World's LARGEST D-Day Re-enactment POV: D-Day Ohio 2022 Saturday Landing Helmet Cam

As always, I had an amazing time portraying a 6th Navy Beach Battalion Corpsman at D-Day Ohio this year in Conneaut Ohio. This is the largest annual WWII re-enactment in the country and the biggest annual D-Day re-enactment in the world! I'm happy to be able to provide a perspective of this event that the general public doesn't normally get to see.

Some of you keen-eyed viewers may have noticed that fellow YouTuber‪@StudioTReenacting‬ appears throughout the video. Make sure to check out his channel if you haven't already!

Some background on the Navy Beach Battalions:
On D-Day (the Allied invasion of occupied France in World War 2), a massive amount of troops, vehicles, ships, and supplies needed to be quickly moved onto land. The Navy was in charge of managing the ships at sea, and the Army would be moving forward on land, but someone had to bridge the gap between the two in order for things to go smoothly. This was the job of the 2nd, 6th, and 7th Navy Beach Battalions.
The men of the Navy Beach Battalions were Navy sailors who trained with US Army assault troops before the invasion. They were tasked with landing among the early waves of the invasion, then setting up operations on the beach to provide medical aid, assist with the landing and unloading of landing craft, direct traffic on the beach, repair boats, clear beach obstacles and land mines, and set up communications with boats at sea and other Allied outposts. These men showed incredible bravery on D-Day, but are often left out of mainstream narratives of the invasion. By portraying the Navy Beach Battalions at D-Day Ohio, we hope to keep the stories of these heroic men alive, even long after the men themselves have passed away.

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