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“We shall fight in France, we shall fight on the
seas and oceans, we shall fight with growing
confidence and growing strength in the air,
we shall defend our Island, whatever the cost
may be, we shall fight on the beaches, we
shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall
fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall
fight in the hills; we shall never surrender.”
-Winston Churchill
and my team, the Spartans, I brought along
Michael Fischer from the RAW Dogs as my
XO. Him and I have been playing together
since LL8 and at many other events around
the Mid-West. Having is experience, with
him being a commander at numerous events
would help out during the game. Going up
against me commanding the Axis would be
Nate Patton from the 13th Legionaries and
Thomas Harvel From LVL UP. I had played
Every year White River Paintball in Anderson, with Nate Patton as his XO in the last event
Indiana holds their annual July event called at White River so I have some understanding
the Beaches of Normandy to recreate of how he plays.
the events of the D-Day invasion by the
Allies on June 6th, 1944. This year, as the One week before the event I always like to
commander for the Allies was one of the check the weather to see if we would get
best I have ever seen. Recruiting was being lucky with the rain. Being that the event was
done immediately as soon as the word was in Indiana you could never tell if it was going
given that I would be commanding the Allies to rain, but one thing was for sure. It was
to storm the beaches. Fighting alongside me going to be a very hot weekend for all.
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