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[StartQuote] Some additional information regarding OSS Maritime Operations in the CBI theater: In the mid-1980s I met this gentleman that was a customer of my sister's business. He had served as an enlisted man (Bosun) with an OSS Maritime Unit operating under the cover of a rescue boat squadron. The boats were the 63' Miami's with two Packard engines. The dispensary had been modified to contain extended range fuel tanks. And after they had been in theater about six months each of the boats was equipped with PT boat radar. The boat's weapons were the same two twin 50s but the crew had a pretty generous armory on board to use depending on the mission and circumstances. When they did carry a rubber boat it was placed on the roof of the dispensary. Crew was two officers and five enlisted with the enlisted a little heavy in rank and experience. They got their replacement Packards from the nearby Brit MTB squadron. The boats had C numbers, nothing more. Missions were usually one boat unless a larger party had to be infiltrated or extracted. He did mention that until they made some modifications to the cooler intakes they had to keep the speed of the boat down so the cooler intakes would be in the water. I present all this as an oral history type interview. Most of the information seems legit but I have not had the chance to check it out. One last OSS related item: I was contacted by an Army officer serving in Afghanistan about his deceased father's service in the OSS Maritime Units in the Med. Seems he was the skipper of an all Navy crew on a US Army 85' rescue boat in the Leghorn area of Italy. Apparently their missions used US Navy PT boats for cover when needed. Chip Marshall Silver Spring, Maryland USA[EndQuote]
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