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We began the week with rain and
temps in the low 60s during the day
and 50s at night. Several campers not
prepared for the cooler wet temperatures were busy trying to build fires
with wet wood and visiting Walmart in
Neosho MO, about 20 miles from the
field, securing blankets, jackets and for
some long sleeve shirts and pants.
After picking up your registration papers and paint tickets the next step at
D-day is go to orientation. Orientation
is a must for every player. If you do
not attend orientation you will not receive your hopper cover or your honor
tag. Both are checked as you enter the
field of play by the referees. What you
do is watch a video prepared by Dewayne Convirs owner, and Adrian Roberts game coordinator for all attendees
either campers or players concerning
rules, campsites, vehicle speeds, and
marker chronograph speed for all players, tank crews, or heavy weapon gunners.
Hydrate, hydrate, hydrate... drink water leave off the sodas and alcohol.
Heat takes its toll on all players at
D-day regardless of red or blue hopper
covers. The field encompasses over
1200 acres of playing fields with various terrains. Steep hills, loose rocks,
water covered roads, thick brush, cities, props and most anything else you
might dream of on a paintball field.
2014 marks the 70th anniversary of
June 6, 1944 where the beaches and
inland areas of Normandy, France were
stormed by the largest Allied amphibious landing in history.
From Saturday June 7th through Saturday June 14, 2014 D-day Adventure
Park was open for the reenactment of
the D-Day battles. The official start day
was Monday when registration and orientation went into gear. By the end of
Saturday the official count for players
was 1462.
Every day has awesome events to offer. Mini scenario games for fun were
scheduled from Monday beginning
with Caen at 1500-1800hrs, through
Thursday with a mag fed only game
sponsored by RAP 4. You can be a part
of the mag fed only game by going to
RAP 4 and get a free rental marker for
the game. Thursday ends with a 2 ½
hour mini night game from 2100 -2330
hours and has fireworks going off to
simulate artillery fire. Each mini scenario was won by the Allied forces for
2014.
A military style church service from
1900-1930 hours at the Chaplin tent
was offered to everyone. Monday
through Wednesday and on Friday from
1900-2300 the air ball field was open
for open play. Don’t forget about Vendors and other entertainment such as
parked military vehicles of WW11 era
surrounding the registration area.
At the 899th camping we had nightly
entertainment, “Cookie” and “Sir Rod”
prepared dinner we had everything
from chicken and pasta to smoked ham
and vegetables. Breakfast was also
served corned beef hash and eggs,
hash browns, bottomless coffeepot. Every day was a different meal. Anyone
could have a plate for a nominal fee. A
couple of days and nights we had poker
games going.
On Wednesday there was an operation
called the obstacle course where teams
of 5 went through various stations. The
team with the fastest score won the
bragging rights for the day. The stations included a walk around an island
with a filled water mote. Next came
the Monkey Bridge crossing, the high
wall crossing, then the run through
the tires, to the hurdles, then crossing
under the barb wire
(rope) then
advancing to the rope crossing the water pit. At completion “Beatle” founder
of the 899th Blackcats TDB, gave each
emerging player a red Twizzler.
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