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CJ Willis
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Posted on: Nov 28, 2012 - 1:14pm
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Jerry hang in there!! If I would have examined Higgins PT 242 closely I could have found lots of holes that I could not identify where and when they were made and for what reason. Bullet and otherwise. It seems trivial to me but don't class me as a PT modeler
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Black Ops
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Posted on: Nov 28, 2012 - 1:57pm
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I hope no one minds me throwing my two cents in. Jerry and CJ. How soon people forget, this was early mentioned by someone, the big discussion of the hole in the Higgins gun turret it had hundreds and hundreds of readers and comments. But since "you know who" wasn't sitting at the helm of a Higgins, the discussion stayed nice and simple and to the point and about Higgins only. The nicer, cleaner less embellished boat. If I'm not mistaken wasn't it a Higgins they hauled around for "you know who" Inauguration parade.
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TED WALTHER |
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 Posted on: Nov 28, 2012 - 2:27pm
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OH GREAT!!
OMG! Now you have done it Frank!!! You tried to fool us!!! You know Jack Kennedy was skipper of PT 101 RON 4, and as you know it was a Huckins! Hey you know, now that I think of it, I have a photo of him in the cockpit of 101, He is in Khaki's and a blue reefer jacket, just before he went over board in the inter coastal waterway in Jacksonville or New Bern, N.C! I enlarged the photo and behind him you can just make out what looks like drilled and tapped holes in the side of the cockpit, the holes are slighlt off set, a large one is in the middle, and they sort of look like this :0 )
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Jerry Gilmartin |
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Posted on: Nov 28, 2012 - 2:47pm
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That is too funny Ted! Frank you are right, and as far as I am concerned it is all in good fun. PT Boats Forever! Jerry
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Bob
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Posted on: Nov 28, 2012 - 2:59pm
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I agree Jerry, lets just stay with the 78' Higgins!!!
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Frank J Andruss Sr
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Posted on: Nov 28, 2012 - 4:56pm
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Jerry, please post a few photos of PT-658, showing some holes that we can identify, or at the very least discuss. I know for sure that Kennedy was never behind the wheel of this boat, so we might be safe. All kidding aside, I took a deep breath, stood back, and I am now ready for the next discussion, by the way hello C.J., always nice to hear from you......
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JBG327
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Posted on: Nov 28, 2012 - 6:35pm
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Let me get this straight, there were other boats than the 109 and 59?
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David Waples
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Posted on: Nov 28, 2012 - 6:49pm
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This started as such a nice little discussion about the armor and some features on PT-109. Then all of the sudden everyone went postal.
Okay, I'm a detail and accuracy freak. I admit it. But the beauty of a forum is that I can post a question to a group of knowledgeable people... and friends.. and get help with an answer. The other beautiful thing about a forum like this is that if you're not interested you can move on to the next subject.
I just hope we can all keep it civil. You know if we all lived in the same city I'm betting we would all be hanging out at the diner every Saturday morning and pulling each others chain until the sun went down.
Dave
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