Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/09/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. - ------ =_NextPart_001_01BEFF73.4D8996C0 Content-Type: text/plain Eric et alii, The man in question was Ira Hays and he did indeed come to a sad end after his moment of fame for being among the brave men raising the flag on Iwo Jima. Buzz - -----Original Message----- From: Eric Welch [mailto:ewelch@ponyexpress.net] Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 1999 12:31 AM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us; leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: E.Adams & Vietnam Photo At 05:47 PM 9/14/99 -0400, Dan Cardish wrote: >I seem to recall that many of the marines pictured in the photograph were >subsequently killed in the ensuing battles that were still raging. Don't know about that. There was a movie about the Native American who was in that flag raising. He had a tough time of it later. Eric Welch St. Joseph, MO http://www.ponyexpress.net/~ewelch Common sense is that layer of prejudices laid down in the mind prior to the age of eighteen. - Albert Einstein - ------ =_NextPart_001_01BEFF73.4D8996C0 Content-Type: text/html Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV=3D"Content-Type" CONTENT=3D"text/html; = charset=3DUS-ASCII"> <META NAME=3D"Generator" CONTENT=3D"MS Exchange Server version = 5.0.1460.9"> <TITLE>Ira Hays Was on Iwo Jima</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY> <P><FONT SIZE=3D2>Eric et alii,</FONT> </P> <P> <FONT SIZE=3D2>The man in = question was Ira Hays and he did indeed come to a sad end after his = moment of fame for being among the brave men raising the flag on Iwo = Jima.</FONT></P> <P> <FONT = SIZE=3D2>Buzz</FONT> </P> <P><FONT SIZE=3D2>-----Original Message-----</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>From: Eric Welch [<A = HREF=3D"mailto:ewelch@ponyexpress.net" = TARGET=3D"_blank">mailto:ewelch@ponyexpress.net</A>]</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 1999 12:31 AM</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us; = leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: E.Adams & Vietnam = Photo</FONT> </P> <BR> <P><FONT SIZE=3D2>At 05:47 PM 9/14/99 -0400, Dan Cardish wrote:</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>>I seem to recall that many of the marines = pictured in the photograph were</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>>subsequently killed in the ensuing battles that = were still raging.</FONT> </P> <P><FONT SIZE=3D2>Don't know about that. There was a movie about the = Native American who was </FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>in that flag raising. He had a tough time of it = later.</FONT> </P> <P><FONT SIZE=3D2>Eric Welch</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>St. Joseph, MO</FONT> </P> <P><FONT SIZE=3D2><A HREF=3D"http://www.ponyexpress.net/~ewelch" = TARGET=3D"_blank">http://www.ponyexpress.net/~ewelch</A></FONT> </P> <P><FONT SIZE=3D2>Common sense is that layer of prejudices laid down in = the mind prior to the </FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>age of eighteen. - Albert Einstein</FONT> </P> </BODY> </HTML> - ------ =_NextPart_001_01BEFF73.4D8996C0--