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Lt Edward G. Delong
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I am searching for a picture of Lt. Edward G. Delong, skipper of PT 31.
Please help.
Victor
Victor K Chun
Posted By: victorkchun | Posted on: Dec 17, 2010 - 9:26am
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[url]http:/mva.sd.gov/sdwwiimemorial/SubPages/profiles/Display.asp?P=434[/url]
Edward Grover DeLong
Springfield, South Dakota
Bon Homme County
August 20, 1915 – July 2, 1942
Killed as a Japanese Prisoner of War in the Garden of Lie Boen Yat
Edward Grover DeLong
Edward Grover DeLong was born August 20, 1915, to Arthur E. and Sarah DeLong. Edward attended State College for a year before entering the Navy Academy at Annapolis, Maryland. After graduating, Edward entered active service in the U.S. Navy in 1937. Edward married Helen Ris on August 26, 1939, at Stanford University in California.
Picture is on site above, hope this helps.
Scott
Posted By: Scott Swiger | Posted on: Dec 17, 2010 - 12:04pm
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Victor,
Alyce has the original. It was published in the PT Boat newsletter (summer edition) in 1981. I have a scan of it but I suspect you need a better quality copy. Let me know. Thanks, Mark
Posted By: Mark Culp | Posted on: Dec 17, 2010 - 1:57pm
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Victor;
I originally thought this was his graduation photo, as he is in a midshipman uniform. However, this photo maybe an earlier photo, as all the photos in the USNA Class of 1937 "LUCKY BAG" Yearbook, are taken in dress blue uniforms.
Also, Scott left off a forward slash in the short cut address.
[url]http://mva.sd.gov/sdwwiimemorial/SubPages/profiles/Display.asp?P=434[/url]
Take care,
TED
Posted By: TED WALTHER | Posted on: Dec 17, 2010 - 2:24pm
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Hi Scott,
Thanks for your posting. However, as I clicked on the link you posted,
I cannot get any thing. What did I do wrong?
Victor
Victor K Chun
Posted By: victorkchun | Posted on: Dec 18, 2010 - 10:04am
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[url]http://mva.sd.gov/sdwwiimemorial/SubPages/profiles/Display.asp?P=434[/url]
Edward Grover DeLong
Springfield, South Dakota
Bon Homme County
August 20, 1915 – July 2, 1942
Killed as a Japanese Prisoner of War in the Garden of Lie Boen Yat
Edward Grover DeLong
Edward Grover DeLong was born August 20, 1915, to Arthur E. and Sarah DeLong. Edward attended State College for a year before entering the Navy Academy at Annapolis, Maryland. After graduating, Edward entered active service in the U.S. Navy in 1937. Edward married Helen Ris on August 26, 1939, at Stanford University in California.
Picture is on site above, hope this helps.
Scott
Victor
I hope the link is fixed now
Posted By: Scott Swiger | Posted on: Dec 18, 2010 - 11:48am
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Victor
Try the one in the box on my second post
Take care
Scott
Posted By: Scott Swiger | Posted on: Dec 18, 2010 - 11:50am
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Thank you all for the grduation picture of Delong which I finally able to
download. It will be great if I can get a picture of him taken in the Philipines .
Victor
Victor K Chun
Posted By: victorkchun | Posted on: Dec 19, 2010 - 9:56am
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Victor;
You will be the MacDaddy of PT Boat guys if you can find one o him in the P.I. It appears that there was 1-2 cameras in all of RON 3, during this time and I believe at least 1 was lost. Al and Mark have always been the best contacts for this RON.
Take care,
TED
Posted By: TED WALTHER | Posted on: Dec 19, 2010 - 5:24pm
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Victor,
I posted a picture of DeLong in school at the link below. Alyce has the original. Mark
http://skulljam0.tripod.com/id19.html
Posted By: Mark Culp | Posted on: Dec 21, 2010 - 10:06am
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Mark;
Good job! Ensign Leonard R. Hardy who is in the photo with DeLong, went to MTB RON 1 and was CO of PT 24 from 8/18/41-summer 1942. Huston I have not found. The enlisteds in the photo were spread across RON 1, 2, and 3.
Thanks.
Take care,
TED
Posted By: TED WALTHER | Posted on: Dec 21, 2010 - 8:24pm
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Victor--contact me offsite-I have a high-resolution scan of the picture that Mark has on his website I can send you.
Mark--would you like a copy as well?
Gene K.
Posted By: comcardiv1 | Posted on: Dec 23, 2010 - 10:56am
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Hi Gene K,
My email is victorkchun@aol.com. Thanks for all your help.
Victor
PS How should I credit the picture?
Victor K Chun
Posted By: victorkchun | Posted on: Dec 24, 2010 - 9:15am
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Victor, the photo is on its way.
