15-049 Garand Picture of the Day - Operation Longhorn

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In the spring of 1952, as Cold War tensions heightened, Lampasas Countians’ worst fears seemingly materialized, as “enemy troops” stormed the area, “captured” Lampasas and declared martial law.

The U.S. military simulation, dubbed “Operation Longhorn,” was just a test, but paratrooper Tom Hershey and about 115,000 other soldiers made sure the several-week exercise felt as realistic -- and as sobering -- as possible.

Soldier recalls ‘invasion’ of Lampasas County in Operation Longhorn | www.lampasasdispatchrecord.com | Lampasas Dispatch Record

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"Enemy forces"...I remember those illustrations in the FMs. We had some of those helmets around too.

Were they called OPFOR back then also? I saw one of these helmets in a surplus store 40 plus years ago and had no idea what the heck it was. I wish I'd have bought it!

Opposing forces...U.S. V/S Canadian terms...

They were the "aggressor" force...

We were calling them "Fantasion" , or basically fantasy...