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PT127
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Posted on: Apr 29, 2013 - 3:15pm
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Earl, or whoever, the location "Bobon, Samar".... was this on the very north end of Samar or was it the base on the south end near Guiuan?
i know its very common for place names to be duplicated between islands in the philippines, i trying to nail down the geographical location.
thanks.
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earl
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Posted on: Apr 29, 2013 - 3:31pm
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i think on the south end of samar.i don,t think we were too ar from guian,i have a pho5om of a church in guian that had a silver alter.i idid noty take the photo though./ity was givwen to me i a, not positive of the location though.i just knew "we were there
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TED WALTHER
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 Posted on: Apr 29, 2013 - 4:38pm
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Steve;
That is not PT 72, that is ASR-72, your portholes statement had my interest, so I enlarged the photo.
Take care,
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earl
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Posted on: Apr 29, 2013 - 7:05pm
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pt 127\
i just remembered that when wwe went tio ormoc we came up the channel/went past tacloban and on uop to ormoc. so bobon,guian, samer had to be just south of tacloban
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PT127
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Posted on: Apr 30, 2013 - 8:12am
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Thanks Earl. That fits with what I assumed was the case.
When I was there last year I tried to find the exact spot of the PT base location. Not much luck I'm afraid. I've been looking for a map from the war years that might be more precise but no luck so far on that. I'll be heading back to Cebu/Leyte/Samar this winter to see if I can do any better.
When I was in Guiuan last year I visited the church you mention. Amazingly enough, going by my dad's photos of it in 1944/1945, it really hasn't changed that much.
Thanks again,
Mark
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alross2
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Posted on: Apr 30, 2013 - 8:45am
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From what I can see on this @#$%2 Mac I have at work, 72 looks like a 63' ARB (crash boat). Will blow it up on a real computer tonight to confirm.
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earl
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Posted on: Apr 30, 2013 - 12:24pm
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mark
i think it was on the right side below tacloban
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PT127
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Posted on: Apr 30, 2013 - 6:21pm
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Earl,
That's what I've been working off of. One book says it was about 10 miles from Guiuan. Sound about right to you?
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earl
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Posted on: Apr 30, 2013 - 8:00pm
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that soounds about right/i kmow they were not too far apart.
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