Event: 2007 Brent Mullins Open House
Date: March 15-16-17, 2007
Location: Brent's place in College Station, Texas
Description:

Mullins “Open House” had a soggy start. On Thursday the usual parking area was a shallow lake capable of swallowing even a 4 wheel drive truck. Brent and his staff were busy organizing and reorganizing to meet the challenge, and making every effort to accommodate the early arrivals and work parties.

On Friday the vendors began to arrive and set up, giving the early customers a chance to pick over their wares. Some heavy transport began to arrive and finalize  the battle area. By Friday afternoon buyers were busy in the flea market area and at Brent's warehouse. People were going back and forth between their cars and the vendors tables. Carlos Manning was dealing uniform gear and accessories, while Kent Chipman had his cycle at one end of the vendor line and Wallace Wade tires at the other.

Our members working the line were Herb Tate, Madison Hughes and Glen Villoz wrangling with Robert Downs over radio gear. Claude Vaughn checking over Sid Beck's Dodge parts while Toby Chandler backed and moved about five times to find a position to park the “NCO Club” so that the ramp would be level. On Saturday Danny Kaiser, Fred Harvey, Rick Hanson and Matt Wilson came to work the tables.

Tim Weitz, Jeff McDonald and John Klier arrived in field gear and joined their units for the battle. Barry Faltesek arrived as a French citizen (FF).  Toby and Glen suited up and were put to work as taxi drivers to move WWII veterans from the HQ tent to the battlefield and back as our honored guests. When Jeff Hunt arrived to take command of the allied forces, John became the “Captains Driver”, no pretty girl this time( tough). General Patton (Charles Varner) and his escort arrived to oversee the action and ordered the attack.. The troop briefing took place at 1230 attended by American, British, German, Canadian and French units,  then all actors moved to their staging areas for the 1330 H-hour.

The scenario for this event was that the German forces had retreated across the Rhine       ( Brent's Bailey Bridge) across the field in front of the audience and took defensive positions in the tree line to their right. A recon motorcycle was advised of the German ambush by a FF partisan and returned to bring up the M8 and two gun jeeps. When this advance was attacked and driven back, the infantry and armor ( three tanks & a half track) came forward and defeated the German counterattack. Battle over and no one died. All actors and vehicles formed up in front of the audience to take applause and answer questions, then it was time to taxi the WWII veterans back to the HQ tent. Although not all the expected vendors attended, this was the largest actor turnout and the best show ever. You should have been there !! 

 

   

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