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Our Veterans' Fair was a Big Success !
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Veterans’ Fair a Trip Back in Military History
Published: Monday, February 28, 2011 By KEITH PHUCAS Times Herald Staff
WWII vets Wild Bill Guarnere and Bill McGinley swap stories.
PLYMOUTH — Spectators who flocked to the Veterans’ 
Fair at the National Guard Armory in Plymouth Meeting Sunday got a glimpse into the military’s past with vintage collections of food rations, engraved Vietnam-era Zippo lighters, WWII-era Army vehicles and captured German machine guns on display.
William “Wild Bill” Guarnere, a Philadelphia WWII veteran who fought with the 101st Airborne Division’s 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, provided star power to the event with people lining up to shake his hand and get an autograph.
Guarnere said he’s been speaking about his war experiences to national and international audiences for decades; however the 2001 HBO miniseries, “Band of Brothers,” made him even more in demand.
“I got 18,000 letters I answered,” he said. “About 10,000 phone calls I answered. That’ll keep you busy, right?”
The miniseries portrayed him and his “Easy Company” unit fighting its way across Europe after the men parachuted into France on D-Day, June 6, 1944.
The 88-year-old veteran described his current schedule as “hectic.” “Everyday something new happens,” he said.
On March 19, Guarnere is scheduled to attend a memorial in Hershey for Easy Company’s revered commander, Dick Winters, who died in January.
Jeff Freeman, of the Pennsylvania Veterans Museum, explained the evolution of military food rations he had set up on two tables with containers dating back to WWI.
The museum is located in Media.
“A” rations are fresh food, and “B” rations is a mixture of fresh food and can,” he said. “So most rations you get are probably Bs.”
“C” rations are all canned food, Freeman said.
John Rentschler, a captain of the 1st Infantry Division Vietnam Living History Association, honors veterans through reenactments and traveling exhibits.
He displayed his memorabilia collection of uniforms, helmets and other vintage items.
“This is my main gig, Vietnam, but we’ll do any time period from the Revolutionary War on up and do a little traveling display,” he said.
Actress and Vietnam War protester Jane Fonda became persona nongrata with military personnel and veterans beginning in the after she visited North Vietnam during the war. A circular target with a drawing of Fonda was stuck inside a urinal in the armory’s mens room.
The veterans event from 10 a.m. till 5 p.m. Sunday drew about 1,000 spectators.
It was a good crowd at the Veterans' Fair. Only one "arrest".
78th Infantry Re-enactors in their Class "A's"
Spectators check out our Korean War M38 Jeep
Vietnam-era M151 Jeep
WC-54 1942 WWII Dodge Ambulance
WC-54 1942 WWII Dodge Ambulance
A Display of Military Rations from WWI to the Present
Footlocker & Weapons displayed by the 78th Infantry Division
Re-enactors from the 23th Infantry Vietnam & 103rd Infantry WWII
Re-enactors from the 1st Infantry Division Vietnam with "Army Nurses"
Re-enactors from the 78th Infantry in their Class "A's"
WWII Medical Battalion Re-enactors with captured German MG34 & MG42 guns
VVA Chapter 349 Members Craig Troxel & Mike Custer selling insignia
Vietnam era MULE with 106mm Recoiless Rifle
Re-enactors from the 9th Infantry Division set up their "barracks" at the Vet Fair
101st Airborne "Screaming Eagles" from World War II, Vietnam, Iraq & Afghanistan
