Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/10/13

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Subject: [Leica] Re: Lee Harvey Oswald
From: bd at bdcolenphoto.com (B. D. Colen)
Date: Fri Oct 13 13:18:17 2006

That guy is a former DI and has a show on the Hitler, uh, History Channel
called Mail Call...


On 10/13/06 4:10 PM, "Jeffery Smith" <jsmith342@cox.net> wrote:

> I thought that the first 45 minutes of Full Metal Jacket were the best 45
> minutes of comedy on cinema (of course, I wasn't the one of the guys being
> yelled at). The guy who played the D.I. did such a convincing job, the 
> marines
> down here decided to give him some sort of award. The guy was a no show.
> --
> Jeffery
> 
> ---- Walt Johnson <walt@waltjohnson.com> wrote:
>> Well Larry
>> 
>> When we start believing movies it's time to pack it in. Oswald was a
>> "Marksman" which is the lowest qualification. "Expert" is the highest
>> and I doubt if one could do what the movie fellow stated. Especially,
>> with the old Italian Army rifle we all know and love. The FBI has some
>> really hot triggers and they could not duplicate the feat with that same
>> rifle.  As long as we are on the subject of FMJ the biggest surprise
>> came for me when the sniper was shot again before getting
>> banged.....Something else, where did the "fat boy" get the damn dough
>> nuts he hid in his locker? From the mess hall? Who dreams up this crap?
>> And a live round to shoot the D.I. ?????
>> 
>> Hell, I woke up in a lousy mood today but between this, and the baby
>> picture B.D. sent, I can do without my Valium. :-)
>> 
>> Lawrence Zeitlin wrote:
>> 
>>> 
>>> On Oct 13, 2006, at 3:23 PM, Walt wrote:
>>> 
>>>>> Yes, I was in the Marines when that happened. If Jesus showed up  at my
>>>>> font door and said "Walt, trust me, Oswald did it alone" I'd have to
>>>>> call him a liar.
>>>> 
>>> 
>>> What was that line from "Full Metal Jacket"? I paraphrase here
>>> because my memory is a bit fuzzy but I recall the marine rifle
>>> instructor informing his trainees that:
>>> 
>>> "Lee Harvey Oswald got off two shots in a second and a half and hit
>>> President Kennedy at a distance of two hundred yards. AND HE WAS A
>>> MARINE!"
>>> 
>>> Larry Z
>>> 
>>> 
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