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 ... ...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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......
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Tsquare25
Apr 24, 2001 3:46 pm
I have a pic of the deruyter i would like to submit......
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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...
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clayramsey
Apr 24, 2001 4:23 pm
clayramsey and asiaticfleet are one in the same.......
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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...
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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....
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Tsquare25
Apr 26, 2001 11:51 am
its posted......
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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...
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Tsquare25
Apr 26, 2001 4:59 pm
anytime... I am glad that it worked.....
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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...
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clayramsey
May 17, 2001 11:12 pm
august something or another... <grin><br><br>It's the weekend closest to VJ Day....
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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...
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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 ...
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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......
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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....
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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....
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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,...
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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....
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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....
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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...
