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Frank J Andruss Sr
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Posted on: Jan 25, 2009 - 9:52am
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Thanks for the information. I did find the photo I was looking for showing the 6 boats of Ron 42 heading up the Hudson River. I will post it soon............
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Frank J Andruss Sr
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Posted on: Jan 25, 2009 - 11:35am
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Nice shot of RON 42 boats
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twhyte
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Posted on: Jan 25, 2009 - 4:43pm
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Wow, great shot. Right off the shoreline in the Riverdale section of the Bronx
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Frank J Andruss Sr
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Posted on: Jan 26, 2009 - 12:26am
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A few more photos of the boats in the locks. I think these are the Ron 42 boats. One of the boats (557) shots I think was taken in the Med.
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Frank J Andruss Sr
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Posted on: Jan 26, 2009 - 1:48am
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Let me correct myself. The first shot of the 557 was taken in the Hudson River, and the second shot of the 557 (Ron 29) was taken in the Med......
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earl
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Posted on: Jan 26, 2009 - 1:59am
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what a sight that must have been to the people watching earl
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Frank J Andruss Sr
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Posted on: Jan 26, 2009 - 4:40am
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I know Earl, I wish I was one of them. Back in 1994, I had contacted a Mrs. Marion Remington thru a tip I had recieved about her being there at Navy Day 1945 in Detroit. She had passed away, but her daughter Linda was there with her family that day (she was 12 or 13 at the time). She said her brothers could not wait to get on the boats and began running to the docks (Mom had to stop them). She told me how small they looked, but remarked at all the guns they had and the handsome sailors. From what she told me, many people turned out to view the little PT Boats, and it seemed that many kids were in the crowd.
She remarked how her brothers asked a million questions, with her older brother Peter (now 16) hoping to join up and become a Sailor on one of these boats. Linda was not totally as interested in the boats as her brothers were, but she did remember that one of the boats started up to show the people how they sounded. It must have been a great day for those boys jumping on the PT Boats, and by the way Linda told me that an article had been in the paper about the Navy Day with the boats, although I have never really tried to track down the original article.
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ROSS FISHER
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Posted on: Jan 26, 2009 - 8:04am
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JUST FOR THE RECORD, ON OCTOBER 20, 1945, ARMY BEAT "MELVILLE PT BOATS" BY A SCORE OF 55-13. ARMY FINISHED THE SEASON UNDEFEATED AT 9-0.
(WARS COME AND GO, BUT THIS ARMY-NAVY THING IS FOREVER.)
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QM
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Posted on: Jan 26, 2009 - 6:11pm
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Can you post the halftime score. I believe it was fairly even. Were those old sailors in shape for a full game? |
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TED WALTHER |
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Posted on: Jan 27, 2009 - 8:24pm
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FRANK;
BOTH PHOTOS OF PT 557 WERE TAKEN IN THE U.S. THE FIRST WAS TAKEN AFTER RETURNING TO THE U.S. FROM THE MED IN LATE NOVEMBER 1944 AND THE SECOND IS ALSO ON THE WAR BOND TRIP TO CHICAGO IN 1945.
MY QUESTION, IF THESE BOATS ARE PAINTED NAVY GREEN NG-5, THIS APPEARS TO BE A REALLY DARKER VERSION. DAYLIGHT IN ALL PHOTOS LOOKS GOOD. I HOPE SOMEBODY CAN FIND A COLOR SHOT OF ANY OF THESE BOATS EITHER ON THE TRIP OR AT MELVILLE.
TAKE CARE,
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