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EARL RICHMOND
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Posted on: Jul 8, 2012 - 11:05am
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did anyone else ever "ride the bullnosee cLEAT RINE"ON THE BOW OF THE BOAT WHILE UNDERWATY BESIDES ME? WHAT A GREAT FEELING RHAT WAS,NOTHING IN FRONT OF YOU BUT THE GR4EAT BIG OCEAN EARL
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Frank J Andruss Sr
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Posted on: Jul 8, 2012 - 11:51am
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THAT MUST HAVE BEEN SOME RIDE EARL, THANK GOD YOU NEVER FELL, THEY WOULD HAVE NEVER FOUND YOU.
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Will Day
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Posted on: Jul 8, 2012 - 12:07pm
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I've seen several photos of crewmen "riding the nose". It must have been great!
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EARL RICHMOND
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Posted on: Jul 8, 2012 - 12:17pm
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we had to do it sometimes to watch for logs and stuff,rspecially after bad weather. earl
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CJ Willis
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Posted on: Jul 8, 2012 - 12:31pm
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Earl: I have straddled the bull nose many times on our way out to patrol from Green Island to New Britain New Ireland. It has to be a pretty calm sea. I would get my 45 automatic and shoot at flying fish as they were scared out of the water. Don't think I ever hit one. Lots of fun though for a kid. Uncle sam furnished all the ammunition we wanted. We made that run a lot from March until Nov '44. Traveling west on that run I saw many beautiful South Pacific sunsets.
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Jerry Gilmartin |
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Posted on: Jul 8, 2012 - 12:33pm
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HI EARL
I TALKED TO MAURY HOOPER HE WAS ON PT238 IN RON20 AND
HE SAID HE DID THAT WHEN HE GOT OFF WATCH DOWN IN THE
ENGINE ROOM. HIS SKIPPER WANTED SOMEBODY TO WATCH
OUT FOR COCONUTS. I THINK CJ TOLD ME HE DID SOMETIMES
TOO ON HIS BOAT PT242. GLAD YOU ARE BACK EARL!
JERRY
PT658
PORTLAND
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EARL RICHMOND
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Posted on: Jul 8, 2012 - 3:24pm
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hi cj i didnt hit any of the flying fish eitgher, we patroled new ireland and apple s lot. don,t rthink the sunssets and sunruises could have miore beautiful any place else, miost peaceful timees of the day watching them from the gun turretts.
thanks jerry earl
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Nuge210
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Posted on: Jul 9, 2012 - 5:46pm
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Oh Yea......
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PRJM3
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Posted on: Jul 9, 2012 - 7:17pm
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RON 27 boats
Difficult to see in the second picture, but he's there riding the bullnose.
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Wayne Traxel
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Posted on: Jul 9, 2012 - 7:47pm
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Hello Earl, good to see you're back.
Herb Jenne's PT-245 spring 1945.
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