Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/03/23

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Subject: [Leica] OT - was Ken Rockwell, now Tom Corbett, Space Cadet
From: jeffmatsler at amaonline.com (Jeff S. Matsler)
Date: Fri Mar 23 17:11:25 2007
References: <00e501c76d91$5bd28fc0$6101a8c0@jimnichols><C229C548.4C7EE%mark@rabinergroup.com> <9b678e0703231608l49965f1ev69cc8c4cd109d9f0@mail.gmail.com>
 
Amen to that.  My great-grandfather fought in WWI in the field artillery. 
He used to say that he was shooting at his cousins.  He said there were more 
Lutricks (my mom's maiden name) in Germany than there were in the U.S.  He 
was a tough old guy - died 9 years ago at age 104.

Jeff M

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Don Dory" <don.dory@gmail.com>
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org>
Sent: Friday, March 23, 2007 6:08 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] OT - was Ken Rockwell, now Tom Corbett, Space Cadet


> Yeah,
> Don't count out the folks in the U.S. who volunteered to go to France in
> 1917.  They knew what they were getting into and went anyway with far less
> clear distinctions between the sides.  My Grandfather volunteered even
> though he was a Haus with good Prussian parentage.
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