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27		asiaticfleet	May 11, 2001 9:56 pm
	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 ...
28		Tsquare25	May 13, 2001 5:59 pm
	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 ...
29		Tsquare25	May 14, 2001 4:26 pm
	Clay:<br><br>I would be honored to do so. But i probably not be able to <br><br>what days would it be?<br><br>mike...
30		clayramsey	May 17, 2001 11:12 pm
	august something or another... <grin><br><br>It's the weekend closest to VJ Day....
31		swozzo	Jun 1, 2001 6:46 am
	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...
32		Vic1949FL	Jun 1, 2001 2:20 pm
	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 ...
33		Tsquare25	Jun 8, 2001 5:06 pm
	Has anyone located that graphic of the painting of the Japanese sailors firing a torpedo at the Houston??<br><br>let me know......
34		Vic1949FL	Jun 10, 2001 12:27 pm
	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...
35		Vic1949FL	Jun 11, 2001 12:17 am
	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 ...
36		clayramsey	Jun 22, 2001 9:26 pm
	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...
37		meeoowhouse1	Jul 2, 2001 8:49 pm
	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....
38		meeoowhouse1	Jul 2, 2001 8:52 pm
	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....
39		mike_38668	Jul 10, 2001 12:47 pm
	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,...
40		clayramsey	Jul 10, 2001 11:25 pm
	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....
41		clayramsey	Jul 10, 2001 11:27 pm
	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....
42		meeoowhouse1	Jul 11, 2001 6:36 pm
	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...
43		mike_38668	Jul 14, 2001 6:17 pm
	thanks for your kind message, Ross was in saigon<br>(ho chi min city) when the war ended. said that the vietnamese were good to them, the french were not, he ...
44		jimhathaway2000	Jul 18, 2001 3:36 am
	I just wanted to let you know that a new file was<br>uploaded entitled USS Luzon. It is a letter cover <br>I was lucky enough to snap up on E-bay.<br>I also...
45		jimhathaway2000	Jul 18, 2001 4:13 am
	Just finished book entitled "Pigboat 39, An Ameri-<br>can Sub Goes To War". By Bobette Gugliotta.<br>Very good account of life on an Asiatic Fleet S-<br>boat ...
46		Vic1949FL	Jul 19, 2001 12:53 am
	I understand....<br>He was absolutely correct.<br>It is unfortunate the world political situation that put us in that postition.... and only time will tell if...
47		swozzo	Jul 22, 2001 3:55 am
	I have some photos of IJN ships involved in the Java Sea and Sunda Strait Battles. If you think they are appropriate for the site i will put them up. Should we...
48		clayramsey	Jul 23, 2001 3:55 pm
	the IJN folder is there!<br><br>By all means add them!...
49		clayramsey	Jul 23, 2001 3:56 pm
	that's pretty cool!<br><br>got any more?...
50		clayramsey	Jul 23, 2001 3:58 pm
	you're looking for USS Pope survivors?<br><br>send me an email: clayramsey@......
51		jimhathaway2000	Jul 25, 2001 2:55 am
	Not yet, I found a website that has covers from a<br>lot of Asiatic Fleet ships. I even saw a couple<br>from USS Palos and Monocacy.- most of the ...
52		dball21601	Jul 29, 2001 7:54 pm
	Looking for information on the Asiatic Fleet Room at the Navy Memorial Foundation in Wash DC, particularly info on books in the small library there....
53		clayramsey	Jul 30, 2001 8:53 pm
	a modeller, eh?<br><br>what would a Houston, full hull model, cost me?<br><br>or a Pope?...
54		clayramsey	Jul 30, 2001 8:54 pm
	there's not alot on the fellet out there...<br><br>Morison, Winslow, and a few others are about it.........
55		jimhathaway2000	Jul 31, 2001 3:09 am
	My models are large RC ships, but I also build<br>some display. I believe Bluejacket Shipcrafters<br>has a 4-Piper and a Northampton CA. Iron Ship-<br>wright...
56		Vic1949FL	Aug 2, 2001 2:10 pm
	RE: Stephen Ambrose, best selling author: usshouston.org ... follow this message thread.<br>(Via Val Poss/ CA-30, Next Generation...

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