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...
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Ted Margrett
yanshida
Jun 3, 2006 11:12 pm
Fabulous! I would be interested to know if those scrapbooks contain any memorabilia pretaining to the Pillsbury's stay in Chefoo. Thanks rutz36...
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Karl Kramer
rutz36
Jun 3, 2006 11:50 pm
Thanks for your note. I'm sure something is in there about Chefoo. The books contain receipts for such mundane things as laundry, room rentals, all sorts of...
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James Trimm
oyez100
Jun 4, 2006 2:59 am
... technical details of the Wickes Class DD's. My father served as a EM-1 on the USS Elliot DMS 4 during WWII. The fact that no one ever had the foresight...
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rjocl12
rocl12
Jun 4, 2006 3:14 am
If you go to the National Archives in Washington DC---Suitland MD (1st option) or Archives 2 in Adelphi, MD, you can access the Bureau of Ships records for...
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Ted Margrett
yanshida
Jun 4, 2006 3:39 am
Thanks for your reply. The sort of stuff you mention is the kind of thing I've been looking for, because they provide all kinds of clues. I've been doing...
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Karl Kramer
rutz36
Jun 4, 2006 4:06 am
Most interesting. I can understand the Navy's wanting to provide "alternative entertainment." My father told me that once ashore, no one drank the water (of...
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Commander L. B. Dorny...
uss_gold_star_b
Jun 4, 2006 6:52 am
RUTZ36 this is NPO in Seattle... PILLSBURY? You dad was in PILLSBURY in the early 1930s? Do you have some good fotos of the ship? Also, there had been a good...
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Commander L. B. Dorny...
uss_gold_star_b
Jun 4, 2006 7:10 am
The WICKES-class destroyers were one of the several classes that made up the flush-decker four-pipers. ELLIOT (DMS 4) was ex-DD 146. For almost all you'll ever...
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Karl Kramer
rutz36
Jun 4, 2006 2:18 pm
Thanks, NPO. Appreciate the info. I read somewhere that Maya was involved but can't recall where. When I read "Cruisers for Breakfast," by John G. Mansfield,...
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Karl
rutz36
Jun 4, 2006 5:06 pm
I've just posted several photos in a pix file named Pillsbury....
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James Trimm
oyez100
Jun 4, 2006 5:37 pm
Thanks for the tip. Do you think that item is still avalable, for instance, The US Naval Institute? ... From: "Commander L. B. Dorny, USN (ret.)"...
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Ted Margrett
yanshida
Jun 4, 2006 6:24 pm
Great photos. I am intrigued by the one under the caption "China Coast". There's a fortress here in Yantai called the Dong Paotai - East Fort, built after the...
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Commander L. B. Dorny...
uss_gold_star_b
Jun 4, 2006 6:26 pm
Check out thew Naval Institute website for on line book sales. ... From: James Trimm<mailto:jtrimm1@...> To:...
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Karl Kramer
rutz36
Jun 4, 2006 6:37 pm
No notations are on the back of the photo so I don't have any details. I may have more when I dig out the scrapbooks. _____ From:...
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donkehnjr
Jun 5, 2006 3:06 pm
Hi Karl, Thanks for these great pics. Please feel free to post more should you find them. The photo of PEARY & PILLSBURY together in the dry dock is poignant...
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Karl Kramer
rutz36
Jun 5, 2006 3:36 pm
Thanks, Don. I discovered the error last night and corrected it. The pix of Truxtun was from a snapshot, the same size as the others so I'm assuming it was...
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donkehnjr
Jun 5, 2006 4:53 pm
Thank-you, Karl. These are a delight to look at. I know the various divisions of the Squadron were altered just before the war, but am not sure about...
