Man Spends Time in WWII Foxhole

From the December 17, 2011, TwinCities.com Pioneer Press "Cambridge man thanks WWII soldiers--from his backyard foxhole" by Sarah Horner.

There is just something about camping out during a Minnesota winter that isn't very appealing. 

But Scott Schmitt,41, is going to spend nine nights in his backyard foxhole accompanied by a couple Army blankets, a musette bag, paratrooper boots, web paratrooper gear, helmet, a tan-green M42 uniform, a wool-lined coat, a 75 mm shell casing to relieve himself, an entrenching tool, M-1 Garand rifle and a few other things.

The rifle is loaded though and he will probably use the shell casing.

He is trying to replicate the conditions the members of the 101st Airborne lived through during the 1944 siege of Bastogne in Belgium.  That winter was the coldest in that country in 40 years and the Americans were still wearing winter uniforms.

A Fitting Way to Honor Their Sacrifice.  --GreGen