The Drive on Tunisia - 1943
Fri, Aug 23
|Biak Training Center
April, 1943 Tunisia North Africa. The fall of Longstop Hill leaves the Allied forces poised for their final push to seize Tunis from the Axis forces.
Time & Location
Aug 23, 2024, 2:00 PM – Aug 25, 2024, 2:00 PM
Biak Training Center, 8540 SW Cavalry Way, Powell Butte, OR 97753, USA
About The Event
 This is a private tactical event based on the Tunisian Campaign in the Spring of 1943. Battle times are tentatively set to Saturday 0900 - 1600 and Sunday 0600-1100 with heat breaks as required.Â
Location: Please ignore the google maps location on this event page. The location of turn off from HWY 126 heading South on 44.26204535402735, -121.13091440552405. Look for an "AG 44" sign. We will be in Training area B, different part of the Training Center than last year.
Sponsoring Unit: Durham Light Infantry
Battle Fee: $35
RSVP Requirement: Please RSVP for the event so we have a detailed list.
Accommodations: As a full immersion event, all participants will sleep in the field in foxholes or shelters.
Impressions: Only Authorized impressions are:
Axis: LW Ground forces, 164th Light Afrika (Heer), and Italian BTG
Allied: Durham Light Infantry or 2nd Armored Division
No Other Impressions are authorized.
Fires: This event takes place during the height of fire season. No fires, pyro, smoke, esbit stoves, open flames, or weapons that are firing wadding or flammable projectiles of any type. Anyone violating this will be immediately dismissed from the event and cited by the BLM. Fire extinguishers and a water trailer with pump will be on site.
Food: Units will be responisble for feeding their unit members
Hydration: This site can easily get up into the 100s during the summer. It is important to start hydrating and conditioning your body for the heat several weeks prior to the event.
COVID Information: For the safety of all participants, it is highly recommended you do not travel or engage in high risk activities 14 days prior to the event to decrease your risk of contracting COVID-19. It is also highly recommended you get tested for COVID-19 the week prior to the event.Â
No participants are required to stay overnight at the site. Participants are welcome to find alternate lodging offsite if they prefer.
Documents & Waivers: Event waivers and AG44 guidelines can be found here. Please print, fill out, and bring your waivers with you to submit at check in.