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Alan Curtis

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My wife's uncle was killed while on PT-320 but served on two other boats, "Calamity Jane" and "the Zombie". Does anyone know what PT boats they are? I tried Will's site but could not get the pdf files to open.

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Murray -

PT Four Niner Seven - MANY PESOS

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Murray -

PT Four Niner Seven - MANY PESOS

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ALAN PT 347 HAS NICKNAME ZOMBIE. DID NOT HAVE THE PREFIX "THE" . COULD NOT FIND ONE FOR CALAMITY JANE.

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Many thanks for all the replies.
Gus, do you know the reason for the name Many Pesos?
For some reason I can't get the details from Will Day's site. It is really nice to have original names, it's not possible to invent any that sound so authentic, so far away from the time and circumstances.


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Alan Curtis

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Thanks Earl
I have old letters written from the crew member I mentioned. I just looked and the boat he mentioned was just called "Zombie" . From his letters I know that he was in MTB Ron 21. One of the things that really strikes me is the age of these hero's , my wife's uncle, Donald Stockwell, was 19 when he was killed in the PI. What a debt we owe these people. I'm almost 60, and I'm brought to tears when I read the stories of these young sailors. We can never thank and rembember enough.

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For those of you that would like a copy of the Names Document (or any of the other documents) on the PT 108 web site, send me an email and I will send you a copy in Word .doc format.


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Willis

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On pages 491,492 and 493 in PT boats Knights of the Sea has all the Nicknames of all the Boats. Some boats have two. My Boat Pt 242 was nicknamed "Celeste" when I was aboard but was later named "Crusin' Susan.
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Marty Johnson
On pages 491,492 and 493 in PT boats Knights of the Sea has all the Nicknames of all the Boats. Some boats have two. My Boat Pt 242 was nicknamed "Celeste" when I was aboard but was later named "Crusin' Susan.
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Marty Johnson

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Thanks Willis, I must have missed those pages.

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PT 168 RON 10
In Memory of LT(JG) Martin A. Johnson

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