Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/06/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Jim writes: http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/focusit/war+reenactor+sm.jpg.html Leica M2, DR Summicron, Neopan 100 Jim Shulman - - - - - - When I was in the army during the Korean War, a master sergeant at one of my bases (Ft. Knox, Ky) looked just like that. He had been there since much of the facility was built and was in charge of maintenance. His superiors wanted to get rid of hum because of physical unfitness. However he was the only one who knew where all the underground valves were that controlled the complicated base plumbing. He suffered convenient losses in memory when asked to write the information down. It was his full employment insurance policy. Interestingly, he was married to a 13 year old Kentucky girl who became pregnant during my stay at the base. I guess he was fit enough. Larry Z