Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/06/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The range of these stories really intrigues me thank you all for sharing Regards, George Lottermoser george at imagist.com http://www.imagist.com http://www.imagist.com/blog http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist On Jun 26, 2009, at 12:23 AM, rsphoto's email wrote: > Ted: > > As a young Marine Crops Sergeant I turned down a Navy School of > Journalism 4-year degree and Lieutenant's bars instead of a 3d > enlistment that would have placed me in Da Nang just before the Tet > Offensive. > > I suppose that, had I survived, they'd have kept their word and I'd > be another dumb-ass 2nd looey. Just what the world needs. > > My buddies in Nam told me to stay the hell out and they'd kick my > ass if they found out I'd reenlisted. "it's not what you think it > is, over here" they all said. > > So Ted, maybe you have a brain in your head and maybe what you > turned away from was what many thousands of others around the world > turned away from. > > There are many ways to demonstrate courage. Only one of them > involves warfare. > > With respect, > > Bob > > > On 25 Jun 2009, at 03:47, Ted Grant wrote: > >> God dam it! 1968 and I ran away from it because I was scared >> shitless! I've >> never run away from an assignment in my life but this one and it's >> haunted >> to this day! >> >> >> >> My assignment was to photograph the Canadians who were volunteers >> with the >> American forces serving there. Far more than anyone has any idea >> of our >> people, young boys went simply because of the many stupid stories >> they'd >> heard fromWW2 & Korea from their fathers or uncles or whomever. >> >> >> >> Me? Heck the year before, 1967, I was photographing the Israelis >> charging >> across the desert in a lightening strike manner as though it were >> a piece of >> cake. So going to Viet Nam the next year didn't seem like any kind of >> problem. It was! >> >> >> >> But now some 40 plus years later this has created a situation I'd >> never have >> thought possible when it was thrown in my face regarding my >> attitude to life >> situations of today! Yes I've finally admitted to running away, >> right here >> and now, never before admitted!! You have no idea how it is to >> finally do >> that after all these years living with the fact .. "I ran away when >> thousands of young boys couldn't?" Maybe being a father of 4 and >> 40 plus >> years of age may have had something to do with the decision. >> >> >> >> I'm sorry to lay this out in front of you as it has nothing to do >> with >> photography of today, but it has everything to do with photography >> with >> Leica's of 1968 and me running away! No I didn't have to shoot at >> anyone to >> survive, but the experience has been a burden all these years, >> because I ran >> away! :-( Sorry folks! >> >> ted >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information