Posted By: comcardiv1 | Posted on: Dec 24, 2010 - 10:50am
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Hi Gene,
Got your picture of Lt. Delong. It looks great. Thanks!
Victor
Victor K Chun
Posted By: victorkchun | Posted on: Dec 25, 2010 - 4:23pm
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Gene,
I would love a copy. My email is kellymark@fuse.net. Thank you.
Victor, I can send you the other picture you asked for when I return to work on 3 Jan.
Mark
Posted By: Mark Culp | Posted on: Dec 26, 2010 - 6:22am
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Hi All, just a question since this topic is on Lt. De Long ,
Has anyone found the 31 Boat in the Phiilipines and if not with all the receant mudslides earthquakes and such might she be lost never to be found?
Also the same question for the 41 Boat ?
So does anyone reading this have any ideas or knowledge of there possible recovery or being found past or presant?
Depending on wich book you read there is always a variotion of the end of the 41 Boat but the 31 Boats sinking is allways the same, Lt. De Longs Report of the sinking is very clear on the events of that night.
As for the 41 Boats end I lean towards MMFC John Tuggles version of events as its his personal eyewitness account and attachment with the Boat tends to outweigh someone writing a History of the events from a few thousand miles away from secondhand information.
D.buck
Posted By: David Buck | Posted on: Dec 31, 2010 - 2:09am
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David;
What is Tuggles version? I always thought the last anyone saw the 41 boat was on an Army truck and trailer headed to Lake Laneo(sp?). And that the boat was later destroyed to prevent capture from advancing Japanese forces(probably burned).
take care,
TED
Posted By: TED WALTHER | Posted on: Dec 31, 2010 - 6:40am
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Hi Ted,;Thats basioly what happened Tuggles version just fills in some finer detail , this is taken from his account in George W. Smiths book MacArther's Escape.
The Boat was put on a trailer and towed over a mountainous trail with sharp turns and u bends. Tuggle "The boat never made it through. It got stuck in one of the bends and was blocking the road, we took everything usable off it. The Japanese eventually pushed the boat over the cliff to open the road."
He does not say that the Boat was burnt by either the American Army or the Japanese, something that would one think be added as he talks about removeing gear from the Boat. Also at this time destroying anything of use to the Japanese was high on the list
Another version I have found states that as they were making their way up the trail the Japanese met them and the Boat was riddeled with holes first by the Japanese shooting at the Americans, using the boat as cover then by the Americans, shooting at tha Japanese, as they used the boat to advance, the Boat then being pushed over the edge of the road by tthe Japanese as now she was blocking the road and had a large number of holes in her hull and was beyond salvage. Also in this version there is no mention of the Boat being burnt, not worth the effort when one just needs to push it over the edge to finish her off.
The reports of the Boat being burnt being used by those outside the operations area and those further down in history can be understood when the American Military at that time had the comand in place to all service persons
DONT LET ANY USABLE EQUIPEMENT FALL INTO ENEMY HANDS DESTROY IT FIRST.
Just as it is today.
So Ted thats what I have found while studying the story of Ron 3, just think what might be posible and what must still be out there?
D.buck
Posted By: David Buck | Posted on: Dec 31, 2010 - 11:02pm
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To Ted and all on the Board Happy New Year.
Its sunny and 40c out on our deck and a great start to the Year on this side of the World.
D.buck
Posted By: David Buck | Posted on: Dec 31, 2010 - 11:12pm
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I am not aware of anyone exploring the 31 site.
Posted By: Mark Culp | Posted on: Jan 4, 2011 - 1:57am
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David;
That is very interesting, maybe her remains are still there, too bad the current state of the area isn't a little more tourist friendly.
Take care,
TED
Posted By: TED WALTHER | Posted on: Jan 4, 2011 - 11:57am
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Ted,
I agree, and all going well I may one day get to follow the old WW11 road and do a little exploring as I like to do.
By the way how is the PT 48 restoration going have not heard about her lately. As a 77' boat she holds a special interest for me as you can tell !
Any news would be welcome.
D.buck
Posted By: David Buck | Posted on: Jan 5, 2011 - 3:53am
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David
The News on PT-48 is not good News, as nothing is being done at this point. I would suggest that money is a very large issue here, but thankfully the boat is covered and protected. No work has been planned for 2011 that I know of..................
Posted By: Frank J Andruss Sr | Posted on: Jan 5, 2011 - 4:31am
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David;
Frank has passed you the current word on 48.
Take care,
Ted
Posted By: TED WALTHER | Posted on: Jan 5, 2011 - 10:14am
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Frank, Ted.
Shame to hear that but times are a little tough all round at the moment, thanks for the update.
Cheers,
D.buck
Posted By: David Buck | Posted on: Jan 5, 2011 - 2:30pm
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