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EARL'S SCRAPBOOK
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EARL WAS NICE ENOUGH TO LET ME SCAN SOME PHOTOS IN HIS SCRAPBOOK, SO WE COULD SHOW YOU SOME OF THEM. ( HEY EARL, SORRY IT TOOK ME ALMOST TWO WEEKS TO DO THIS ).
I DON'T KNOW WHAT SOME OF THESE THINGS ARE IN THIS SHOT, BUT IT IS THE 108 BOAT ON PATROL.
THE 108 FIRING A ' FISH'
PT BASE AT ORMOC, LEYTE IN 1945
THE CEMENT PIER AT ORMOC, COMPLETE WITH A SHELL HOLE !
Steve
Posted By: Nuge210 | Posted on: Feb 10, 2013 - 9:26am
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Could, MAYBE the top photo be of a mount for a machine gun, or twin machine guns with containers for ammo boxes .....................?
Posted By: TGConnelly | Posted on: Feb 10, 2013 - 9:29am
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*THANK YOU EARL!*
*THAT SHOT OF THE TORPEDO LAUNCH IS REALLY AWESOME AND SHOWS THE RETAINING CABLES REALLY WELL.*
*THE PHOTO OF THE BASE CREATES ALL SORTS OF POSSIBLE DIORAMAS.*
Cheers
"Give me a fast boat for we want to get out of harm's way too."
Posted By: PeterTareBuilder2 | Posted on: Feb 10, 2013 - 9:41am
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Great pictures. Thanks for sharing them!
The top photo is interesting with the roll off's and the original tube mountings still in place. Earl, did you ever remove those original mountings or did you just leave them there?
Yes, that's a twin .50 mount. Great shot of the mount for the gun and the base.
That looks like it could be a big fuel bladder. Earl, did you use fuel bladders for long distance runs? Or is that something entirely different?
Dave
David Waples
Posted By: David Waples | Posted on: Feb 10, 2013 - 10:41am
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thanks so much steve.great photos.
i don,t kmnow if the "m,ounts and/or fuel bladders were prior to my comimg aboard tjhe 108 or after i left it.i thinks they were beofore. someone m,emntioned there was a thirty mm gun in thios area so it may havve been for that gun
the base photo showes the hotel at th end of the pier tjhat was used for hdqtrs for officers quarters and vanderbilts offices and qyarters.the ron 12 boats were lined up along yttje ppier.
tje firsy street on left where the first tents are was wjhere laundry girls took in the laubdry from the guys.there were usually about 10 girls there.they took the clothing to a river ast the left of the base/it had cement steps/thyey soaked the clothing in the river and uSed wooden paddles on the steps to beat out thedurt and smells. don,t remember if they used soap or not. aa bridge crossed the river to a small village at tjhe left of the base.at tjhe end og the forreground street was a bombed out chursh and then our galley.my termnt was just across the roasd from the galley.beging tjhe galley was where a lot of bombs were stacked.
to the left behing the hotel was where the villAge started.there was one t ttent tjhe phillp guierrillas used for a holding aarea foer enemy and also a phillip girl was held there on just a cot.she was executed the next day for collaboratibng with ebnemy.
some nights phill guerls wound drrive by and throw grenades towards our area.they did not like uus as we had contact with their women.i was lucky in that i had a boy to keep my teent clean annd his sioster did my 2wash.she and her family ionvited me to dinner one day.it was very interesting.
the base crews and the boat crrews did not intermingle very much as they were out on patrol most of the time and we were kept busy on the base.
there was a hand cranked old victrola insiode the church that comntimuously played jho stadffors songs,. thintk that was the only recorsd they had.
tjere was a jap ship over on its sider in the bay that was kleft over from the ormoc bay bAttlwe.a lot of guys tried to swimm down into it for souvineers but the air inside was too rank and foul .there were also giant man o war sea nettles to watch out for and they had kill;ed some with their opoisinous temntaccles.
thanks again steve you diod a good job. see you next time earl;
earl richmond
Posted By: EARL RICHMOND | Posted on: Feb 10, 2013 - 11:26am
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Awesome photos. Thanks for taking the time to scan and post them. That album has to be a real treasure.
