hello all, I've posted some plates of uniforms of the Asiatic Fleeet that I'm sure all will enjoy-- eric...
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Eric
enideros
Nov 13, 2006 3:52 am
hello all, I'd like to annouce that my article on Donald Versaw, Fourth Marine bandsman, has been published in WWII History magazine, Jan 2007 issue. Don, who...
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Jim Nix
nixj.geo
Nov 15, 2006 12:02 am
Hi, The DVD is ready, if any one is interested in a copy contact me off of the list at nixj.geo@.... Jim...
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Jim Nix
nixj.geo
Nov 17, 2006 1:01 am
Vic, I can't believe that two months, not two weeks have gone by. Sorry I did not respond sooner. I am burning them one at a time, 3 a day and I don't ...
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rnelson1936
Dec 5, 2006 2:04 pm
The new book SHIP OF GHOSTS by James D. Hornfischer is a must read for all of us who are interested in the Asiatic Fleet. It tells the story of the HOUSTON...
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Brandon Trent
professor_lefty
Dec 26, 2006 6:07 am
This months Issue of Naval History Magazine featured an article on the fight in Sunda Straight by Horfischer. rnelson1936 <rnelson1936@...> wrote:...
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Vic Campbell
vic1949fl
Dec 26, 2006 5:15 pm
I look forward to the article - having recently completed the book. It is truly an excellent work and should be widely read. May I also suggest a recent work...
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gwardpullen
Dec 29, 2006 6:49 pm
My uncle Robert H. Pullen (aka "Sam") was an A.A. first loader on the top deck of the Houston. As a POW, he aided the CO, Lt. Comdr. Harold Hamlin, Jr., by...
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gwardpullen
Dec 29, 2006 7:26 pm
I just posted 2 pictures. The first one is the crew of the Houston taken Sept. 1941 or later (that's when my uncle was aboard). The second is of one of my...
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clayramsey
Jan 1, 2007 3:30 pm
... Good morning - Don Kehn Jr (contact info ought to be on this site) would know for sure. IIRC, her decks were painted cavite blue as well....
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Gary Pullen
gwardpullen
Jan 1, 2007 7:49 pm
Clay, I rec'd an email from Don stating as such. He also sent a picture which I am going to use for my model. I am currently reading some of my uncle's letters...
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Vic Campbell
vic1949fl
Jan 1, 2007 8:38 pm
I interviewed a number of the survivors and of course at the time, Otto Schwarz was one of the most available to me since I live in NJ. It was Otto, I think,...
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Gary Pullen
gwardpullen
Jan 1, 2007 9:58 pm
Thanks, Vic. As I look at all the photos online, it does look like the sides and everything else is the same color (Cavite blue). The upper portions appear to...
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Eric Niderost
enideros
Jan 3, 2007 2:57 pm
Hello to all, Some of you already know this-- but tomorrow morning I'm off to China, specifically Shanghai, for some 10 days. All of you are very dear to me,...
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Vic Campbell
vic1949fl
Jan 4, 2007 1:53 am
An interesting article in MILITARY magazine this month. A POW massacre in PI by Japanese in 1944. Many of the marines involved were from the old Shanghai force...
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Peter
leviatha29
Jan 8, 2007 11:02 pm
Hi folks. I've been a WWII buff since my youth. The first 6 months of the Pacific war, and the preceeding decade, are my niche. Having read Rising Sun in the...
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Commander L. B. Dorny...
uss_gold_star_b
Jan 9, 2007 12:06 am
Hello, Peter, Lou here. It sounds as if we are two birds of a feather. I, too, have been deeply involved in the Far East campaign since my early days. The...
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jameyt2002
Jan 9, 2007 4:31 pm
peter, i have read the books you mentioned & like you this part of the naval war has my interest the most. there are 2 books also written about that peroid but...
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Stephen Greene
bilgerat1073
Feb 9, 2007 3:20 pm
Hello everyone,My name is Stephen.I'm happy to see there is someplace i can visit that covers the asiatic fleet,i've had a long standing interest in what i...
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Stephen Greene
bilgerat1073
Feb 9, 2007 3:21 pm
OOPs! i posted an introduction in here somewheres,i thought it would show on the home page? excuse me,i'm not very computer savvy. maybe i can do a little...
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Stephen Greene
bilgerat1073
Feb 11, 2007 2:50 pm
I'm looking for another book about the asiatic fleet,Dallas Widick formerly of the PEARY DD 226,told the title of one several years ago,i believe it was...
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Steve Gustafson
scgbooks
Feb 11, 2007 6:18 pm
Hi Steve. The book you are looking for is Another Six-Hundred by J. Daniel Mullin. It was originally published in 1984 and was in soft cover only. Mr. Mullin...
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Stephen Greene
bilgerat1073
Feb 11, 2007 6:41 pm
Hi Mr.Gustafson,Thanks for reminding me of the title,there were alot of things that Mr Widick and covered,but i could not be sure of the book title if it saved...
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Stephen Greene
bilgerat1073
Feb 11, 2007 6:41 pm
Hi Mr.Gustafson,Thanks for reminding me of the title,there were alot of things that Mr Widick and covered,but i could not be sure of the book title if it saved...
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Louis Dorny
uss_gold_star_b
Feb 12, 2007 12:09 am
Hello, Steve Gustafson... I've seen your name before and wanted to ask... In the Patrol Wing TEN organization, either VP 101 or VP 102 there was a Painter...
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Stephen Greene
bilgerat1073
Feb 12, 2007 4:32 pm
I was stationed in San Diego,Ca. and the apt. complex where i was living i had a U.S.Flag and a flag that had U.S.NAVY printed on it,I was told to take it down...
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Stephen C Gustafson
scgbooks
Feb 12, 2007 10:45 pm
Hi Lou, I wasn't aware of that. No relation though. The book In The Hands Of Fate didn't mention him. There was a Lieutenant A.L. Gustafson on the Peary....
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Stephen Greene
bilgerat1073
Feb 13, 2007 6:33 pm
I was wondering if there were any websites that cover wrecks of WW2 ships,not the scuba diving sites, in my travels i dove on wrecks in ...
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Jim Nix
nixj.geo
Feb 14, 2007 1:20 am
Stephen, The Edsall went down at 106d 45m long; 13d 45m lat. It is well south of the Java trench in fact it is near what is called the Roo Rise, an undersea...
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Stephen Greene
bilgerat1073
Feb 14, 2007 2:48 am
Jim,The money order for the DVD is on it's way,I mailed it today.I've always wondered where alot of the wrecks lie now,and what condition they may be...
