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The 10th Dragoons march out to pass-in-review for our honored WWII veterans who brave the outdoors to attend the event.
January 2016 - Fort Indiantown Gap, Annville, PA
Our troops stand to attention as we prepare to lower the national colors outside the barracks.
January 2016 - Fort Indiantown Gap, Annville, PA
Saturday was reserved for various training topics inside.
Here Senior Dragoon Mateja
gives a class on the Polish Home Army (AK).
January 2016 - Fort Indiantown Gap, Annville, PA
Diving further back into history, Drag. Jadaszewski
gives a class on 17th century Polish armored cavalry.
The Polish 1st Armoured Division shoulder insignia
was patterned from this heraldry.
January 2016 - Fort Indiantown Gap, Annville, PA
One of the weekend highlights is receiving Red Cross packages from home. Our thanks to Warrant Officer (chor.) Neri for taking the time to fill these boxes with useful
items.
January 2016 - Fort Indiantown Gap, Annville, PA
One of the weekend highlights is receiving Red Cross packages from home. Our thanks to Warrant Officer (chor.) Neri for taking the time to fill these boxes with useful
items.
January 2016 - Fort Indiantown Gap, Annville, PA
Our Friday night festivities culminate in a Polish
ethnic dinner. All members bring a traditional
dish to share. Here ppor. Petronis raises a toast to the original veterans of the 10th Dragoons.
January 2016 - Fort Indiantown Gap, Annville, PA
The 2016 event greeted us with typical April weather much like in England. We experienced rain, drizzle then straight to a downpour. By Saturday morning however the weather cleared and was perfect for flying. Of course Sqdrn Leader Moore forgot where he
parked our bomber.
April 2016 - National D-Day Memorial, Bedford, VA
We decided to take the museum's display L4 instead but somebody had roped it off. The mission was scrubbed accordingly.
April 2016 - National D-Day Memorial, Bedford, VA
Squadron Leader Moore goes over our intended flight path to the target in France. It is just south of the Pas de Calais where the intelligence officer assures us the invasion will most likely take place.
April 2016 - National D-Day Memorial, Bedford, VA
Our intel officer, F/O Petronis, types up a report on the expected enemy resistance en route to the target.
April 2016 - National D-Day Memorial, Bedford, VA
Here our intrepid intel officer doesn't understand the concept of insert tab "A" into slot "B" on the seat pack parachute.
April 2016 - National D-Day Memorial, Bedford, VA
Armed Forces Day found us in Pickens County at the site of the historic Hagood Mill. This location has a working water
wheel grist mill which we found quite interesting.
Here signals specialist Cooper tests the lines while local Military History Center of the Carolinas member Allen Spearman watches.
May 2016 - Hagood Mill, Pickens, SC
Here we see an officer's tent and equipment displayed
as part of our squadron HQ.
May 2016 - Hagood Mill, Pickens, SC
The historic weapons display is manned by the locals.
May 2016 - Hagood Mill, Pickens, SC
Our 2016 impression differed from previous years. This time we were portraying the squadron as they may have looked after pulling off the front lines in Chambois. Accomodations in the field were meant to be sparse and represent a period of reorganization and refit.
September 2016 - Eisenhower Farm NPS Gettysburg, PA
ppor. Petronis and drg. Jadaszewski consult the map.
Records indicate the division concentrated east of the river Dives near Barou-Norrey en Auge and Grand Mesnil. Apparently it was map ref 266388 perhaps near hill 123.
drg. Cooper mans the WS19 in the carrier to maintain contact with regimental HQ.
September 2016 - Eisenhower Farm NPS Gettysburg, PA
Makeshift sleeping quarters for the carrier crew. The
straw wasn't too terribly uncomfortable but we
did encounter a few lumps.
September 2016 - Eisenhower Farm NPS Gettysburg, PA
Laundry and shaving were top priorities on the list.
September 2016 - Eisenhower Farm NPS Gettysburg, PA
A period Polish typewriter sits atop a captured German map of the area. On the paper are the names and ranks of original members of the regiment
killed during the Battle of Falaise. A poignant reminder of the brave men who we are honored to portray. They were: (See next photo)
September 2016 - Eisenhower Farm NPS Gettysburg, PA
The brave men who lost their lives during the Battle of Falaise.
September 2016 - Eisenhower Farm NPS Gettysburg, PA
plut. Moore discusses the Vickers gun and other platoon weapons. For a demonstration of Vickers crew deployment, see our youtube instructional video here: Vickers deploy
September 2016 - Eisenhower Farm NPS Gettysburg, PA
Here we cut another pole for our cammo net. We are proving beyond doubt that a 70-year old British issue chain saw still works quite well. Although it does tend to damage one's fingers when pulling.
September 2016 - Eisenhower Farm NPS Gettysburg, PA