Posted By: Roy Forbes | Posted on: Feb 10, 2013 - 11:49am
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great pictues and I love all the details in your story Earl!!
Posted By: colleen | Posted on: Feb 10, 2013 - 4:28pm
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Outstanding!
Will
Posted By: Will Day | Posted on: Feb 10, 2013 - 7:45pm
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EARL.
*TANK YOU FOR YOUR POST AND FOR BRINGING THE BOATS AND THE MEN WHO CREWED THEM ALIVE FOR US WHO WERE NOT THERE. IT IS STORIES LIKE YOURS THAT WILL ENSURE THAT THESE IRON MEN ON WOODEN BOATS WILL NOT FADE FROM HISTORY.*
Tank you again and cheers.
"Give me a fast boat for we want to get out of harm's way too."
Posted By: PeterTareBuilder2 | Posted on: Feb 10, 2013 - 9:27pm
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EARL, SO NICE OF YOU TO LET US SEE THESE PHOTOGRAPHS, ALONG WITH YOUR STORIES. I LOVE TO HEAR OF THOSE DAYS AND WHAT YOU AND THE BOAT DID WENT THROUGH.
Posted By: Frank J Andruss Sr | Posted on: Feb 10, 2013 - 10:25pm
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Thank you Earl. Very interesting photos made even more so knowing you were there. I especially like the pier shot. Thank you too Steve for posting them.
Posted By: Jeff D | Posted on: Feb 11, 2013 - 1:37pm
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Earl;
Thanks for your photos, I have a million questions but I am trying for a meet and greet in maybe April or May at your VFW.
We will work it out.
Take care,
TED
Posted By: TED WALTHER | Posted on: Feb 11, 2013 - 7:11pm
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ok ted.keep me posted.it is at my local american legion post that steve and i go to.keep well and safe regards/ earl
earl richmond
Posted By: EARL RICHMOND | Posted on: Feb 11, 2013 - 7:27pm
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Earl,
What time period were you at ormoc?
Thanks
Mark
Posted By: PT127 | Posted on: Feb 12, 2013 - 9:21am
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mark/ i was there from mid 1945 till dec 1945
earl
earl richmond
Posted By: EARL RICHMOND | Posted on: Feb 12, 2013 - 12:15pm
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that would be great to have a meet and greet at Earl's vfw! i would try to make it!
Posted By: colleen | Posted on: Feb 12, 2013 - 5:07pm
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lookincg fosrward to that colleen.hope we can somehow all get it together. ,would be really nicae,will see what we can do
earl
earl richmond
Posted By: EARL RICHMOND | Posted on: Feb 13, 2013 - 12:04pm
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HI GIRLS AND GUYS,
HERE ARE A FEW MORE PICTURES FROM EARL'S SCRAPBOOK.
A PHOTO OF THE CEMENT PIER AT ORMOC, LOOKING BACK TOWARD TOWN.
ANOTHER VIEW OF THE TOWN. SORRY THAT I CUT OFF THE CAPTIONS ON THE PHOTO. ON THE RIGHT IT POINTS TO THE 'OLD CHURCH' AND THE LEFT TO THE 'GALLEY'.
THIS ORMOC, 1945. CAPTION SAYS 'RON 12, PT 27'. THE BOAT ON THE LEFT LOOKS LIKE 146 TO ME.
USS OYSTER BAY, 'THE MOTHER SHIP'. LOOKS LIKE PT'S 144. 340, 342 341 FROM LEFT TO RIGHT.
THANKS TO NAT SMITH FOR ENLARGING A LOT OF THESE PHOTOS SOME YEARS BACK.
Steve
Posted By: Nuge210 | Posted on: Feb 15, 2013 - 6:23pm
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Wonderful new photo of the USS Oyster Bay. Its new to me, anyway, and would have been a great reference photo for my 1/350 scale diorama.
Thank you for posting Earl's photos! Is it too, late to thank him for these?
I hope that he has seen my model of the tender.
