The small camp was expertly camouflaged in green to match the surrounding woods. Two men, also in signature green, lounged under a tree, unshaken by the staccato clip of gunfire that broke the stillness of the morning. Three others gathered for a closer inspection of the contents of a large, olive-colored, canvas-topped truck they affectionately referred to as a deuce-and-a-half.

It could have been a scene from World War II, as the 90th Infantry Division of the U.S. Army pushed its way through the French countryside in search of the German enemy.

It wasn't.

But it was the best possible recreation of what might have been.

The date was July 26, 2003, and the encampment was one of several located in the woods behind Henry Venetta's World War II Museum at 5959 W. Liberty St., Hubbard, where a flea market, swap shop, military vehicle rally and tactical battle re-enactment would also take place over the summer weekend.