Rodger Williamson

Rodger Williamson II was born the son of US Army Warrant Officer Rodger Williamson Sr., and Gail Clardy Williamson. He was well traveled in his youth as an "Army Brat," and lived in Alabama, Germany, Maryland, Kansas, Georgia, Washington State, Virginia, Belgium, England, and Idaho. He finished his freshman and sophomore years of College before dropping out to marry, and enlist in the US Army in 1985. His daughter Jessica was born in 1987, and daughter Stephanie was born in 1990. Rodger was a Cavalry Scout during Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm in 1990-'91, and then transferred into the Alabama Army National Guard as he went back to school to finish a degree in American History, graduating in 1995. Rodger was commissioned an honorary Lieutenant Colonel Aide de Camp by the Governor of Alabama in 1993, and he retired from the Army National Guard in early 2009 after 23 years total service, with three tours in the Panama Canal Zone, one tour in Honduras, and two tours in Kuwait for Operation Iraqi Freedom. Rodger became involved with reenacting the American Civil War in 1983, and that is something that he still does on occasion to this day. It was as a Civil War Horse Cavalryman that he did his first film the "North and South, Book II" in 1985. Between 1986 and 1993, he also did "A Special Friendship," "Glory," "Class of '61," and "For Love and Glory." After service in Operation Desert Storm in 1990-'91, Rodger added 1750's French & Indian War reenacting to his reenacting impressions; and after 9-11-'01, he also added WW-2 U.S.G.I. to his repertoire. After a long break, in 2010, he acted as both a German and U.S.G.I. in "Red Rose of Normandy," and as a contemporary Ranger NCO in "Code 207."