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[StartQuote] I'm going to throw something in here that may or may not clear some things up. About 10 years ago I met Jene Buhler, one of the sons of the Miami Shipbuilding owner, for lunch in Miami. The purpose of the meeting was discussing Miami Shipbuilding's refurbishment of a German S-boat for the intelligence community (another story). We also discussed the movies They Were Expendable and PT-109. During the TWE part of the discussion (not very long), Jean explained the company's involvement with They Were Expendable that was being shot not too far away at Key Biscayne. They had a support role to make sure the boats were operating and received necessary maintenance on Warner Bros. dime. Warner Bros. commissioned a local boat yard (I THINK is was Miami Shipbuiilding, but I don't remember that part of the conversation) to build a half boat for this specific scene. Details? I have nothing other than the boat was built and used for the movie. Lots of questions I didn't ask: why not an 80' boat for continuity, why not take an old boat and blow it up? Guess answers: the right hand and the left hand didn't know concerning which boat. And a "boat" custom built with special effects and pyrotechnics in mind would be better for control than using a well built, but old PT boat. Anybody with explosives or demo experience please chime in here. Please remember this was a small part of a conversation about many things PT boat (and S-boat). By the way, the S-boat in question was the S-116. But, like I said, another story. Chip Marshall Silver Spring, Maryland USA[EndQuote]
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