Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/05/26

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Subject: [Leica] re: 40's pictures/images
From: gregj.lorenzo at shaw.ca (GREG LORENZO)
Date: Thu May 26 17:44:44 2005

cwoods writes in part: 

> Thanks for sharing the pictures. How amazing. My grandfather 
> (father's side) was with the army during the Battle of the Bulge. 
> While my Opa's(mother's side) brother (Uncle Hemm) was apparently 
> Rommel's confidant and assistant. I realize this may be a 
> controversial statement, but after reading about Rommel, he struck 
> me as being a heck of a military leader. It's been wild to go 
> through history books and see my Uncle Hemm in the photo's!!!!
> 

History's verdict (so far): Good General and tactical battlefield commander. 
Decent human being. Very poor politician. Eventually consumed whole by the 
scum he served.

Deserved better.

Regards,

Greg