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ducati650
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Posted on: Jul 17, 2008 - 9:21am
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That is great Ray. Give them my regards.
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EARL RICHMOND
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Posted on: Jul 17, 2008 - 9:49am
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if my memory serves me correctly we,on two occassions,had aboard our pt 108,in 1944,two teams,consisting of one scout and two natives and one outrigger canoe.we took them to a japanese held island,.name forgotten by me,where they slipped into the water on station and proceeded to the island.they were to scout the enemy island and then to be picked up,if they survived at a later date by a pt boat at night.we were not the boat designated to pick them up.these guys had an uncanny nack of slipping the outrigger into the water without so much as a ripple..they were so quiet you didn,t know they were there.it was quite eerie to watch this at night on a patrol station.;i give them a lot of credit for doing a very dangerous job.don,t know of the scouts name or outfit. we started the patrol from emirau island base. earl
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EARL RICHMOND
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Posted on: Jul 17, 2008 - 7:18pm
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CORRECTION THAT WAS A US MARINE BATTALION THAT OCCUPIED SESAPI BEFORE IT BECAME A PT BASE UNIT. EARL
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QM
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Posted on: Jul 17, 2008 - 7:18pm
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Here is additional information from The Saga of Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron 12:
The afternoon of June 24 [PT's 193 and 331] landed an army scouting party to search Noemfoor Island as a part of the night's mission. These specially trained Alamo Scouts prowled around two of the airstrips and elsewhere on the island for two days and a night. Picked up by the same PT's the scouts reported that there were some 3,000 Japanese on the island. later the reports would set the figure at 6,000.
I feel that it is necessary to make some comments. First, an afternoon landing does not sound correct. The usual landings and pickup were at night. Second, if they were on the island for two days, it seems that they would have been there either two or three nights. |
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Russ Blaise
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Posted on: Jul 17, 2008 - 9:20pm
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60 years! That's great, Ray. I hope you took them out for a lobster dinner. Did I read somewhere that your father lives in Arizona or that he was just on a trip there?
Russ Blaise
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Alamo Scout
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Posted on: Jul 18, 2008 - 6:18am
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Nice work. The Alamo Scouts did not go in at Noemfoor during the day. They sent two boats in shortly after midnight on/about 21-23 July 44. HOBBS and McGOWEN Teams conducted the mission. According to Hobbs, they were observed throughout the mission, but the Japanese allowed them to complete it. Ah, another mystery!
Also, does anyone know Gus, from PT 497? He doesn't have a posted email and I would like to get a message to him. His boat landed THOMPSON Team on Poro/Ponson Islands on November 13/14.
Thanks
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Ray Wilbur
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Posted on: Jul 18, 2008 - 6:49am
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Russ, my parents live in Mesa, Az. They're up visiting for three weeks.
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Russ Blaise
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Posted on: Jul 18, 2008 - 7:53am
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Ray, I live in Tucson. Next time I have to drive to Phoenix I should stop in and say hi to your folks.
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Ray Wilbur
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Posted on: Jul 18, 2008 - 2:10pm
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My Dad would like that Russ.
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area51
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Posted on: Jul 18, 2008 - 4:15pm
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Lance
Yes, I remember dropping Alamo scouts in Ormoc Bay
during a november patrol. At the same time we also picked up
wounded U.S. airmen that had been shot down several days prior.
gus RM3c PT 497
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