From: Henry J. Fackovec (hfackovec@easternems.com)
Date: Tue Oct 08 2002 - 03:53:15 PDT
Hmmmmmm....
A person who likes to dress up in military clothing that was (AND THIS
IS AN ASSUMPTION) not authorized, (earned or however the law would put
it) to wear. If I recall this is not allowed under the MVPA rules, nor
under the Federal Code. (One of the reasons that the NH club refuses to
join with the national, is we have certain individuals that insist that
playing dress up is a god given right.).
If you like this sort of thing, perhaps you should consider taking up
acting.
Additionally, while you will argue that this living history stuff is "
Keeping their memories alive" I would counter that many veterans (My
father included), do not really need to be reminded of a period of the
worlds history that was rife with mans inhumanity to man. Disruption of
millions of lives, families loosing sons, daughters, etc...In my fathers
words, " We fought and many died, so you would not have to wear that
uniform...")
I stand by my position that WWII vehicles are not nearly as historic as
M series and should be collected, melted and made into wheel chocks for
real vehicles. (Assuming the quality of the steel is high enough. <G>
Hankie, ducking and hiding behind Ronzo this time.
-----Original Message-----
From: Military Vehicles Mailing List [mailto:mil-veh@mil-veh.org] On
Behalf Of Tim Scherrer
Sent: Tuesday, October 08, 2002 12:12 AM
To: Military Vehicles Mailing List
Subject: [MV] Military Only Zone-Response
Well, I was the guy who sent out the email saying the
event had to WWII vehicles and the people dressed in
WWII clothing, so the target is here if you want to
take a swing at me.
The thing of it is, the existing WWII vehicle convoy
done in the midwest did not directly invite nor
involve MVPA folks because it was intended as a
reenactment rather than a pure MV event..and they
didn't want to deal with non-WWII vehicles "farbing
up" the event, or deal with MVers showing up in their
jungle fatigues and Grizzly Adams beards trying to
pass for WWII. They just avoided the issue by
excluding everyone but a select few reenactors.
My thoughts were...why not try and get more MVPA
participation by opening it up and giving them
opportunities to bring WWII vehicles. You scratch our
back and we scratch yours. A win-win for everyone who
can play..right?
Well, I'm sorry if you are somehow offended that your
M35 Duece or M151 can't play, but it doesn't fit the
intent of the event. I am trying to bridge the gap
between Reenactors and MV collectors in some
reasonable manner. If you are also offended by the
WWII clothing requirement (and my standards I listed
are much looser than any respectable WWII
reenactment), then you just don't get what I am trying
to do here.
This is likely why these types of events haven't
occurred. I am not out to make this the 1,000 vehicle
march. I am just trying to connect up reenactors and
MVers together to have some fun and do some
interesting stuff. If you want to play but don't have
a WWII vehicle, talk to a friend who does and get your impression
together.
If for some reason this whole concept infuriates you,
well then this event is not for you and ignore the
email. I am putting a lot of work into trying
something new..and of course those who try new things
always are criticized. Go put something else together
if you are so inflamed.
Tim Scherrer
Co, 84th ID, Reenacted
WWIIHRS, MVPA
Coordinator of Columbia, MO Convoy
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