Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/03/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information One sees clearly only with the heart. What is essential is invisible to the eye. Antoine de Saint Exup?ry in Le Petit Prince. NO ARCHIVE