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Jeff D

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JFK put his PT experience to good use in becoming President. His actions after the ramming showed that he was a man of compassion and leadership. I was checking the history.navy.mil site and found a new (to me at least) image of PT 796 being decorated for use in Kennedy's inaugural parade: https://www.history.navy.mil/content/history/nhhc/our-collections/photography/alphabetical---donations0/k/ua-384-01-andrew-kartalis-photo-collection.html. There's a much larger version there also:

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  Jerry Gilmartin

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Hi Jeff
I have never seen this photo before. Thanks for showing it to us! I have a few more you may like to see that I have gathered over the years. Jerry

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Jerry Gilmartin
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Nice, thank you Jerry.


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Jeff, I ran into a P.T vet. in Wendy's at lunch one day. He was wearing a hat with PT796 on it and i asked him if he served. He said he served during peace time on 796 in Panama City Fl. before it was used as the 109. his name is Bob McKinley. he lives near me in New Castle and spends the winters in Florida. I don't know where though. I encouraged him to contact PT boats Inc. I regret I have not talked to him since. I need to put that on my to do list.

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