... 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...
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Stephen Greene
bilgerat1073
Feb 14, 2007 2:53 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...
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Eric Niderost
enideros
Feb 14, 2007 3:29 am
Are we missing something here? Jim speaks of the edsall--then suddenly, the money order is on its way--for what? Eric Stephen Greene <bilgerat1073@...>...
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Stephen Greene
bilgerat1073
Feb 14, 2007 3:57 am
Mr.Niderost,I was giving Mr.Nix a heads up on a money order I sent to him for a DVD,Call the 'heads up' a courstesy, or depending how someone else may look at...
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Jim Nix
nixj.geo
Feb 15, 2007 12:39 am
Stephen, I only know about the I-124 in Darwin bay as a war grave. After a number of unsuccessful attempts by divers to board her in the 70's the Aussies...
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Commander L. B. Dorny...
uss_gold_star_b
Feb 16, 2007 8:34 pm
Thanks for answering, Steve. "How many of us...?" Good question. I'd like to think I could have, but am pleased that the test passed me by. Maybe I might...
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Kevin
kwumail
Mar 13, 2007 6:51 am
Hey guys, Just want to extend another invitation to join my site, Military- Discussions.com It's a free site for those with an interest in military history, ...
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Donald Versaw
donversaw
Mar 13, 2007 7:11 am
Hi Mr. Wu, Say we have another gentleman by that name in our weekly computer class. He's quite a fellow too. Well, I served on the Asiatic Station with 4th...
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Kevin Wu
kwumail
Mar 14, 2007 5:00 am
Hey guys, Apparently I sent out the wrong information. Here is the correct information... I want to extend an invitation to join my site,...
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Commander L. B. Dorny...
uss_gold_star_b
Mar 14, 2007 9:44 am
Donald Versaw from Lou Dorny... Your note says you left China with the Fourth Marines at the very end. President Madison or President Harrison, or other?...
