Wednesday, August 19, 2009

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Military enthusiasts begin re-enacting Vietnam War

"BOALSBURG, Pa.—The dirt paths that lead to Alpha Company's field headquarters are lined with overgrown grass and weeds. And lurking somewhere outside is the enemy: the Viet Cong.
But these aren't the jungles of southeast Asia. They are the woods of small-town Pennsylvania, where more than 30 years after the fall of Saigon, military enthusiasts are beginning to re-enact the Vietnam War.
For decades, re-enactors have played out key events in the Revolutionary or Civil wars. Now they are illustrating one of the nation's most controversial conflicts—and paying tribute to veterans.
Vietnam re-enactors have no national organization, but participants say Vietnam War groups are popping up around the country. Events were staged earlier this year in Houston and Jackson, Miss. Fort Harrison State Park in Indiana held a Vietnam-era "tactical demonstration" last month.
There were 100 or so first-day visitors at the Boalsburg bivouac—a fraction of the thousands who are drawn to the annual Gettysburg re-enactment each summer."

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