FORT BRAGG, NC - Fort Bragg soldiers are going back in time 74 years.

  • Soldiers at Fort Bragg recreated D-Day Friday.
  • The event was to honor the allied forces who stormed the beaches of Normandy.
  • The winning team walked away with a trophy.

Dozens of Fort Bragg soldiers participated in a D-Day reenactment Friday.

 The purpose was to honor how American, British and Canadian allied forces stormed the beaches of Normandy in June of 1944 during World War II.

The paratroopers held a competition where four teams had to carry a boat to a pond to signify the journey soldiers went through several decades ago. From there, the paratroopers went through a number of obstacles on land an in the water. 

In the end, the winning team came out with a trophy.

"History is everything," Captain Matthew Rohe with Fort Bragg said. "Regardless, if you're in the seat that I'm in right now as company commander, I'll be gone here in a few months. It's about the legacy. The legacy that we leave not only in the positions where we are, but looking back at history. Today is very special given that it's World War II."

Friday's reenactment was called 'Blood on the Water' which commemorated 100 years for the 37th Engineer Eagle Battalion on Fort Bragg.