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Re-enactors portraying American soldiers regroup after re-creating a skirmish from the Battle of Carentan between U.S. Army airborne forces and the German Wehrmacht in 1944, during the Rockford WWII days on Sept. 24, 2022.
Re-enactors portraying American soldiers regroup after re-creating a skirmish from the Battle of Carentan between U.S. Army airborne forces and the German Wehrmacht in 1944, during the Rockford WWII days on Sept. 24, 2022.
The crowd watches the battle at the Rockford World War II Days event at Midway Village Museum on Sept. 24, 2022.
The crowd watches the battle at the Rockford World War II Days event at Midway Village Museum on Sept. 24, 2022.
Ted O'Sullivan portrays a German WWII officer at the Rockford World War II Days event on Sept. 24, 2022.
Ted O’Sullivan portrays a German WWII officer at the Rockford World War II Days event on Sept. 24, 2022.
Re-enactors portraying German Wehrmacht soldiers fire on American soldiers while recreating a skirmish from the Battle of Carentan in 1944, during the Rockford WWII days on Sept. 24, 2022.
Re-enactors portraying German Wehrmacht soldiers fire on American soldiers while recreating a skirmish from the Battle of Carentan in 1944, during the Rockford WWII days on Sept. 24, 2022.
Re-enactor Dave Fornell, of Elgin, at the Rockford World War II Days event on Sept. 24, 2022.
Re-enactor Dave Fornell, of Elgin, at the Rockford World War II Days event on Sept. 24, 2022.
Re-enactors portraying Germans during a battle at the Rockford World War II Days event on Sept. 24, 2022.
Re-enactors portraying Germans during a battle at the Rockford World War II Days event on Sept. 24, 2022.
Re-enactors portraying German troops during a battle with Allied soldiers during the Rockford World War II Days event.
Re-enactors portraying German troops during a battle with Allied soldiers during the Rockford World War II Days event.
War correspondent re-enactors at the Rockford World War II Days event.
War correspondent re-enactors at the Rockford World War II Days event.
Young WWII re-enactors portray German soldiers at the Rockford World War II Days event on Sept. 24, 2022.
Young WWII re-enactors portray German soldiers at the Rockford World War II Days event on Sept. 24, 2022.
WWII re-enactor Dave Fornell of Elgin at the Rockford World War II Days event.
WWII re-enactor Dave Fornell of Elgin at the Rockford World War II Days event.
Re-enactors portraying German soldiers retreat during a battle.
Re-enactors portraying German soldiers retreat during a battle.
Re-enactors maneuver a German tank into battle at the Rockford World War II Days event.
Re-enactors maneuver a German tank into battle at the Rockford World War II Days event.
A unit of Polish WWII re-enactors have breakfast at the Rockford World War II Days event at Midway Village Museum on Sept. 24, 2022.
A unit of Polish WWII re-enactors have breakfast at the Rockford World War II Days event at Midway Village Museum on Sept. 24, 2022.