WWII Living History Group - 509th Parachute Infantry Battalion

Happy Birthday: William Tippins

We’d like to wish a very happy 91st birthday to William Tippins. His daughter helped arrange for us to […]

POSTED: July 9th, 2016 | in Living-History | 2 Comments

Recently, members of the 509 PIB WWII Living History Group had the honor of spending the day that the […]

POSTED: May 26th, 2016 | in Living-History | No Comments

It’s fun to come across photos of the 509 in action across Facebook and other reenacting websites. This collection […]

POSTED: October 4th, 2015 | in Living-History | No Comments

We recently heard from a WWII 509er’s daughter. “My father Rex L Dye fought in WWII in the 509th. […]

POSTED: July 3rd, 2015 | in Living-History | 2 Comments

Another full season of reenacting for the 509th PIB WWII Living History Group. It was another great time of […]

POSTED: June 4th, 2014 | in Living-History | No Comments

This past December (2013) William Riley Knight was tragically killed when moving vehicles struck he and the stranded motorist […]

POSTED: February 1st, 2014 | in Living-History | No Comments

Another 509 Living Historian has earned his wings. Stephane recently endured the training and 5 jumps in January of […]

POSTED: March 1st, 2013 | in Living-History | 2 Comments

We had a jammed packed year of events. The season started off in Lowell, Indiana which afterward we found […]

POSTED: December 28th, 2012 | in Living-History | No Comments

UPDATE: Sept 2012 Will and his family joined us again for World War II Days at Midway Village, in […]

POSTED: September 25th, 2012 | in Living-History | 4 Comments

Over Memorial Day Weekend members of the 509th WWII Parachute Infantry Battalion Living History Group were invited by the […]

POSTED: June 3rd, 2012 | in Living-History | No Comments

We recently came across some great looking black and white photos of the 509 by “Mathias89” on DeviantArt. Be […]

POSTED: March 3rd, 2012 | in Living-History | No Comments

Congratulations to two 509 reenactors who recently graduated from jump school facilitated by the WWII Airborne Demonstration Team (ADT) […]

POSTED: January 31st, 2012 | in Living-History | No Comments

Another great year for the 509th. Key events included Lowell, IN, a very wet Anzio event, Airventure in Osh […]

POSTED: December 31st, 2011 | in Living-History | No Comments

We came across these amazing photos from photographer Tom George Davison via his FaceBook page. These photos capture the […]

POSTED: November 19th, 2011 | in Living-History | No Comments

At Osh Kosh every year WWII reenactors have performed maneuvers right on the flight line during the Warbirds portion […]

POSTED: September 19th, 2011 | in Living-History | No Comments