WWII Reenacting Discussion Thread

[p51]

Since she is really good-looking I'd have to be careful how I phrased it if in person, but the blonde on the right is making an error: If she was a War Correspondent she would not have any military rank and should not have on the Lt.'s bars.

(There were quite a few female correspondents and photographers during WWII: Lee Miller, Margaret Bourke-White, Martha Gellhorn, Helen Kirkpatrick, Ruth Cowan, Sonia Tomara, Rosette Hargrove, Betty Knox, Iris Carpenter, Erica Mann, Lee Carson, Ann Stringer, Peggy Hull Deuell, and more.)

The military did have correspondents, and some were officers, but that was extremely rare as most of them were enlisted. And I know of none who were WACs but it's certainly possible there might have been a couple somewhere I've never heard of (though unlikely as I've made a longterm study of civilian war correspondents and am generally considered an authority on the subject by some, at the risk of my modesty).
Also, they're all wearing the wrong color of correspondent armband, they should be green. NCHS makes them in blue, the wrong color, and I'm sure those are what they're all wearing.

 

[hatguy1]

Ditto.

Write my story, baby!

 

[p51]

Write my story, baby!

Not a correspondent, she's wearing a standard WAC enlisted Class A...

 

[hatguy1]

Not a correspondent, she's wearing a standard WAC enlisted Class A...

Then she could be a prominent character in my story, then. I'm not picky. She's a hottie!:eusa_clap

 

[green papaya]

how do you start reenacting if your not a member of any clubs? seems like some people are backyard reenactors they wear the uniform and just take photos in the backyard, Ive also seen a few that show up at gun shows dressed up in different eras, like Spanish American war, WW1, WW2, etc

 

[Stearmen]

how do you start reenacting if your not a member of any clubs? seems like some people are backyard reenactors they wear the uniform and just take photos in the backyard, Ive also seen a few that show up at gun shows dressed up in different eras, like Spanish American war, WW1, WW2, etc

Air shows are often a good place to meet some Living History people. They were at about every show we ever flew. The Salt Lake City group was a lot of fun!

 

[SIGGY]

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[p51]

how do you start reenacting if your not a member of any clubs? seems like some people are backyard reenactors they wear the uniform and just take photos in the backyard, Ive also seen a few that show up at gun shows dressed up in different eras, like Spanish American war, WW1, WW2, etc

If you're just walking around, you're showing off your uniform, nothing different than people who show up as Spiderman at Comicon, in the overall concept of wanting to be seen.
Re-enacting, generally, has to be with a group for the most part.