On September 20-21, the National Park Service will sponsor a World War II living history weekend at the Eisenhower National Historic Site. An authentic recreation of both Allied and German army camps, complete with original World War II vehicles, will be set up on the site. Over 100 living history enthusiasts will portray military personnel from the European Theater in 1944.
Living history volunteers will present programs on World War II medical services, weapons and equipment, communications, military vehicles, and the life of the common G.I. A mock Army Air Force bomber squadron mission briefing will be presented. Dozens of World War II vehicles will be on display.
Several featured guest speakers, all veterans of World War II, will give talks on their war time experiences. ...
At 11:00 a.m. Sunday, Mr. Stanley Blazejedski, who served in the 60th Armored Infantry Battalion, 9th Armored Division, will speak about his unit’s participation in the Battle of the Bulge.
At 12 noon Sunday, Mr. John Gallagher, veteran of the 81st Combat Engineer Battalion, 106th Division, will talk about his experiences in the Battle of the Bulge where he was severely wounded.
At 1 p.m. Sunday, Mr. Charles Brubaker, who served as a sailor aboard U.S. Navy LST 511, will tell about his participation in Operations Tiger and Neptune. His ship was part of a convoy practicing for the D-Day invasion when German E-Boats attacked. His vessel also later landed troops of the 4 th Division at Utah Beach on D-Day.
At 2 p.m. Sunday, Mr. Ray Harper, who was a U.S. Navy communications Yeoman assigned to Corregidor in 1941-42, will speak about the Japanese attack on and capture of the Philippines and of his personal experience of being held as a prisoner of war.
In addition to living history and talks by veterans, an educational and entertaining feature will be provided for younger visitors. The Aces Museum for Minority World War II Veterans will present several puppet shows for children. The puppet programs focus on the contributions made to the war effort made by various minority groups. These will be presented at half past the hour from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. both days
Historian-author Don Markle and National Security Agency employee Rick Henderson will be on site to display and explain a German World War II Enigma Code Machine. Enigma Machines were used by the Nazis to send secret coded messages. The Allies broke the secret code after capturing several of the devices. This enabled the Allies to know before-hand what some of the German war plans were. ...
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