I had posted a couple of these before a few months ago, but while archiving & backing up stuff, I found a few more that I liked.

These were shot at a WWII re-enactment at Fort Ord, CA last September. All shot with a Nikon D1h & Sigma 135-400.

Some Germans gettin ready for the Allied advance
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/jorgemonkey/2005-09-10_024.jpg

Urban combat
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/jorgemonkey/2005-09-10_059.jpg

German Artillery
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/jorgemonkey/2005-09-10_039.jpg

These guys accidently drove through the German lines
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/jorgemonkey/2005-09-10_054.jpg

The Allies advance
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/jorgemonkey/2005-09-10_005.jpg

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/jorgemonkey/2005-09-10_108.jpg

The 82nd Airborne advances
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/jorgemonkey/2005-09-10_106.jpg

The best part of the day, Allied re-enforcements arrive
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/jorgemonkey/2005-09-10_083.jpg

Allied soldiers taking some prisoners, and the battle is over
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/jorgemonkey/2005-09-10_002.jpg

wow, those are so cool!

Some real nice images here. All we get is Civil War and Revolutionary War renactments here never seen a WW II show like this.

wow. those are scary real. the re-enactment must have been incredible in real time. nice!

It was really cool to check out, especially since I LOVE pretty much anything from the 30's-40s. The best part of all was the tank crashing through part of the old barracks. It apparently was an accident, but the crowd loved it. The tank never saw action during the war, but I believe the jeep and a few other vehicles that they had there did see action. They also had three vets who were medics during the war. One was with the 82nd, while the other two were from the 506th, 101st Airborne.

Cools shots all, and the black and white treatment is perfect!!!

I'm something of a history buff, so I love this stuff.

Even if aircraft are my forte'.

:-)

Very cool photos. I was wondering...do you know if they shoot blanks? Or do they just pretend to shoot? Blanks can still be dangerous because stuff still comes out, you can't be too close.

EBAR

They were shooting blanks, having to replace magazines, and you knew when either the artillery or the tank fired, cause it was LOUD :)

That's pretty cool. Ha ha...I think I'd be kinda nervous about being shot at. Blanks or not.