Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/10/11

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Subject: [Leica] vets tattoos
From: len-1 at comcast.net (Leonard Taupier)
Date: Thu Oct 11 16:59:05 2007
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Kyle,

This is quite a portrait. A real warrior who carries his wartime  
memories with him. He might be in his early to mid 70's now but he's  
kept himself in fighting shape.

Good one.
Len


On Oct 11, 2007, at 5:22 PM, Kyle Cassidy wrote:

> Tom Murtha began using his skin as canvass in 1954 when he got back  
> from
> Korea. Significant events from that time as a Navy Corpsman and  
> from his
> life in the early sixty's as a Marine in Vietnam are marked in ink.  
> His
> bronze star, his purple heart, the units he served with, and those he
> lost. On his chest it says "Not all wounds are visible." The wars have
> never left Tom.
>
> http://www.kylecassidy.com/lj/2007/tom-murtha-bw.jpg
>
>
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In reply to: Message from kcassidy at asc.upenn.edu (Kyle Cassidy) ([Leica] vets tattoos)