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[StartQuote] Garth Surprised at your post about using the mast light. Unless I miss my guess, I would say these were never lit up in the War Zone. My God, it would be like taking out an ad and telling the enemy where they were. In my many conversations with PT BOAT VETERANS over the years, not one can recall ever using a mast light in the War Zone. In fact, I recall several had mentioned they would tape over the switch for certain lights so as never to make a mistake in putting it on. Skippers were very cautious about any light escaping from the boat, and would even tape a good portion of the illuminating dials, black out any windows, and black over the sky lights. You do bring up a good point about the mast being removed. I have seen several shots of the 103 class boats with the mast's in the stowed positions. Also, some boats had their mast's removed in photo's by the censor's, which could be mistaken for boats having the mast's removed. In 1998 PT-109 Crewmember, Gerard Zinser told me the boats mast was down. In my haste, I never really asked if he meant removed, or stowed. As far as the mast light, I never knew anyone in my conversations that put one on. This again does not in any way mean that it was never done during the War, but highly remote....... [EndQuote]
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