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 Author  Topic: U.S. Naval Training and Distribution Center - Shoemaker, CA
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Post a Reply To This Topic    Reply With Quotes     Edit Message   Posted on: Dec 26, 2008 - 8:43am
I wasn't at Shoemaker but did spend a short time at Treasure Island.
We were on continuous liberty, reporting in each evening and back
out the next day. Market street was our hangout. Our liberty ended
when myself and 2 other swabbies got into a drunken brawl with
four marines right smack on Market street. SP's broke it up and
that was the end of liberty. Two days later I was on a troopship
headed for New Guinea. Memories......

Gus
RM 3/C PT 497


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Wayne Bauer

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Gentlemen, thanks for all the replies. I do recall my father "mentioning
" Treasure Island" so I assume he spent some time there as well.

While all of you were at Shoemaker do you know if any of you were included in any of the "yearbook" type thing I have, or why my father may have been included in this one?

thanks

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Hey QM,
I also had shore patrol in Hayward. don't emember if it was from Shoemaker or Treasure Island. I too was coupled with a regular shore patrolman.
Now get this, I only weighed 29 pounds, but I had a QM1/c rate. I guess when they selected us for shore patrol they must have thought that because of the rate, I must have been an old salt.
The regular shore patrol with me was given specific instructions not to ever leave me alone. There was one sailor who was giving us a hard time. We kicked him out of two places, and again we ran into him at another bar causing a scene, so the regular shore patrol took him in and left me with two MP's.
In a short time, the MP's took in some soldier and left me alone. About then two sailors got into a fight. Like a dumb fool, I reverted to my boot training and took out my billyclub, got between the two two of them and was about to jab the club into the one sailor's gut. As I drew my club back, the sailor that I was trying to help, who now was at my back, grabbed the club from my hand , raised it to clobber me when a shrill whistle sounded. thank God ....it was the shore patrol that was making their rounds checking. They asked me where the regular shore patrol was and remeinded me that I was not to be left alone. I explained to them that I was not left alone, but was left with two MP's, but they took in a soldier and they left me alone..
Soon my regular shore patrol returned , got his butt chewed out, and the other two went on their way. LUCKY ME.!!


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C>J>Willis,
I was there in March 1945 . I shipped out on St. Patrick's Day. A Philippino band was on shore playing Mac Namara's band. I believe it was on the ship General Errnst or something like that . We ended up in the Philippines, but I was set ashore at Ormoc and joined Ron 12. I bet we were on the same ship. Do you recall the date that you shipped out of Frisco?


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Post a Reply To This Topic    Reply With Quotes     Edit Message   Posted on: Dec 26, 2008 - 7:29pm
Russell:

I too was a lightweight when I had shore patrol duty, probably less than 150 pounds. Fortunately I was not involved in any barroom brawls. At age 17 I was too young to go into a bar. Seriously though there were no problems that night, and I never again had shore patrol duty.

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Russell:
I don't recall the date I shipped out but it was around the middle of March. We could have been on the same troop ship. I know we were hardlly out of sight of the Bridge when I got sea sick and was sick for 3 or 4 days. I had ridden 242 in the Solomons for 14 months and was never sick but I dreaded going back overseas because I had gotten married while on leave and sure hated to leave my wife. I had that awful feeling that I might not be as lucky this trip and not get back at all.

C. J. Willis

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C.J.
I'm almost sure we were on the same ship..Speaking of seasickness, I had 72 patrols and i bet you that I was sick 68 times. the skipper wanted to put me ashore, but i convinced him that i never wasn't able to stand my watch and if the radioman would quit smoking a pack or two of cigaretts in that couped chartroom I would stop pukeing. Of course, I knew that he couldn't stop.
I used to take the liner out of my helmet, hang it on the hand rail in the chartroom, and heave in the metal part. then when my watch was over. I would put it on the boat hook and dip it in the drink and rinse it out. Discusting wasn't it.
Back to the transport out of Frisco. I was bunked next to the head, forward of the ship. Everyone was getting sick and heaving in the head. I remarked that I was glad that I wasn't sick. then the smell oozed from the head and I joined the rest of them.
I wouldn't be surprized if I didn't have the record for seasickness.

Russ


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Bringing up an old topic here but didn't want to retype a lot of the earlier info from my original post.

Slowly, bit by bit, I am uncovering more information about my father’s service time. My sister recently found my father's "diploma" initiating him as a "Trusty Shellback" into "the Solemn Mysteries of the Ancient Order of the Deep" obviously commemorating his crossing of the equator.
I first have to say how surprised I was at the quality of document. A 15” x 20” heavy paper, color, ornately printed with drawings of Neptune, mermaids, horses, fish etc. etc. Given the number of sailors that must have had this honor bestowed upon them, someone obviously put a lot of effort into this.
In any event, the document shows this crossing of the equator to have taken place December 26, 1944 aboard the SS Jean Lafitte.
Further research shows the US Troop Ship Jean Lafitte “in December of 1944…left San Francisco on a two month voyage to Finschhafen, Manus Island, Woendi, Biak, and Leyte.”

Putting this information along with the previous info found in the Shoemaker book etc., I assume he was enroute to join Ron 23 and what I believe was an assignment aboard PT 277 in December of 1944.

The problem is I don’t see that Ron 23 was ever “stationed” at Base 21 Mios Woendi – so my question is would they have possibly been there temporarily for repairs supplies or whatever or could he have just been dropped their and then sent to Ron 23 – wherever they were in early 1945.

Any information will help.

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Wayne:
I was in Ron 19 originally aboard 242, Ron 19 was decommissioned in May 1944 and our 242 boat was assigned to Ron23. We were in Ron 23 operating out of Green Island until Nov 11, 1944 when all us original crew members were relieved of duty and returned to the U.S. for 30 days leave. I believe Ron 23 and the new crew of 242 left Green Island sometime around Dec 1st, 1944 for Mios Woendi N.G. They were there only a short time and then went under thier own power to the Philippines. Your father probasbly joined Ron 23 while they were in Mios Woendi before they went to the Philippines.

C. J. Willis

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Thanks CJ – that does make sense as my father spoke many times about his being in the Philippines. I also noticed the itinerary for the Jean Lafitte also mentions it going on to Leyte. Could he have met Ron 23 there?
Do you know where or what base Ron 23 went to after they left Mios Woendi?
I appreciate your insight.



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