Was shooting a 10th anniversary of Chernobyl story at a nursing home in Kiev. Old gent saw us with the betacam and inquired "Journalist?" (with the French pronunciation)
Replied. "Da da. Americanski journalist."
He drew himself up about two feet, held a finger up and proclaimed "Rodina (Motherland i.e USSR) Journalist!"
He went upstairs and returned with the old Leica cameras and his photo albums.
He had been a "Red Star" (military newspaper)photographer with Marshal Zokof. We had an incredible time with him. He had marched (and shot photos) all the way from Stalingrad to Berlin.
A great old soldier.
I met a guy in a bar in Bavaria, who, as it turns out, was the command seargent major under Rommel.