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Fall 2011 Newsletter

Saturday, August 27th, 2011

Included in our Fall 2011 Newsletter:

  • Our Contact Information
  • Interview with Leonard Lomell
  • Building 72 Progress
  • WWII Bayonets
  • The Reenactor’s “Uh-oh” Moment (aka What to bring to events.)
  • 2ndRangers.org Website Update
  • Did you know?
  • 2ndRangers.org Quick Links
  • Upcoming Events
  • In the Next Issue
  • Contribute to the Newsletter

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Fall 2011 (download in PDF format)

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WWII Music – Donations – River Battle – Other Events

Monday, August 17th, 2009

WWII Music available for download on our website. 12 hours of music for download in MP3 format. Or if you want all the songs we can put them on a disc for you for a small donation to cover shipping and disc expenses. The disc has  WWII posters etched into it via lightscribe. Not only are they impressive to look at, but they have many hours of period music. Place your mouse over media and click downloads to listen or download the music.

We will be updating the website soon with a donations page.  We are a 501(c)3 not for profit organization. We will have a means for you to donate to us for charitable tax donations. With expenses of about $4,000 dollars for WWII Weekend, and our storage building to restore, we will need all the help we can get.  Your donations are greatly appreciated.  We have

The River battle will be Saturday December 12th.  This will be a closed tactical open to ETO impression reenactors. This will be a constant rolling defensive battle, so bring food you can eat on the fly, or from a defensive position. Battle plans and price is in planning yet.  Check the website next week for details on this event, under EVENTS.

September will be a busy month. With the Hangar dance, Great river road military vehicle convoy, and Scott Air Force base Air Show featuring the Tora, Tora, Tora show all on the same weekend.  The weekend before will be the JB hayrides, and the weekend after the Air Show will be our trip to Rockford IL for WWII Days.

Hello Rangers!

Thursday, January 1st, 2009

Welcome to our new website!

In addition to a new look and feel we also have a lot of new pages and features that we hope you enjoy.

Use the main navigation above to explore the new site and if you get lost – or are looking for something specific – try our Site Map, which is located under the HOME button on the main navigation.

Some of our new features include:

  • An Event Calendar – send your events to info@2ndrangers.us.
  • WWII Glossary – the look is still being customized but it is fully functional and open for submissions – this is where our WWII Word of the Day comes from.
  • Photo Galleries – categories, photo titles, photo descriptions, photo ranking, favorites, and user submissions – if you’re a regular photo contributor contact info@2ndrangers.us to request a login.
  • An online enlistment form to make enlistment easier on new recruits.
  • A Blog called The Briefing Room – to keep up with our latest news, events, and anything else that we think you should know about.
  • Online Chat so you can talk with other rangers and the public in real time.
  • Online Newsletter Signup (on the home page).

Upcoming features include:

  • Online Event Registration – pre-register for events to save time upon arrival.
  • Newsletter Archive – read all of our past newsletters.
  • Downloads – including: WWII posters for all sides, ration containers, songs, and more.
  • Video Archive – give your videos to Kevin Owens to post in the online video archive.
  • Discussion Forums – discuss any and everything.
  • Classifieds – post everything you want to sell, WWII period or not.
  • Guestbook – share your thoughts about us with others.

We hope you enjoy our new site and we are always open to your comments – positive or negative – so please don’t hesitate to contact us.

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