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TED WALTHER
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 Posted on: Jan 27, 2012 - 4:28pm
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Frank and the Gang;
As far as beards go, let us all not forget the big "Blond Viking" from Sandusky, Ohio, Lennie Thom who was the Exec of PT 109 under Bryant Larson and Jack Kennedy and Skipper of PT 61 RON 3(2) and later PT 587 RON 39. A photo of him and Al Webb, who was Lennie's Exec on PT 61, is on page 36 of Dick Kersey's Book PT 105.
Take care,
TED
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Frank J Andruss Sr
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Posted on: Jan 27, 2012 - 6:01pm
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I think the thing that more or less threw me was the beards on those two guys before the War. I certainly do know that the PT BOAT guys had them in the war zone at times. which under the circumstances i could understand. The photo, which was no doubt staged, show's two guys with pretty full beards..
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Jerry Beasley
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Posted on: Jan 27, 2012 - 7:45pm
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I was on the USS Ticonderoga (CVA-14) for 3 West Pac cruises between 1966-69 and we were allowed to have beards while on the cruise but they had to disappear before returning to CONUS - if you could grow a good beard it could stay throughout the cruise but if you were one of the guys that could just grow a "summer beard" (some beard here and some beard there) then you had to go back to clean shaven.
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Jeff Sherry
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Posted on: Feb 12, 2012 - 4:47pm
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Didn't JFK's exec L. Thom have a beard or goatee?
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