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13		Vic1949FL	Apr 13, 2001 12:19 pm
	I'm passing this along as over the years I've had numerous requests for this<br>long out of print book.<br><br>Gil Hair<br>CFIR<br>----- Original Message ... ...
14		Tsquare25	Apr 23, 2001 12:14 pm
	a scanned image of the houston in a painting. This picture shows a japanese torpedo crew getting ready to fire at the houston.. <br>Does anyone know where i...
15		Vic1949FL	Apr 23, 2001 4:47 pm
	I am aware of the painting.. and will ask Otto Schwarz if he is aware of who did it and where it is. I have a copy of it among some of the materials in my ...
16		clayramsey	Apr 23, 2001 8:31 pm
	Anyone had ANY luck in calling Dan Mullin SC? EVERY TIME I've tried his hime number, it rings and rings and rings.......<br><br>What's the news with him? Did...
17		Tsquare25	Apr 24, 2001 11:48 am
	that would be great appriacted, as I wrote a poem, and i would like to include that image in it.<br>It is a very compelling painting......
18		Tsquare25	Apr 24, 2001 3:46 pm
	I have a pic of the deruyter i would like to submit......
19		clayramsey	Apr 24, 2001 4:21 pm
	all you need do is to go to the photo section and either add it to the album(s) already there, or make a Dutch Album (for example) and upload it...
20		clayramsey	Apr 24, 2001 4:23 pm
	clayramsey and asiaticfleet are one in the same.......
21		Tsquare25	Apr 24, 2001 4:27 pm
	i would rather submit it and have it posted as i am at a work computer and dont want to have any external links to my machine...
22		clayramsey	Apr 25, 2001 2:48 am
	well, whatever you do, I made a Dutch ships folder and all you have to do is upload it from wherever.<br><br>It's perfectly safe, I assure you....
23		Tsquare25	Apr 26, 2001 11:51 am
	its posted......
24		Vic1949FL	Apr 26, 2001 1:21 pm
	Thatis a great painting! Thanks Michael. I have a few photos on file at the usshouston.org site and will be updating the site soon to make them easy to access...
25		Tsquare25	Apr 26, 2001 4:59 pm
	anytime... I am glad that it worked.....
26		Tsquare25	Apr 26, 2001 5:00 pm
	this is a Poem i wrote.. <br><br>Memory of the Lost<br>Michael (Tsquare25)<br><br><br>The galloping ghost of the Java Coast,<br>Silently moving through the ...
27		asiaticfleet	May 11, 2001 9:56 pm
	you might be interested in attending the CA30 / Lost Batallion reunion this summer.<br><br>It'll be in Wichita Falls, TX, with most of the mobile surviving ...
28		Tsquare25	May 13, 2001 5:59 pm
	asiaticfleet<br>you message shows up on the front page of the club but when i look to read the whole things, it doesnt show up...<br><br>can you email me ...
29		Tsquare25	May 14, 2001 4:26 pm
	Clay:<br><br>I would be honored to do so. But i probably not be able to <br><br>what days would it be?<br><br>mike...
30		clayramsey	May 17, 2001 11:12 pm
	august something or another... <grin><br><br>It's the weekend closest to VJ Day....
31		swozzo	Jun 1, 2001 6:46 am
	Recently saw on the Ships Camouflage Database site that USS Houston was wearing MS1 at the time of her loss. Had a book printed in 1945 about the air raids on...
32		Vic1949FL	Jun 1, 2001 2:20 pm
	Adm Hart had them paint the ship's horizontal (decks gun mounts etc) surfaces cavite blue when the warnings were getting serious, before leaving cavite. He ...
33		Tsquare25	Jun 8, 2001 5:06 pm
	Has anyone located that graphic of the painting of the Japanese sailors firing a torpedo at the Houston??<br><br>let me know......
34		Vic1949FL	Jun 10, 2001 12:27 pm
	I know the painting you are looking for. I will cruise through my many boxes of materials again and see if I can find a copy. I know it is in the film "Death...
35		Vic1949FL	Jun 11, 2001 12:17 am
	The painting is now in the Asiatic Fleet Photo Album. I am also forwarding a copy to you which was scanned in by ValPoss of the Houston Next Generation ...
36		clayramsey	Jun 22, 2001 9:26 pm
	I know a fellow in Katy, TX (just W od Houston) who's a great modeler.<br><br>He makes a really sharp CA30, using a resin kit for the hull etc, brass / bronze...
37		meeoowhouse1	Jul 2, 2001 8:49 pm
	I have been doing research on my grandfather, Henry Franklin Thaw, EMC1 (see log on www.lonesailor.org), and am interested in obtaining an Asiatic Fleet Flag....
38		meeoowhouse1	Jul 2, 2001 8:52 pm
	Thank you for the great opportunity. I am hoping to learn more and add to the depth of gratitude that has grown since I started my research on my grandfather....
39		mike_38668	Jul 10, 2001 12:47 pm
	i want to thank you for setting this up, my cousin<br>Ross Glover was the number one man on number 5 antiaircraft gun on the uss houston. Ross was career navy,...
40		clayramsey	Jul 10, 2001 11:25 pm
	mike - I read Val Poss's email detailing Mr Glover's passing with dismay. Sadly, these heroe's numbers are dwindling, at an increasing rate at that....
41		clayramsey	Jul 10, 2001 11:27 pm
	I don't know of any flag (you DID ask about that in another reply, right?) for the fleet as a whole.<br><br>The Navy still does little in this regard....
42		meeoowhouse1	Jul 11, 2001 6:36 pm
	Hi Clay,<br><br>Yes, I am on a new MISSION to locate an Asiatic Fleet flag. I am hoping to find one or more if possible. And I'd like to find some patches too...

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