Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/08/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Kyle, Enjoyed George's commentary very much. Thanks for sharing. Jack Kyle Cassidy wrote: > It was my great honor last night to meet George Kolodzey who fought > during WWII in both the Atlantic and the Pacific. After experiencing > war, he dedicated the rest of his life to stopping it so that other > people wouldn't have to go through what he did."I've been shot at, > bombed at, torpedoed at, Kamakazied at," he told me, "I've been to war > and I hate war." He is a spry and wonderful man, and a talented painter. > > http://www.kylecassidy.com/warpaint/temp/george1.jpg > http://www.kylecassidy.com/warpaint/temp/george2.jpg > > George Joseph Kolodzey, Chief Radioman, USS Wilkes (DD-441) (Destroyer) > 11 February 1941 - 13 February 1946 > > " ... I was the radioman, so I called the Captain over -- you never talk > to the Captain -- and said _You better have a look at this, sir._ The > message said _Air raid Pearl Harbor. This is not drill_. He grabbed the > message and ran out of the room and said _This is war!_ > > "There was a guy on the boat who had this same tattoo, and I always > liked it, three horses. I said _If I'm ever crazy enough to get a > tattoo, that's the one I'd get._ And about a year later, I'd been out on > liberty, and I woke up with this bloody paper towel taped to my arm and > I thought _I don't remember getting in a fight, or getting stabbed_ and > one of the other guys started peeling back the paper towel and he said > _There's a tattoo under here!_ So I had a tattoo. But I always liked > it." > > www.kylecassidy.com/warpaint > > > > Are you involved with veterans organizations? Reunions? Drop me a line. > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >