Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/02/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On 2004-02-24 <timatherton@theedge.ca (Tim Atherton)> thoughtfully wrote: > >Having had a Great Grandfather who served in a front-line infantry unit from >the first days of the BEF in 1914 until the end of the war in 1918, I was >brought up with an understanding of the reality of that conflict. (I >recently tracked down the commendations for some of his medals - the >Military Cross and the Distinguished Conduct Medal - reading them, I think >they must have been made of different stuff in those days. > Indeed. This is the same time as Shackleton was in the Antarctic taking that open boat trip to South Georgia Island to arrange for the rescue of his men. They WERE a different breed. Adam - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html