[url]http://www.modelshipgallery.com/gallery/dio/dio-cm/350-oysterbay-cm/index.htm[/url]
This link has been repaired, Dick . . .
Posted By: Carl M | Posted on: Feb 16, 2013 - 6:43am
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The second to last photo...
Wasn't PT-27 a Ron 1 boat?
Could it be that the boat pictured is the 127 boat? If the boat to the left is the 146 that might square with my father's memory, and the war diaries, because the 127 and 146 frequently patrolled together.
Posted By: PT127 | Posted on: Feb 16, 2013 - 7:42am
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hi cvarl yep i am stil hanging around.i saw your diorama and the ship. it wqs great and in very good detail.
pt1267/ osorry but i am not sure of the boat numbers.my eyes can,t make ouit a lot of detail anymore.
thamks again steve.as usual, rxcellent job you did.and also thanks to nateam anxious to se how thae rest turn ouut.the native ladies should stir up a comment..
earl
earl richmond
Posted By: EARL RICHMOND | Posted on: Feb 16, 2013 - 8:00am
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Mark,
I didn't look that closely, but went with the caption on the photo. Under magnification, I think your right about her being the 127.
Steve
Posted By: Nuge210 | Posted on: Feb 16, 2013 - 8:01am
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Well then, "Thank you, Mr. Richmond!"
What a treasure trove you have within your scrapbook!
I need to suggest / request that you submit the best quality scan of your photo of the USS Oyster Bay and submit it to Navsource.org with all of the information that you know about the photo; i.e. time, place, PT #s, etc.
This way, you photo will be available for all to enjoy. Navsource.org is a wonderful archive of USN ships, histories, and specifications.
Thanks again, shipmate!
Carl Musselman
MM1/SS USN (1982-1995)
Posted By: Carl M | Posted on: Feb 16, 2013 - 9:18pm
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Once again thank you Earl, and Steve and Nat. Great shot of the boats with the Oyster Bay!
Pics of native girls you say? [:-lookhappy-:]
Posted By: Jeff D | Posted on: Feb 17, 2013 - 10:19am
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hi again carl/ a very good suuggestion about posting in the nAv archives.maybe steve can find a way to do it?i hAve no other photos,.i thhink, of the oyster bay nor any morwe info on it.maybe,.somewhere in my photos but niot surre.
jeff/yes a couple of the jungle girls but not too ptrtty though,.but, i guess being there at the time your imaginatiomn could rumn away with you.especiAlly if you were tjere for a long time.they are not special but just local historical scenery.
earl
earl richmond
Posted By: EARL RICHMOND | Posted on: Feb 17, 2013 - 11:45am
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i thimk 107 on kleft and 108 on right
earl
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Posted By: EARL RICHMOND | Posted on: Mar 3, 2013 - 8:06am
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Awesome Pics Earl, Thanks for sharing - Kent
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Posted By: whitakermk | Posted on: Mar 18, 2013 - 5:21am
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The photos in this discussion seem to no longer be visible. Are they still available? If so, could you provide a link to their new location? Thanks!
Posted By: Ian Edgar | Posted on: Feb 16, 2018 - 4:59pm
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Photos have recaptured and are now displayed in their original post as available.
Dick . . . .
Posted By: Dick | Posted on: Feb 17, 2018 - 8:32am
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Another piece of history reclaimed from the evil forces of PHOTOBUCKET. [:-cheers-:]
Posted By: Jeff D | Posted on: Feb 17, 2018 - 10:20am
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Another piece of history reclaimed from the evil forces of PHOTOBUCKET. [:-cheers-:]
Kudos!
Rick Schaefer Splinter
TM2c John E Mirus
Solomon Islands
Dec 43 - Jan 45
PT-107 Dec '43-April '44 PT-63 April '44-June'44 PT-108 June '44-Nov '44
Posted By: rickas | Posted on: Feb 17, 2018 - 4:56pm
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Many Thanks Earl, for the photos and the living stories of the PT Boaters.Please post some more photos .
Bill P Reese
Posted By: billpr | Posted on: Feb 25, 2018 - 4:14pm
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