A magnificent shot ! One of the most moving times I've experienced in my life was visiting/viewing the wall several years ago. I recommend it to all Americans.
Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f ----- Original Message ----- From: "Walter Hamler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: PESO: Patrick O. Ford > Ran across this the other day. > > I shot it back in the early to mid 80's. Patrick O. Ford was a Navy > Gunners Mate who was killed in action in Vietnam. His heroic actions > won him the Navy Cross. > > In the early 80's the Navy was building FFG's, a fast destroyer type > with a bunch of weapon capabilities. One of the first built was FFG-53 > Patrick O Ford. > > For the commissioning ceremony the ship needed a pic of the Vietnam > Memorial. The criteria was a single pic that depicted the memorial, > Washington DC, and his name. > I scanned the neg and made a print. It actually looks better than the > origonal "C" prints I made back then. > > http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v699/newtmaker/PatrickOFordweb.jpg > > > Walt -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
