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[StartQuote] Thank you for your interesting comments. I'm currently reading; "At Close Quarters" by Robert J. Bulkley Jr. I was interested in reading back on page 200 where a Commander Bowling decided that PT officers should be tough and so when he returned to the US to fit out his own Squadron (RON 21) he chose as officers the biggest, toughest athletes he could find. Football players dominated the good Commanders selection but other athletic endeavors represented included champions in, rowing, swimming and lacrosse. The author goes on to question whether athletes as a group could operate PT's any better than non-athletes being still open to debate, Anyway, that is just an aside to my interest in how PT's were crewed. While battles are fought mainly by young men - often very young men - the PT Boat service seems to be something that would attract them because it offered many of the experiences young men seem to be, almost instinctively, drawn to. For this reason I thought that perhaps, after being acquainted with its existence, many Navy recruits would make a bee-line towards PT's. Especially guys with a recreational boating back ground. Bruce [EndQuote]
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