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Phil Cooper of Vinennes looks over a Mark 14 torpedo at the Indiana Military Museum.

A German army dagger, above, on a Nazi flag. At right, Angie Timan, a re-enactor from Bedford, Indiana, was Rosie the Rivetor during World War II Days at the Indiana Military Museum.

Shane Flynn, left, and Marty Vaught, re-enactors from Jasper, Indiana.

   Re-enactors Levi Weakley of Shelbyville, Indiana, and George W. Bailey of Traverse City, Michigan, at the chow line. A full World War II mess kitchen used by the armed forces was brought in by Mark Mason of Anderson, Indiana, and was used to feed all of the re-enactors Saturday, during World War II Days at the Indiana Military Museum.

Personal items carried by World War II troop on display Saturday during World War II Days.

Clockwise from left: David Zirkelbach of Mt. Vernon, Illinois, mixes up “compo tea,” a compacted mixture of tea, sugar, and powered milk. PFC Daniel Radke of Indianapolis. A makeshift dart board in the troop encampment.

Angie Timan of Bedford, Indiana, and World War II veteran Bob Pfoff of Vincennes.

Five-year-old Nicholas Terry of Chicago, above, tried on a vintage World War II combat helmet. He was in Vincennes visiting his grandmother, Betty Tedrow , standing behind him.  At right, Frank Doughman looks dapper in his 1940s-style clothing. Doughman helped organize a USO Show that took place Saturday evening.