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Earl Richmond
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Hi Earl: Have not heard from you lately. Hope you are doing O.K. Thought of you - Been hankerin' for some fried spam. I know you are the expert on preparatiom of fried spam, powdered eggs, weevily bread with orange marmalade. All prepared on the PT hot plate.
Take Care Mate!!!
C. J. Willis
Posted By: CJ Willis | Posted on: May 6, 2011 - 7:57am
Total Posts: 464 | Joined: Nov 5, 2006 - 5:02pm
HI CJ JUST NOTICED THE POST.SORRY I HAVEN,T BEEN BUT MY EYES HAVE GOTTEN WORSE.LOSING THE SIGHT IN RIGHT EYES AND THE LEFT ONE IS STARTING TO FEEL THE STRAIN.ALSO MY ARM AND HAND HAVE NOT HEALED YET, FROM MY FALL LAST SEPT,STILL GETTING THERAPY TO TRY AND HELP GET THE USE BACK.
FONM,T KNOW about being the exert but i tried to mix it up some.srtill don,t like spam..the narmalade i can handle once in a while.when kent whitakersd service cooking book comes out you will find a couple of the recipes in uit.
good to hear from you again.don,t
'se
' much of the old boat info on here much anymore.guess we are all dying off now.only thing left are memoriees.would like to have seeb more of the stories we used to tell about the boats as we knew them.don,t think all the storiers have been told yet.if they don,t get said on herte now we will probably never hear/see them and they will be lost memories forever.i thinlk my daus of posting are al,osst done but there4 arew still some interesting things to be said. u miss the stories and stuff.even the strettched out onees and even the arguments.needed them to liven things out a bit.
thanks for asking of mee cj.my best to you and keep it going for me. earl
earl richmond
Posted By: EARL RICHMOND | Posted on: May 6, 2011 - 10:25am
Total Posts: 319 | Joined: Oct 8, 2006 - 1:50pm
Earl: Thanks for getting back to me with your input. You are so right that there are not many of us old timers on the message board left to tell the stories we encountered while riding the boats in WW11. Like you mention we have our memories and really our memories are the only thing no one can take from us. I too miss the stories and stuff we used to discuss. I wish more old timers that were on the boats would tell their tales. We will have to just depend on the splinters and modelers to keep this PT thing going. Earl, I know it is and has been a very difficult time for you in your life. I want you to know that you are in my thoughts and prayers. Just hang in there my good friend.
C. J. Willis
Posted By: CJ Willis | Posted on: May 6, 2011 - 3:30pm
Total Posts: 464 | Joined: Nov 5, 2006 - 5:02pm
THANK YOU CJ,THAT MEANT A LOT TO ME.IT WILL BE SOMETGING TO KEEP IN MY MEMORY.I TO WILL REMEMBER YOU AS MY GOOD FRIEND AND SHIPMATE.WE SHARED SOME OF THE SAME PLACES AND MEMORIES OF WHAT SO FEW OF US LEFT SHAREWD.WE WILL ALWEAYS SHARE A PATROL TOGETHER/EITHER THERTE, HERE OR THEIR.BEEN GOOD PATROLING TOGETHER CJ.THANKS FOR BEING MY SHIPMATE AND FRIEND EARL
earl richmond
Posted By: EARL RICHMOND | Posted on: May 7, 2011 - 7:37am
Total Posts: 319 | Joined: Oct 8, 2006 - 1:50pm
C.J. and Earl - I know it has been said before, but once again, thanks for your service and for helping to keep the memory of the boats alive......
Will
Posted By: Will Day | Posted on: May 8, 2011 - 8:20am
Total Posts: 1955 | Joined: Oct 8, 2006 - 4:19pm
I second that motion. We love hearing from you CJ and EARL. We hope that you will take the time to tell us more of those wonderful stories of your times spent on the boats. WE ENJOY HEARING FROM BOTH OF YOU. Other PT VETERANS, PLEASE JOIN IN..................
Posted By: Frank J Andruss Sr | Posted on: May 8, 2011 - 10:37am
Total Posts: 3497 | Joined: Oct 9, 2006 - 6:09am
THANKS WILL ABD FRANK.GETTONG HARDER TO READ THE TEXT NOW.EYES WORSE.MAY NOT BE ON HERE MUCH LONGER.
THANKS FOR ALL THAT EVERYONE HAS DONE TO KEEP EBERYONE INFORMED ABOUT OUR BOATS,ACTIOMS AND STORIES.SORRY I CAN,T HELP MUCH LONGER\
TAKE CARE AND GOOD SAILING EARL
earl richmond
Posted By: EARL RICHMOND | Posted on: May 9, 2011 - 6:50am
Total Posts: 319 | Joined: Oct 8, 2006 - 1:50pm
Earl
If this happens, I am sure we will all miss you very much. It saddens me to think you might be giving up the message board. After all, this was started for guys like you. Rest assured that I will always do my best to keep the history of the PT BOATS in the public eye, as I am sure the others here will do the same thing.
Posted By: Frank J Andruss Sr | Posted on: May 9, 2011 - 11:39am
Total Posts: 3497 | Joined: Oct 9, 2006 - 6:09am
AMEN TO THAT, FRANKIE...
Will
Posted By: Will Day | Posted on: May 9, 2011 - 2:47pm
Total Posts: 1955 | Joined: Oct 8, 2006 - 4:19pm
Earl
Browsers have a setting to enlarge the text on the screen.
A few clicks and you can greatly enlarge the print.
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On Firefox it is down from the View menu to Zoom to Zoom in.
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natsmith
Posted By: Nathaniel Smith | Posted on: May 9, 2011 - 4:14pm
Total Posts: 211 | Joined: Jan 19, 2008 - 6:55am
Earl! You are the man! I did manage to use MUCH of the information you passed on in the book. And some of your recipe notes.
But, that picture you sent in with you on the beach. Heck, my wife is IN LOVE!! She said you were pretty dang good looking.
Used Earl's name in a Memorial Day interview with a TV station. And will post a link when they run it online. I think they post the video a day or two after the airdate.
I'll post this in an update about the book. But the name was changed, and some of the focus. I'll start a new thread for that.
Have a safe memorial day weekend everyone! - Kent Whitaker
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Posted By: whitakermk | Posted on: May 26, 2011 - 1:09pm
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