We are a Living History Group based in the Mid-Atlantic Region of the U.S.A. 

We portray units of the 1st Infantry Division, including the 26th Infantry Regiment "Blue Spaders", 701st Ordnance Light Maintenance Company, the 1st MP Platoon, 1st Medical Battalion, 1st Signal Company, 1st Recon Troop Mechanized, and other attached units and personnel.

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THE PICTURES BELOW OF THE AMBUSH AND LIBERATION OF EMMITSBURG MD. HAVE BEEN PROVIDED BY THE EMMITSBURG DISPATCH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALLOWING US TO USE THEM!!

CONVOY FORMED UP

AMBUSH!!!

AMBUSH!!!

KRAUTS ACROSS THE FIELD IN THE TREE LINE

TAKE COVER

MP ON THE MOVE FROM THE 4th DIV.

ACTION HAS ENDED

NOW ALL I NEED TO DO IS TURN THIS THING AROUND...

BRITISH PARA'S ESCORT A POW

BRITISH PARA'S CROSS THE STREAM

AN "NOT SO UNDER CONTROL" POW

PVT. HAIN-MATSON CROSSES A STREAM ON HER TRUSTY MATCHLESS G3L

BIG RED ONE' TRACK, BEATS WALKIN'

PVT. HAIN-MATSON GIVES THE V FOR VICTORY SIGN

BIG RED ONE' 1/2 TRACK COMES INTO EMMITSBURG

LOCAL TOWNS PEOPLE HAND OUT FOOD AND DRINKS TO THE "LIBERATORS"

LOCAL PARTISANS HAVE CAPTURED MORE KRAUTS

A WAR CORRESPONDENT (ERNEST HEMINGWAY?) GETS A LIFT INTO TOWN TO SEE THE CELEBRATIONS

THE FOLLOWING PICTURES WERE PROVIDED BY JAE HAIN-MATSON

SGT. MARKEY AND PVT. HAIN-MATSON REALIZE THE CONVOY IS BEING AMBUSHED!!

IN THE AFTER ACTION REPORT, THE KRAUTS SAID THEY WERE HESITANT TO AMBUSH THE CONVOY AFTER SEEING THE TRACK!!

 

SMOKE!! WE NEED COVER!!

WHAT A GREAT PLACE FOR AN AMBUSH!!

PVT. HAIN-MATSON AND SGT. MARKEY TAKE IT ALL IN

SGT. MARKEY THOUGHT THAT HE SAW SOME FRENCH FRANCS AND WENT TO PICK THEM UP, WHILE PVT. HAIN-MATSON LOOKS ON
 

PVT. HAIN-MATSON LEFT, AND SGT. MARKEY RIGHT, WATCH THE CELEBRATIONS IN EMMITSBURG

  
     

 

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