Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/03/23

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Subject: [Leica] OT - was Ken Rockwell, now Tom Corbett, Space Cadet
From: mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner)
Date: Fri Mar 23 19:16:32 2007
 
On 3/23/07 9:13 PM, "Jeff S. Matsler" <jeffmatsler@amaonline.com> typed:

> Amen to that.  My great-grandfather fought in WWI in the field artillery.
> He used to say that he was shooting at his cousins.  He said there were 
> more
> Lutricks (my mom's maiden name) in Germany than there were in the U.S.  He
> was a tough old guy - died 9 years ago at age 104.
> 
> Jeff M
> 

My Grandfather was over there also in The Great War he was a neurologist.
They'd climb in a biplane and fly across the lines to party on the German
side because that's where all the good parties were. Everybody knew that.
This is a "family story" so may not be true as family stories are family
stories. But I have a hunch there's a ring of truth to it.

Mark Rabiner
8A/109s
New York, NY

markrabiner.com
Replies: Reply from tedgrant at shaw.ca (Ted Grant) ([Leica] OT - was Ken Rockwell, now Tom Corbett, Space Cadet)
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