2005

December 9-11, 2005 Camp Swift, Texas This reenactment was a tactical battle for the enjoyment of the participants and was not designed as a show for an audience. Members in attendance included Jeff M., John K., Barry F., and Tim W. The event took place at Camp Swift. Camp Swift is an old military post

November 12, 2005 The event was the first and hopefully annual Veterans’ Appreciation Day on the Courthouse Square grounds including numerous static displays of field gear, uniforms, various military artifacts, publications, weapons display, antique cars and tractors and military vehicles. Many military groups had recruitment tables such as the VFW, American Legion, Vietnam Veterans of

November 11/12, 2005 On 11-10-05, John SS, Jeff L, and Rory C, met up and convoyed John’s M35 w/M832 Electronics trailer, Rory’s M813A1 w/M105 trailer, and Rory’s Unimog, to Hutto for a “Cold War” display on Veteran’s Day. Arriving at noon, they began to set up in an open area between the high school and

Friday November 11, 2005 Yet another fine example of what we can do as a club! Man did we have a big group this year with lots of members, vehicles and guests. Glen V was the first to arrive at the TxDot parking lot and had his CJ2A unloaded about the time Scott S arrived

11 November 05 This one-jeep event was the result of a somewhat unusual request by bride-to-be Terri M. With her wedding set for November 11th, she requested a World War II jeep as the vehicle of choice to whisk away her and her husband-to-be at the end of the wedding reception. She explained in emails

November 9, 2005 Herb T, an employee of LCRA again invited club members to participate in LCRA’s annual Veterans Day Appreciation event. He was joined by Madison H for the day in Smithville, Texas. Herb brought down his GPW, and Madison had his M37. The two vehicles and Madison’s impressive display of firearms, communications and

November 5/6, 2005 Randolph AFB, San Antonio, Texas The annual Randolph AFB Air Show was held this year in conjunction with Veterans’ Day. The show featured many CAF airplanes, including an F-15, F-16, B-1 Flyover, The Air Force Thunderbirds, The Army Golden Knights Parachute Team, a WW II Tora, Tora, Tora reenactment, jet powered truck

October 22, 2005 Yet another Hogeye in the books. With the weather promising to be cool and dry for the first time in three years for this event, Jeff McD met Scott S at Jeff’s business partners place in Elgin where they unloaded their vehicles. Jeff brought his ’42 MB and Scott brought his ’53

15 October 2005 EVENT: Hutto Parade LOCATION: Hutto, Texas No details available from the original archive.

October 15, 2005 An excellent parade with a very sad ending… The day started out quite cool – ok, chilly when Danny, Scott and Madison arrived at the Covert HippoPlex to unload their trailers. The sun was just coming up and Scott already had his M38A1 off the trailer followed by Danny’s M151A2/M416 and Madison’s

October 8, 2005 Albertson’s at the “Y” in Oak Hill, Texas After the Cruise and Blues show, John K and Scott S drove over to the “Y” in Oak Hill to the local Saturday Night car show. As they figured, many of the vehicles that participated in the event earlier were just waiting a bit

October 8, 2005 Last year Scott S. stumbled into the First Oak Hill Neighborhood Association’s Cruise and Blues festival and took his jeep. This year was different in that we had four members attend the Second Annual event and the location had moved to a larger venue. Arriving mid-morning, John K brought in his ’45

October 1, 2005 Another good one! Four of us turned out for the annual Come and Take It Parade in Gonzales this year. Fred H was at Danny’s place early Saturday morning followed by Madison H and his M37. Scott showed up a bit later with his M38A1 and Danny had his trusty M151A2/M416 combo.

29 September 2005 EVENT: Camp Mabry Fund Raiser LOCATION: Austin, Texas No details available from the original archive.

September 17, 2005 Jeff L and Rory drove the Unimog and the M813A1 to Manor, arriving at the staging area close to 8am. Staging was the usual swirl of activity, then the wait for the start at 10am. The parade started on time, and the route was well manned by spectators. The announcement about LS-MVPA

August 29 – September 5, 2005 The following document was compiled and presented by a fellow LS-MVPA club member who could not sit idle in the immediate aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Only in the days after this horrific natural disaster, has the magnitude and scope of the disaster come to light. I am proud one

August 25/26, 2005 “Your in the AHRMA Now” Career Consultants Staffing Services of Austin contacted the club around mid-May to see about using a club vehicle in a display booth for the AHRMA annual conference to be held in the Palmer Events Center late August. Scott S. stepped forward and offered his vehicle and display

August 20, 2005 Austin, Texas at “Kaiserville” Food, Friends, and Fun! What a turn-out for the annual club convoy/social! About 7:30am, Danny pulled out his M151A2/M416 combo and parked it out front as a marker for all to see where “Kaiserville” was. Scott arrived driving his M38A1 and was shortly followed by John SS and

August 7, 2005 What a bang for the buck! A topic of discussion at the last club meeting was if anyone had an interest in participation in a Service Rifle/High-Power shooting event. As we are a military vehicle club, most of us have vehicles, uniforms and firearms. That said, the monthly shoots offer an outlet

4 July 2005 EVENT: Independence Day – Travis Country LOCATION: Austin, Texas No details available from the original archive.