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Subject: [Leica] One less veteran of WWII
From: philippe.amard at sfr.fr (philippe.amard)
Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2014 12:44:18 +0100
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I don't know if the guy had chosen to be there, I mean Normandy. But I  
am for sure extremely thankful to him and his fellows for what they  
did then.

RIP Searg't

Amities
Philippe

Le 10 mars 14 ? 12:32, kyle cassidy on the lug a ?crit :

> Sgt. ?Wild? Bill Guarnere parachuted into Normandy, fought his way  
> through Market Garden, was shot by a sniper along the banks of the  
> Rhine and survived. Painted his cast with shoe polish and escaped  
> the hospital to return to the front and fight with his unit. He lost  
> a leg at the Battle of the Bulge and returned to a colorful life in  
> America. He was made famous when Stephen Ambrose told the story of  
> his unit in the book ?Band of Brothers?. He died Saturday at age 90.
>
> I was lucky enough to do a number of portraits of him over the seven  
> years I knew him; one of which ended up on the cover of my book  
> about veterans tattoos.
>
> http://kylecassidy.livejournal.com/782248.html
>
> The story of Bill?s military tattoos here:
>
> http://www.kylecassidy.com/warpaint/6.html
>
> If the portraits aren?t enough, for extra credit, spot the Contax G2.
>
>
>
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