Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/05/25

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Subject: [Leica] from a nonsubscriber Re: Robert Capa
From: ricc at mindspring.com (Ric Carter)
Date: Fri May 25 16:38:37 2007
References: <F6457428225624DF67BC2516@hindolveston.reid.org>

Did detractors claim that he staged it?

ric


On May 25, 2007, at 7:34 PM, Brian Reid wrote:

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> Date: 25 May 2007 6:46:33pm -0400
> From: qwhozeiss@aol.com
> To: lug@leica-users.org
> Subject: 25 May
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> Hello all, T. Mike Fletcher here.  On this date in 1954, 25 May.   
> Robert Capa was killed when he stepped on a mine, in French Indo- 
> China.   Later to be knowen as Vietnam.  Capa was the first  
> American killed in Vietnam, and the first LIFE Magazine  
> photographer ever killed while on assigment.  I though this note  
> would give us all a reason to have a drink or two on this day.
>
> Later, T. Mike Fletcher-------QWhoZeiss@aol.com
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