Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/12/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Oliver, I felt bad for the GIs on the ship, their life had to be the pits, the highlight seemed to be standing at ease on deck. I couldn't stand being cooped up in the cabin below deck and could not imagine being stuffed where you were. By '66 when I came back it was by plane, which pleased me. And then that same year I got to return to Germany, this time wearing spiffy green cloths, but it was by plane as well as my memorable trip Viet Nam. Took my wife decades to get me back on a big ship. Bill Happy New Year to Luggers everywhere. - -----Original Message----- From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Oliver Bryk Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2003 3:52 PM To: Users Group Leica Subject: [Leica] OT - QE, QM, etc Bill wrote: "Oliver, Interesting, about 10 years later in '63 I also traveled from NY to Bremerhaven on the USNS Patch. Although I was traveling as a 'brat' so shared a cabin with 3 other teenage boys. Our cabin was at sea level so we could open the hatch and gather sea water which seemed like a nifty thing at the time. It was a very long trip for me. Bill" I was about as far away from a cabin as one can get, in a space crammed with bunks stacked 4 high in the bow section of the ship (which of course accentuates the vessel's pitching motion). After the first life boat drill I considered myself very fortunate to make this trip in peacetime. I also learned how to chip, scrape, and wirebrush some of the ship's paint. Oliver - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html