26th Infantry Division
“YANKEE DIVISION”
WWII Historical Re-enactment Group
Company B at the Orange Mass event
Proud to Support the YDVA
Yankee Division Veterans Association
Proud to be affiliated with The CMP
Welcome to the 26th Yankee Division Historic Reenactment Group’s Official Website.
This Website is dedicated to the education of all those who have a keen interest in the common soldier, the US Army GI, and the 26th Infantry Division during World War Two.
The Second World War was the greatest armed conflict ever witnessed by mankind. Hundreds of thousands of young Americans would find themselves in far-flung battlefields around the world. It was these individuals, the American GI, who made the ultimate sacrifice to rid the world of tyranny.
We are a 100% volunteer organization, and we consist of reenactors and living historians throughout American’s North-East, and we take pride in being the Region’s largest and most active US Army Infantry WW2 reenactment Unit in the area.
What sets us apart from other club-type ran Units, is we function as a WW2 US Army Infantry Company as best we can, and of course within reason. We offer our troops quality realistic pre-1945 training, ranging from basic soldier knowledge and skills from the recruit level, through to effective leadership roles, earned through in-depth training, attendance, dedication, and experience.
We like to say that other Units may offer your friendship, but with us, through excellent training, and through working in a regimented team-themed environment instilling pride and professionalism, we create a ‘brotherhood’ and a level of camaraderie and a bond that is second to none within the overall WW2 reenactment community.
Through our reputation as professional WW2 US Army Infantry reenactors, we are often called up for special community duties such as color-guards at ceremonies, parades, and other special events through out the year in the New England Region. When it comes to the art of fieldcraft and period Infantry training and tactics, we also train to a very high standard, with safety always paramount in what we do. Our troops are trained to use period small arms and related material confidently and safely. We regularly participate in numerous static displays, and detailed authentic battlefield reenactment events during the annual reenactment season, and travel as far south as Pennsylvania, and as far west as Ohio.
As reenactors, our members are dedicated in preserving the history of the WW2 US soldier’s way of life, our proud Unit history, all period Infantry equipment, along the customs and traditions of the US Army that were experienced during WW2.
If you want to give back by educating history to your community in a way that few can, and in the unique spirit of that ‘greatest generation’, do it through us in the present day.
THANK YOU AND JOIN US IN LIVING HISTORY
26th Infantry Division Nickname
The 26th Infantry Division, the “Yankee” division, was so nicknamed to recognize the six New England states from whose National Guard units the division was raised during World War I.