Dale Ford's take on Blanding Free Finale...

[spike22]

Originally Posted by Bobio

I'm old and don't remember (that's why I have a tank now). I think it was in February. There were 250 players there with one tank, a VW buss with holes cut in the sides for gun ports. I parked next to the guys that towed it down from Jacksonville. They let me register with them since I had no idea as to what I was doing. Loved it. I remember we were given little seargents-stripes pins. I kept mine on the strap of my goggles for years. Still have it somewhere.

LOL....i love little memento's from games...i have several...they are fun when people ask about them...*smiles*...

[Bobio]

Were you there? I had a 68 Automag. The brand new Shocker Select Fire's were there and I got my butt handed to me several times by them. Went out and bought one right away. Loved that old shoe box! There were also some of the old glow-in-the-dark set-ups that had the flash tube on the barrel of the guns...were pretty scary looking when shooting at you.

[spike22]

yea, we were running with the Fla Gladiators...it was our first scenario game...what a blast...i loved watching the glow-balls being fired...we were on the roof of the apt building watching them fire out of the windows below us...
also, that was the game that one guy broke his shin bone running by the gas station during night play...

[Grendel]

Here you guys go the first 3 MOUT site games to my knowledge

1996 - BATTLE OF STE. MERE EGLISE 28-Sep Andy Van der Plaats - Fort Pickett, VA

1997 - OPERATION BODY SNATCH 17-May Andy Van der Plaats - Camp Blanding, FL

1997 - JUNGLE FOG 11-Oct Andy Van der Plaats - Camp Blanding, FL

This is from the SC Roadkill history. Somewhere we have scans of the pictures, flyers and maps. To bad back then we did not right down "after action reports" for posterity [sp?]

[spike22]

Great info....i can add to that
1998 - Battle for Bagdad Sept 5-6 (unknown producer) Camp Blanding

[thundertb]

Actually that was Stephen Hipkiss who then went on to be part of Twilight Zone in the Midwest. (if I am not mistaken)

[Junkie]

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