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 ... ...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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...
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 ...
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...
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 ...
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...
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....
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....
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,...
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....
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....
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...