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[StartQuote] [StartQuote]Nat, I did some checkingof maps around Panama and I have learned that I misspelled the island on the western end of the Panama canal. It should be spelled Taboga according to my source. I just found this message in a different part of the message board. You seem to have quite a few pictures that I have never seen or heard of. The same applies to the citation although that might be poor memory on my part. If it occurred in August 1943 then I was there - probably in the chartroom, checking out the radio as that was my battle station. That is Lt. jg McLaughlin standing at the wheel in the picture. He was the second Executive Officer that we had on board. The first Exec was a Cabot of the Cabot and Lodges from the Boston area. He was with us while we were going through training in Tobago Island (?), just off the coast of Panama. He then became Exec Officer for the squadron when we got out to the South Pacific.. Most of the officers were in their early 20's like your father. I believe Cabot was in his mid to late 30's. In my day every PT Boat had two officers, CO and Exec. Later on I heard that some squadrons had boats with three officers just on the boats. How many were on the advanced bases from which we operated, I have no idea. Most of our time was spent on the boat whether we were on patrol or not. Will this message join up with the other batch because I would prefer to be writing from there? I have encountered other people who are interested in what is being said. That has been somewhat surprising to me. Pat Rogers [EndQuote] [EndQuote]
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