Re-enactors portraying Allied soldiers advance on the German army during the Battle for the Airfield World War II re-enactment at the Collings Foundation in Stow Saturday.  In Saturday's scenario, the Allies were driven back and the Germans retained control of the airfield, Oct. 12, 2016. 

U.S. Army paratrooper re-enactors (from left) Julian Savoie of Jacksonville, Florida, Peter Hugh of Nashua, New Hampshire and  Gene Krupa of Barrington, New Hampshire, take a lunch break in between battles during a World War II re-enactment Saturday, Oct. 7,  at the Collings Foundation in Stow.  

German army World War II re-enactor Peter Zembrzuski of Middletown, New York, sleeps in his tent after participating in a fictional "Battle for the Airfield" at the American Heritage Museum in Hudson, Oct. 7, 2017.  

Men portraying a paratrooper infantry regiment prepare to take part in the re-enactment of a fictional World War II battle at the Collings Foundation in Stow Saturday, October 22, 2019.  

Re-enactor Matt Jalowiec of Chesire, Connecticut checks his face paint in the mirror of the Jeep at the Collings Foundation in Stow Saturday, October 22, 2019. 

Paul DiBiaso, a U.S. Army 82nd Airborne Division re-enactor from Southington, Conn., holds his rifle as he assembles with other paratroopers for the World War II "Battle for the Airfield" in Hudson, Oct. 10, 2015.  

Smoke surrounds an Allied tank during a simulated artillery attack at the Collings Foundation's World War II re-enactment in Stow Saturday, October 10, 2015.  About 300 re-enactors representing both sides participated in the educational  "living history" program. 

A U.S. Army Sherman tank  takes a simulated German Artillery strike during the Battle for the Airfield at the Collings Foundation in Stow, Massachusetts, on October 7, 2017.  

Michael Moy of Hershey, Pennsylvania prepares to  maneuver a U.S. Army M-22 tank during the Battle for the Airfield World War II re-enactment at the Collings Foundation in Stow Saturday, October 8, 2016. 

Re-enactors portraying Allied soldiers fire on the Germans during the Battle for the Airfield at the Collings Foundation in Stow, Oct. 8, 2016.  

A re-enactor portraying a wounded soldier is taken from the battlefield during a World War II re-enactment at the Collings Foundation in Stow  October 10,  2015.