15-049 Garand Picture of the Day - Operation Longhorn

**Mark in Rochester** · 02-17-2015 12:35 PM

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 â€˜invasionâ€™ of Lampasas County in Operation Longhorn | www.lampasasdispatchrecord.com | Lampasas Dispatch Record

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**browningautorifle** · 02-17-2015 12:43 PM

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

**Bill Hollinger** · 02-17-2015 02:55 PM

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!

**browningautorifle** · 02-17-2015 03:00 PM

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

terms...

**Tom in N.J.** · 02-17-2015 04:47 PM

They were the "aggressor" force...

**browningautorifle** · 02-17-2015 08:19 PM

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

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