Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/01/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Harrison, Another good book from the same author Stephen E Ambrose is "D-Day". It was reported there that that Robert Capa went in with the first wave But the darkroom assistance was so eager to see the results, he use a hair blower and melted all the negatives except for 8 shots. 2 photographs of the landing are inside the book. Cheers, Lee Fellow LUGGER from Singapore - ---------- > From: Harrison McClary <harrison@jnlcom.com> > To: LUG <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> > Subject: [Leica] good book on WWII > Date: Tuesday, January 05, 1999 8:08 AM > > All this talk about WWII has made me remember a book on tape I listened > to on my last multi state photo excursion the middle of December. The > book was called "Citizen Soldiers" and was about the experiences of the > average US PFC front line soldier in the European theater written after > interviews with many survivors of the fighting, US, German, English and > the other allies. > > A very good book and gave me a totally different perspective on the war > and on my great-uncle who fought in one of the divisions talked about in > this book. > > Harrison McClary > http://people.delphi.com/hmphoto > new book at http://www.volmania.com