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djwhite
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Posted on: Apr 14, 2012 - 10:23am
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I asked Mr. Frank about Mr. Richmond again, he said it's very hard to remember names after 60 years. He does remember alot of the kindness that the sailors had for each other.
I guess living in such tight confines like a ship you either got along or moved on.
He did tell me that if Mr. Richmond was the cook on the 108 before he got there then he left a good legacy on that boat.
What a truly amazing bunch of guys.
Denny
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djwhite
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Posted on: Apr 28, 2012 - 11:57am
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Oh My Goodness!!! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !
Mr. Frank had his daughter bring in a scrapbook that they had made up for him a couple of years ago.
There are a lot of family photos in it, but there is one page devoted to his service in the navy. They are printed pictures from a computer scanned photograph.
He had an 8 by 10 photo of the whole crew of the 505 sitting around the charthouse front with not only the 505 number of the boat but also the squadron 34 "wolf" logo. Anyone know right offhand where I can get a good copy of that logo. I know I have seen it before but right now for the life of me I can't remember if its in one of my reference books or on this message board. I tell you guys there is Nothing like talking to these heroes in person.
I have almost finished the small PT boat I have made for him and am detailing it to look more like the 505. Since it is from the 109 Linberg model I had to remove the molded in torpedo tube mount from the deck and underbrace it with styrene and fill it with styrene and putty to make the deck flush again for the roll off racks, for the depth charges and the torpedoes. I used the end of one of the torpedo launch tubes to create the radar on top of the mast. It took two Lindberg kits to get the extra 20mm for the front and the extra pieces for the mast. Now I need to build the racks and the ammo boxes on the stern of the boat.
Denny
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PeterTareBuilder
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Posted on: Apr 28, 2012 - 2:40pm
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Oh My Goodness!!! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !
Mr. Frank had his daughter bring in a scrapbook that they had made up for him a couple of years ago.
There are a lot of family photos in it, but there is one page devoted to his service in the navy. They are printed pictures from a computer scanned photograph.
He had an 8 by 10 photo of the whole crew of the 505 sitting around the charthouse front with not only the 505 number of the boat but also the squadron 34 "wolf" logo. Anyone know right offhand where I can get a good copy of that logo. I know I have seen it before but right now for the life of me I can't remember if its in one of my reference books or on this message board. I tell you guys there is Nothing like talking to these heroes in person.
I have almost finished the small PT boat I have made for him and am detailing it to look more like the 505. Since it is from the 109 Linberg model I had to remove the molded in torpedo tube mount from the deck and underbrace it with styrene and fill it with styrene and putty to make the deck flush again for the roll off racks, for the depth charges and the torpedoes. I used the end of one of the torpedo launch tubes to create the radar on top of the mast. It took two Lindberg kits to get the extra 20mm for the front and the extra pieces for the mast. Now I need to build the racks and the ammo boxes on the stern of the boat.
Denny
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Hi there.
It is a real privilege to be able to talk to any veteran about their experiences.
You are working on a Lindberg kit. Which scale is it? Lindberg is pretty good at sending out extra parts if you need them. A while back they sent me two more rear deck funnel vents, a couple of 20 mm guns and shields and a number of spare 20 mm magazines for one of my 1/32 scale PT boat projects. They also sent me some of the deck cleats so that I could replace the ones on my old boat which had been lost over the years of running it at the creek and pond as well as transporting it.
It's also great that thesePT boat veterans shed so much light on how a boat was configures at certain times.
Cheers from Peter
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EARL RICHMOND
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Posted on: May 1, 2012 - 8:14pm
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hi all i do not rtrmrmber mr frrank but would have been priveliged to have net him.from all the ionfo mentiopned he mmust have been on the 8 boat just after i left it.i diid go out of my way to get what food i could scrtoune for the crew,even managed to "borrow"some craters of stuff from a looadeed barge guarded by two maerines with help odf a cook buddy dfrom anopther boat.if nr frabk wqnts to ciommunicate wuth me my adress is;
earl richmond
101 taylor ave
hurlock.md,21643
ted nugent advised ne of hthis posting about mr frank
mr cossentinimwho was also aswsigbned to the 8 booT JUST after i left it took a lot of photos of his crew then and mr frasnk may be in oone of the [hotoa?there are no bnames but he tokld me,before he pqassed on that hE SENT COPIES TO H DQTRS ABD VARIOUS MEMBER S OF THE BOARD,MAYBE THEY CAB RECHECK THEM,I ALSO HAVE COPIES BUT I CAN,T SEE TTHEM DUE TO BY BAd eyesiight.i have vbeen declared legally bliind now.it has taken me a long time to type tthis with the help of my maghnifier
my beast to you all/ earl
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Will Day
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Posted on: May 1, 2012 - 11:07pm
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THANKS, EARL. ALWAYS GREAT TO HEAR FROM YOU!
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