Re: [Leica] Fw: Leica in WWII

[Henning Wulff <henningw@archiphoto.com>]

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)

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