[Leica] WWII GI's and Cameras

[masonster at gmail.com (David Mason)]

Wasn't this simply to keep the enemy from developing the negs to
gather information? or am I imagining that?


Dave

On 5/30/05, Marc James Small <msmall@aya.yale.edu> wrote:
> It has long been a rule in the US military than a soldier cannot carry a
> camera into a combat zone.  This was true in the trenches of World War I;
> it is true today in Iraq.  There have never been any exceptions to this 
> rule.
> 
> However, many soldiers have gotten away with this, as witness the Abu
> Ghraib shots.  It is a matter of command interest and emphasis, and not all
> commanders are as involved as are others.
> 
> Marc
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