Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/06/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I sent the message to Leica@topica.com first. then I forwarded to the LUG. Figures I would get some dumbass reponse from the LUG. Chris Williams - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Henning Wulff" <henningw@archiphoto.com> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Friday, June 08, 2001 2:23 AM Subject: Re: [Leica] Fw: Leica in WWII > At 10:18 PM -0700 6/7/01, Guy Bennett wrote: > >Gotta say that I love response-messages which include the whole message > >being responded to, but lack any response. There's just something > >otherworldly about them. Like some form of communication from the beyond > >that never actually materialized. > > > >1/2 a dialog. > > > >"The Human Voice" (Jean Cocteau) > > > >A whistle in the dark. > > > >Over and out. > > > >Guy > > > > > >>----- Original Message ----- > >>From: "onetreehillclw" <onetreehillclw@compaq.net> > >>To: <leica@topica.com> > >>Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2001 9:50 PM > >>Subject: Leica in WWII > >> > >> > >>> I received the LHSA Viewfinder last week. The article on the Leica Goes to > >>> War was excellent. > >>> Today I went to the one year anniversary at the DDay in New Orleans. I met > >>a > >>> man named Jim Keller. He was carrying around a photo album of his war > >>> pictures. His collection started after the invasion and went to Germany > >>> surrendering. > >>> Pictures were of the glider planes, tanks,soldiers in the snow,pow's in > >>> russia, and the concentration camps. After talking to him for a few > >>minutes, > >>> he told me all his photos were taken with a Leica that was issued to him > >>in > >>> his company. He did not go in as a photographer, but I guess he knew > >>enough > >>> about the cameras to be issued one. > >>> He told me that most of the rolls he took were taken by the censors when > >>he > >>> came home to New Orleans. He did have a few rolls hidden in his food tin. > >>> Thanks to him at least some photos will always exist for future > >>generations. > >>> > >>> Chris Williams > >>> > > eh?? > > (generalized Canadian response) > > -- > * Henning J. Wulff > /|\ Wulff Photography & Design > /###\ mailto:henningw@archiphoto.com > |[ ]| http://www.archiphoto.com