A clan of shooters is working hard to establish a museum dedicated to those they fight for in the games Easy Company 506th PIR, a tactical shooter and historical games clan, is a World War II American It aims to commemorate the history of the 101st Airborne. It is led by Nicholas Collins, known online as Winter5427.

"One of our members told me about this airborne museum," he says. The Hotel Hartenstein in Oosterbeek, the Netherlands, is a museum commemorating the efforts of Allied paratroopers in Operation Market Garden in World War II; the COVID-19 pandemic dealt a heavy blow to the museum, and the museum was forced to close its doors after the war. It lost 300,000 euros."

So the gamers at Easy decided there was something they could do. They launched a GoFundMe and quickly reached their initial goal of €2,000. They set a new goal of 5,000 euros, and now several World War II game developers and other tactical shooter clans have joined. Collins is excited about this success.

"We didn't expect to raise this much money so quickly.

"I thought it would just be us and the easy ones. It's too long to list everyone.

They have already done extensive fundraising efforts for the community around niche shooters. They are doing a 24-hour Twitch live stream to raise awareness with games, museum materials, interviews with museum curators, and interviews with WWII veterans. During the stream, they give away game keys for "Hell let Loose" and "Post Scriptum" every hour.

"We show the history in the museum, so if you can't get there, you can watch it anyway," Collins said.

You can also donate to the GoFundMe campaign; Easy is also working with Black Matter, the developer of Hell Let Loose, Periscope Games, the developer of Post Scriptum, and many other tactical shooter clans and community groups, and will be hosting an in-game event this weekend. You can sign up to participate via their website. There will also be a charity auction of the last surviving Post Scriptum developer Parker.

As part of this effort, Post Scriptum developers have also revamped the model of the hotel building in the game and added graffiti written by real soldiers on the hotel walls. It can be seen at the top of the article.

The Airborne Museum in Hartenstein is in trouble because of a special overlap between COVID-19 and a long-planned renovation: "COVID came along and had to close when the renovation was completed," Collins explains. The bulk of the museum's income comes from ticket sales, but because of the pandemic, the number of tickets sold, and thus income, has dropped by at least 300,000 euros, according to the museum's website.

The Airborne Museum building was the headquarters of the British 1st Airborne during the Battle of Arnhem and is featured in the film "A Bridge Too Far." It is also a familiar place for history buffs like Easy gamers. The British 1st Airborne is in many ways a counterpart to their beloved 101st Airborne. Says Collins, "Even though it's Easy 506, we're trying to commemorate them and their history." 'We're trying to commemorate the warriors of World War II.'

What better way to honor that history than to help preserve the museum that documented it. We wish them every success. You can support them here on GoFundMe or by livestreaming on Twitch.