Post by Chicommie on Feb 18, 2008 0:33:32 GMT -5
Forum,
Here's a brief after action report of the Korean
War Battle reenacment held this past weekend. It
was a huge success and I personally had a fantastic
time! The weather was beautiful, almost a tad too
warm during the day and chilly at night. The event
had around 20 to 25 total participants, all with the
same mindset on authenticity and seeing Korean War
reenacting get started on the right foot!
The event started close to midnight after all the
G.I.'s showed that were arriving Friday night. Two
squads moved out cautiously along a Korean road to
secure and bed down in a small village. Along the
way a unit of Chinese People's Volunteer Army soldiers
welcomed the American troops with a rocket and flare
attack to slow the advance. After advancing to the
village U.S. troops dug in and prepared for any probes
by the enemy. A eerie highlight for many was listening
to the Communist propaganda being broad-casted in the dark
of the night in an attempt to demoralize the U.S. troops.
At around 3 a.m. in the morning a small firefight broke
out between the opposing sides as survivors from a different
American company filtered into the U.S. lines with warnings
of massive Chinese forces moving into the area.
Saturday morning began early with hot chow and fresh
replacements to bolster the U.S. troop strength. By late
morning the company was ordered to start operations to
clear the Korean territory in their sector and advance
towards the Yalu River. It wasn't long before contact was
made with the Communist forces. Point men in the company
spotted a lone Chinese forward observer but were unable to
kill or capture the scout before he alerted other Chinese
troops. The Americans then formed a skirmish line to clear
the area and swept into a small Korean wood where a sharp
fire-fight ensued. Eventually, U.S. troops flanked the enemy
unit and forced a hasty retreat by the Chinese forces after
killing several of them. In order to keep this report from
turning into a small novel, I'll abbreviate the rest by saying
that the Americans established a second outpost followed by
several probing attacks by Chinese Communist forces until
fatigue from the night before set in with everyone! A great
time was had by all, new friendships were formed, new ideas
discussed, that ended with talk of a Korean War Summer battle
reenactment to be possibly held in July of 2008!
with regards, Patrick Hubble ;D
p.s. I posted around 20 pictures of the event (photo's of both sides) in the photo's section of the Korean War Reenactors Yahoo Group under "Small Unit Action, 1950" if anyone else has photo's of the event please feel free to add to them! Unfortunately you have to join the yahoo group to see them, I can't get pictures to post on this forum. I'm a mortician/funeral director in real life, not a computer tech-ie person, if it's not decomposing tissue, and chemicals, I'm at a loss. Here's the link below to the yahoogroup:
groups.yahoo.com/group/KoreanWarReenactors/
Here's a brief after action report of the Korean
War Battle reenacment held this past weekend. It
was a huge success and I personally had a fantastic
time! The weather was beautiful, almost a tad too
warm during the day and chilly at night. The event
had around 20 to 25 total participants, all with the
same mindset on authenticity and seeing Korean War
reenacting get started on the right foot!
The event started close to midnight after all the
G.I.'s showed that were arriving Friday night. Two
squads moved out cautiously along a Korean road to
secure and bed down in a small village. Along the
way a unit of Chinese People's Volunteer Army soldiers
welcomed the American troops with a rocket and flare
attack to slow the advance. After advancing to the
village U.S. troops dug in and prepared for any probes
by the enemy. A eerie highlight for many was listening
to the Communist propaganda being broad-casted in the dark
of the night in an attempt to demoralize the U.S. troops.
At around 3 a.m. in the morning a small firefight broke
out between the opposing sides as survivors from a different
American company filtered into the U.S. lines with warnings
of massive Chinese forces moving into the area.
Saturday morning began early with hot chow and fresh
replacements to bolster the U.S. troop strength. By late
morning the company was ordered to start operations to
clear the Korean territory in their sector and advance
towards the Yalu River. It wasn't long before contact was
made with the Communist forces. Point men in the company
spotted a lone Chinese forward observer but were unable to
kill or capture the scout before he alerted other Chinese
troops. The Americans then formed a skirmish line to clear
the area and swept into a small Korean wood where a sharp
fire-fight ensued. Eventually, U.S. troops flanked the enemy
unit and forced a hasty retreat by the Chinese forces after
killing several of them. In order to keep this report from
turning into a small novel, I'll abbreviate the rest by saying
that the Americans established a second outpost followed by
several probing attacks by Chinese Communist forces until
fatigue from the night before set in with everyone! A great
time was had by all, new friendships were formed, new ideas
discussed, that ended with talk of a Korean War Summer battle
reenactment to be possibly held in July of 2008!
with regards, Patrick Hubble ;D
p.s. I posted around 20 pictures of the event (photo's of both sides) in the photo's section of the Korean War Reenactors Yahoo Group under "Small Unit Action, 1950" if anyone else has photo's of the event please feel free to add to them! Unfortunately you have to join the yahoo group to see them, I can't get pictures to post on this forum. I'm a mortician/funeral director in real life, not a computer tech-ie person, if it's not decomposing tissue, and chemicals, I'm at a loss. Here's the link below to the yahoogroup:
groups.yahoo.com/group/KoreanWarReenactors/
