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[StartQuote] I believe that in the early days PT service may have been voluntary. For many years after the war ended there were references to all PT boaters being volunteers. I arrived in Australia in December, 1943 on a troop transport. A few weeks later several of us from that transport ship were assigned to PT Squadrons. I believe that all of the group had been to schools such as QM and GM. Later at Mios Woendi we started receiving replacements directly from boot camp. I did not volunteers for PTs but I have always felt that I could not have received a better assignment. I have heard tales that some Melville trained replacements were shanghied for other duty on their way to the SW Pacific. If so, this may have required others to be assigned to PTs. Even in recent years I have heard people say the PT boaters were all volunteers.[EndQuote]
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