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pt127douglas

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Post a Reply To This Topic    Reply With Quotes     Edit Message     View Profile of pt127douglas  Posted on: Feb 2, 2011 - 6:21am
hi,

i've (finally) posted PT 127's Action Reports on the 127 site. These are all the ones available at the nationa archives.please note that since the boats normally patrolled with other PTs many other member boats of Rons 7& 12 are included in these reports.

these reports join the War Diaries and Deck Logs already on the site.

they are fairly large files at around 60MB or so a pop.

http://www.pt127.org/actionreports.html


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GREAT JOB ON POSTING PT 127'S LOG BOOKS AND ACTION REPORTS!!!!
TAKE CARE,
TED


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Dan C

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Post a Reply To This Topic    Reply With Quotes     Edit Message     View Profile of Dan C  Posted on: Feb 8, 2011 - 10:55am
Hi,
I've been looking over the PT127 documents on your website and they are fascinating. I've been hoping to locate the very same documents for my father's PT boat. Dad (Bill Clements - BM2C) served on PT548 in RON28 from its initial commissioning until around March/April 1945. They saw action in both the Solomons and the Philippines. Unfortunately, Dad passed away in 2006, but he would have loved to see this stuff. Dad had the time of his life in the PT service.

I'd be greatful if you could pass along any pointers on researching and obtaining copies of his boat's deck logs/action reports/war diaries from the National Archives. Your advice could cut through a lot trial and error on my part. I'm sure the more specific you are with what you're requesting, the more likely you are to get it quickly. Are these documents that can be obtained through the mail, or is a visit to the National Archives necessary?

Thanks in advance for any advice you can provide. ---Dan Clements

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pt127douglas

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Post a Reply To This Topic    Reply With Quotes     Edit Message     View Profile of pt127douglas  Posted on: Feb 8, 2011 - 11:53am
hi,

you have two choices. you can either go there yourself or you can hire a researcher located there.

if you choose the latter here is a list of researchers:

http://www.archives.gov/research/hire-help/


if you decide to go yourself, which i highly recommend, you should plan on several full days of on-site time. obviously this will depend on how much information is available. the archives that holds the ww 2 documents is located just outside of dc, so it can be part of a trip to the capital. archive information:

http://www.archives.gov/dc-metro/college-park/index.html


as mentioned i'd highly advise you to go yourself. there is something surreal about handlingy the original documents, the feel, the smudges, the smell.

you can either make xerox copies or do as i did and shot digital copies with a camera. (could be that the archives now has digital copy machines that would allow you to save directly to a jump drive, but you'd have to email them to find out.) they have camera stands available but you will need your own camera. i'd suggest bringing a tripod as well as the camera stands are few and demand can be high.

finally, the archive staff there are probably amongst the nicest most helpful public employees i've ever dealt with, from the security guards, to the archivists, to the folks who work in the cafe. once you get there the staff will explain the process of obtaining the docs, etc.

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Dan C

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Thanks so much for the quick response. I'll start poking around the websites you listed and decide whether to go in person or go the route of a for-hire researcher. ---Dan

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