Thought i would share something with ya'll. Great fun and it does actually work. Met my girl on here, http://www.browsepictureshere.info/iyvl and so far...
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Al Bundy to YOU!
scout1026
Jan 15, 2006 9:47 pm
Thank you for that. I read a book on the Asiatic Fleet by Hoyt a few years back. While it was a decent book, it had errors and was too broadstroke for my...
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rjocl12
rocl12
Jan 16, 2006 10:40 am
Hoyt used to be a great writer but turned to running off cheap works in order to earn a buck about 20 yrs ago. His book on the HARDER makes no mention...
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Commander L. B. Dorny...
uss_gold_star
Jan 18, 2006 4:07 am
You fellows are leaning pretty hard on poor Mr. Hoyt. On the other hand, he has earned it by his own sloppy work. I agree, the Asiatic Fleet work was not...
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major_hockley
Jan 31, 2006 5:52 pm
I have joined this group because I am currently modelling the namesake of my local big city. I have not yet read all the posts but I hope to in the near...
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Commander L. B. Dorny...
uss_gold_star
Jan 31, 2006 10:03 pm
Welcome, Major Hockley... Your interest in HOUSTON is welcome as well. My own focus in on the Navy's Patrol Wing TEN, two squadrons of PBY-4 Catalina flying...
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major_hockley
Jan 31, 2006 10:44 pm
I have come across some images in my search of the web. I hope you may find them of interest. Please see the Miscellaneous photo folder....
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rjocl12
rocl12
Feb 1, 2006 7:38 am
Cmdr Dorny, As I'm working on the MARBLEHEAD's travails from that attack and her trip home, could I possibly prevail upon you for a copy of that draft chapter?...
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Commander L. B. Dorny...
uss_gold_star
Feb 2, 2006 12:12 am
You are? Marvelous! I'd be thrilled to see what you produce. You have, of course, Perry & Leighton's Where Away, right? Cheers, Lou ... From:...
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rjocl12
rocl12
Feb 2, 2006 3:49 am
Sir, I do indeed have Where Away, with about 80 plus autographs from the crew. I have a first version completed but due to a series of computer issues, I need...
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theusasiaticfleet@yah...
Feb 8, 2006 1:18 am
Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the theusasiaticfleet group. File :...
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Alan Bingham
alan_bingham...
Feb 8, 2006 1:26 am
Greetings all, I uploaded a file that my Dad wrote a few years ago, He is currently lying in a hospital, I don't expect him to live much longer but he was a...
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Alan Bingham
alan_bingham...
Feb 8, 2006 1:28 am
I know I have seen a picture of the USS Trinity hanging on the wall at my dad's I will try and bring it home and scan it in the next week or so. Alan Bingham ...
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rjocl12
rocl12
Feb 9, 2006 3:01 am
Thank you, Alan, and my prayers to you and your family at this difficult time. I took a peak at the file last night and enjoyed what i saw. You should bind a...
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Alan Bingham
alan_bingham...
Feb 15, 2006 4:30 pm
Thank you so much, Dad will be laid to rest at the National cemtary in Riverside CA. He passed away on Feb 8th 2006 at 19:10. I have uploaded the picture of...
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Edward Finigan
efinigan
Mar 14, 2006 3:42 pm
I was directed here from a great site on the USS Edsall DD-219. I'm looking for a way to compliment the webmasters there. James Nix and Kelly Long are doing a...
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Commander L. B. Dorny...
uss_gold_star_b
Mar 14, 2006 6:46 pm
Here is a note in the piece on the EDSALL that caught my eye... "Henry Franklin Thaw, EMC1 who also served...." What possible plain text could there be for...
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jameyt2002
May 24, 2006 6:51 pm
i am a baby boomer (now 60) who has always been interested in the events that happened there from the start of the war through 1943. i have read about every...
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rjocl12
rocl12
May 25, 2006 1:42 am
Several books to look for are: South From Corregidor ( Morrill) The story of Cmdr Morrill's escape from Corregidor to Darwin in a motor whaleboat. The Panay...
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jameyt2002
May 25, 2006 4:47 pm
thanks for the info on additional books. are there many vets around esp who served on "marblehead & do any of you vets ever have get togethers & are...
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rjocl12
rocl12
May 25, 2006 8:17 pm
You just missed the Asiatic Fleet reunion in Asheville NC two weeks ago, but the Marblehead is meeting in San Diego in Sept (3rd week) and you are welcome to...
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nixj.geo@...
nixj.geo
May 25, 2006 8:48 pm
A DVD incorporating recently found Footage from 1940-41 should be available this summer. It is Asiatic Fleet footage by Lt. JJ Nix. Jim Nix Sent from my...
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Joe Mulligan
drum3433
May 25, 2006 11:53 pm
Here are a few web based references: http://www.geocities.com/dutcheastindies/java_sea.html http://www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk/ ...
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Commander L. B. Dorny...
uss_gold_star_b
May 26, 2006 2:56 am
The published accounts and studies of the Battle of the Java Sea are particularly flawed, in my opinion, in not using as many resources as actually exist. Most...
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Commander L. B. Dorny...
uss_gold_star_b
May 26, 2006 2:57 am
Request add to distribution: L. B. Dorny, Seattle, WA NPO21@...<mailto:NPO21@...> ... From: nixj.geo@...<mailto:nixj.geo@...> To:...
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rjocl12
rocl12
May 26, 2006 6:58 am
Count me in when its available! Robert Owen ... From: <nixj.geo@...> To: <theusasiaticfleet@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Thursday, May 25, 2006 4:39 PM ...
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jameyt2002
May 26, 2006 6:00 pm
i would like a copy also of the dvd & man i would have gone to ashville it is only a hundred so miles from where i live .i also do ship models esp 4-stackers...
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James Trimm
oyez100
May 27, 2006 1:50 am
The links you gave didn't respond for me. My original information of the Java Sea was from the Theodore Roscoe's Destroyer Operations in World War II. It...
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Chase Slagle
ron_johnny
May 29, 2006 2:30 pm
Hello, my name is Charles Slagle, my grandfather Bill Slagle served on the USS Parrott DD-218 from 1938 until around 1945. Unfortunately he died in 1999 before...
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rutz36
Jun 3, 2006 4:03 pm
Just found this group! My father and two uncles served in the fleet. My father and one uncle served together on Pillsbury (DD-227) about 1931. The other...
