bulge Report   By Dennis Wallace "Ducit Amor Patriae” ...… Led by Love of Country    It was December of 1944 and it was cold and snow was heavy on the ground and all the guys wanted to do was rest and get out of the war. That dam awful war and just feel that they were going to live one more day. The word was that it was almost over and that the Krauts were done for and everybody felt safe where we were, Hell there was no way to mount an offensive thru the Ardennes this time of year with this kind of weather. Right?  Well that is what they thought but Jerry had other plans.  Hitler was planning one last ditch effort to divide the allies and push them back into the sea. It was named “The battle of the Bulge”.  This is the story of a bunch of crazy WWII reenactors that journeyed to Ft Indiantown Gap in the coldest time of the year to relive a little of what it was like for the brave men that fought and died on foreign soil for the freedom that we have today.….   We are the 6th  Cav.  troop B under the Command of Capt. Bill Zukauskas.  It was a long drive from central Florida to the Battlefield, but we held out and pushed on just like the 3rd Army under General Patton would have done and we reached our objective Unscathed.  There was snow on the ground and it was so cold that the gas line was frozen on the little pony that we had pulled behind us. {1942 GPW}. With the help of troop A we were able to get it to some warm shelter and the next morning all was working again... We helped other reenactors get unloaded and moved in ,the Major hand a troop truck that we would go to the parking lot and load and bring the gear back to the barracks. The barracks were very warm and they had hot showers something that the real warriors did not have. They were sleeping in fox holes covered with snow. The next day Capt Zukauskas arrived with his jeep in tow. It would start, but the transmission was all frozen from the cold, and to the warm shelter it went and all was well the next morning. The first day of battle we were one man short as Pvt. Voyles came down with something and had to stay behind.  He was very sick but Doc looked after him and nursed him back to health. He had two good medics by the way. It did not matter any way that he could not make it; the battle was canceled due to the cold and injuries on the mountain. So we came back and walked thru the line of vendors and there were plenty of them. The next day we did have a battle and it was just as cold, 16 degrees was the high I think. The terrain was all frozen but we did get on the mountain and we kicked some Kraut’s behind. We had the best leaders that a unit could ask for and troop A was one bad unit to have to face and we were right there with them all of the way.    At the end of the day on the last battle the weather was getting worse. We decided to get out of there and beat the storm that was coming. Well the storm was faster then we were and we ran right smack into the front of it and we drove in a blizzard all night. This is not something that a Florida boy should have to do. Now I have to say that I don’t remember a portion of it due to slipping on the ice at a rest area and knocking me out when I landed on my head. The whole night was what you would say, Situation normal all ----- up. ( SNAFU)  I had a head ache for a week. The whole thing was an experience and we had a great time and we all returned home safely. There is much more that can be said, but being there is better than hearing it said. So come and join us, while we honor the men and women that paid such a high price that we might be free.         Tap  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                                                        

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  Text Box: Sergeant Wallace writes home to the Mrs. He tries to get the feeling of 1944 and write home about It.  Hit the picture to read the letter Text Box: