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Question: Help in identifying people in photo's
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I am wondering what you guy's opinion would be on my chances of getting some of the people Identified from my father in-laws photo's ?
As I put his story together, I wonder what my odd's are of finding and talking to someone in these photo's.
I could post them on this site, but I am wondering about the social media too. I dont belong to facebook, I dont know how it works. Never really wanted to. But now I am wondering if that would be a good idea? A few photo's are unidentified women, I doubt they or their relatives are on the PT Boat website.
Some other photo's are of men at Melville, with first names and nicknames on the back. Some photo's taken In Boston in the boston commons, Some others of men on R&R in Florida at the College arms hotel. They also have first names on them.
Wondering if anyone would give me their ideas on the possibilities of identifying these people?
thanks,
Julie
Posted By: MN Gal | Posted on: Apr 19, 2013 - 8:50am
Total Posts: 126 | Joined: Jan 4, 2012 - 7:57am
Julie, in doing research over the years for myself and others, I am a firm believer that you can't get enough of outside sources, The more that people can see the photo's, the better the chance you might find and identify someone in the photo's. Trust me FACEBOOK does work, as I have found folks that have an interest in PT BOATS, and at times have been successful with it. This message board is another great source of help, not only for model work, and technical assistance but identifying photographs. Trust me, put up the photo's and see what happens. You can scan and send them to me as well mosquitofleet@comcast.net and I would be glad to help you, although no guarantee anything would be solved, but I can try. Hope this helps................
Posted By: Frank Andruss | Posted on: Apr 19, 2013 - 10:28am
Total Posts: 3964 | Joined: Feb 9, 2007 - 11:41am
Julie:
I agree with Frank. Post the photos with as much info as you have. Some of us may have a duplicate or smething close to being a duplicate and ours may have indentifying information. Even nicknames can be of value. When one pieces togather all of the data, it is sometimes amazing how a certain set of circumstances and information emerges that can then be taken as "fact".
Allan.
Posted By: Allan | Posted on: Apr 19, 2013 - 6:27pm
Total Posts: 161 | Joined: Sep 18, 2007 - 7:07pm
hi julie/ also post them on pt boat splinters site/earl
earl richmond
Posted By: earl | Posted on: Apr 19, 2013 - 6:54pm
Total Posts: 197 | Joined: Oct 18, 2006 - 12:13pm
Hello, I am ready to post some photo's. I am wondering if my directions I printed last year are still the way to post photo's since the boards new location?
It's been awhile since I posted a photo.
Please let me know if there are any changes to posting photo's?
Thanks
Julie
Posted By: MN Gal | Posted on: Apr 21, 2013 - 8:34am
Total Posts: 126 | Joined: Jan 4, 2012 - 7:57am
Just seeing if this photo will post.
If it does, I want to share with you, the writing on the photo is Fred Hahns. I sent him this photo on a 8x11 sheet of paper, I wrote on the bottom. I wanted to know if he could remember my Father In-Law. They were on the 156 together for a few months.
Fred could not remember him, but he remembered the one on the right. Not his name, just that he was there cook and that he made good moonshine. Just in case you cant read what he wrote.
He also said He like to go on patrols, Although He did not have to, So I would load up a Springfield Rifle to him- He would lay down between ( i cant make it out) and fire away, The safest part of Ron Boat. Hatch ??? day room. Maybe some one else can make it out better than me.
If this photo postes I have some more to go with it.
I will post.
In getting these photo's organized for posting, I think I discovered the first names of these two guy's. From some other photo's that do have names on the back. I am hoping someone will recognize them, and or give me their input on weather they are the same men or not.
I will hit post now and see if the photo appears.
thanks, Julie
[image]http://s130.photobucket.com/user/ptboats/media/MN%20Gal%20PT-156/PT156.jpg.html][/image]
Posted By: MN Gal | Posted on: Apr 21, 2013 - 10:58am
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hi julie/ i did not see a photo/ rarl
earl richmond
Posted By: earl | Posted on: Apr 21, 2013 - 6:09pm
Total Posts: 197 | Joined: Oct 18, 2006 - 12:13pm
[b]IMAGE POSTING[/b]
New "Photo" link now available:
You can now use the "HTML" code for posting images. This type of link requires no modification to the code, simply copy and paste the link from PhotoBucket uploaded images. The only issue with the "HTML" code is the posted image becomes a link back to PhotoBucket. You will notice if you move your mouse cursor over the posted image the "arrow" will change to a "hand" and if you click the mouse button you will be taken away from the Forum to PhotoBucket.
The use of the older style of "IMG" code with modifications to "image", still works, but only from the "Album Thumb Nail" view not the enlarged "Image" view of PhotoBucket (as shown in the first photo). If you copy the link from the "Image" view a bunch more superfluous coding has been added.
Your choice of either method works.
[b]This photo has been posted using the new "HTML" code[/b]
[b]This photo has been posted using the older "image" code[/b]
[image]http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p249/ptboats/Webmaster/Phot-Posting-HTML-02.jpg[/image]
Posted By: Dick | Posted on: Apr 22, 2013 - 8:58am
Total Posts: 1417 | Joined: Aug 27, 2006 - 6:36pm
Thank you for sharing with us Julie. Man, they look so young...
It looks like the text says "between the engine room hatch and day room". There was a narrow shelf there, as protected a place as possible on a wood boat short of being behind bridge armor which I don't think the 156 had. It would have given him a steady spot to lay down and shoot from.
Posted By: Jeff D | Posted on: Apr 22, 2013 - 9:24am
Total Posts: 2200 | Joined: Dec 21, 2006 - 1:30am
Thank you for helping me out Dick,
I will get the photo's in order and post them with my questions later.
My husband is home today and tomorrow so I have to keep my paper work and photo's hidden.
I will get back to you all soon.
Thanks for all the help.
Julie
Posted By: MN Gal | Posted on: Apr 22, 2013 - 11:52am
Total Posts: 126 | Joined: Jan 4, 2012 - 7:57am
Thank you Dick for coming to my rescue on this.
Your instructions for posting the photo's made this so much easier for me. I am not very good at this, so I would encourage others to try if they feel the same way. Its not as hard as it seems.
Thanks Dick.
Now on to my these photo's.
The first one with the 3 men together that Fred Hahn wrote on.
My Father In-Law is the one on the left. The shorter guy.
The other two I am wondering and hoping you guy's may give me your opinion on if you think they are the same men in the other photo's that I have added to this post. The other photo's are from a RnR trip in florida on their 30 day rehebilitation after leaving the Solomon Islands. On the back of these photo's my father In-Law wrote their first names. the tall blonde is named Bill. The dark haired fellow, is named Ed.
The leave I believe started Feb. 13, 1945
They were swimming and playing golf at the College Arms Hotel, run by the Navy at that time.
I would like to know if you all think they are the same men that are in the first photo. and if anyone knows them to be crew members of the 156. What their full names are, if they know them.
I also have a photo of my Father in law with a mystery women at a club in Boston. This is the photo I am wondering if we could find her. Maybe by way of Face Book or like Earl suggested a splinter site. The photo was in a Folder from the Circus Room Hotel Bradford - Boston - I believe from my father in-laws military records and his uniform. This photo could have been taken April 3 to May 8 1945 or Oct 6 to Nov.8 1945
Any opinions on the men and how we might find this women would be greatly appreciated.
Julie
Posted By: MN Gal | Posted on: Apr 24, 2013 - 11:26am
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A better copy of the photo I am asking you to compare the guy's to.
Julie
Posted By: MN Gal | Posted on: Apr 24, 2013 - 11:37am
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I just ran across this crew list of the 156 that Steve N had found for me. I list's on the bottom R.E. Elwood as ships cook.
I don't see a date for this log, but the latest entry for coming aboard was 8/2/44
So could this be the name of the cook in the photo that Fred Hahn had wrote on the photo?
Would love to hear from you guy's on these photo's
thanks, Julie 
Posted By: MN Gal | Posted on: May 1, 2013 - 12:29pm
Total Posts: 126 | Joined: Jan 4, 2012 - 7:57am
hi julie
most guys on liberty/leave in boston went to the bars and restaraubts in the area called "scully square"/ usually a lot of them went to a bar that fweatured a nurlesque quen nammamed sally keith.she was wwell know xfor circling four tassels at a time from various parts of her body.they had one drink there that tjhey would only serve each person one drinkk.don,t rem,ember tjhe name but i over imbibed one night and ended up on the dance floor with her.
sort of sw inging two of the tassels.she ordered coffe for me.
this should pin down the area of boston he may have hangee out in,if you check her out you might find the bar she worked in too
earl richmond
Posted By: earl | Posted on: May 1, 2013 - 8:38pm
Total Posts: 197 | Joined: Oct 18, 2006 - 12:13pm
Now That's A Memory !!
Earl you make me laugh.
Thanks,
Julie
Posted By: MN Gal | Posted on: May 2, 2013 - 4:31am
Total Posts: 126 | Joined: Jan 4, 2012 - 7:57am
Hi Earl: I was newly married and my wife Sue was with me the two months I was at the Fargo Bldg. in Boston so I did not get to see Sally Keith twirl those tassels but I heard a lot about "Scully Square" from all my crew that was there at the time.
C. J. Willis
Posted By: CJ Willis | Posted on: May 2, 2013 - 9:08am
Total Posts: 464 | Joined: Nov 5, 2006 - 5:02pm
Hi Earl . . .
Here are a few reminders of those days. . . .
CJ, here is what you missed, while with the Missus . . .
[b]Sally Keith - The Queen of Tassels[/b]
[image]http://www.bambinomusical.com/Scollay/CrawfordSallyad.jpg[/image]
[b]Sally Keith - Tassels and all[/b]
[image]http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lu59hfhFkv1qmmr9io1_590.jpg[/image]
[b]Painting of Scollay Square - I put an inset enlargement of the Crawford House marque[/b]
[image]http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p249/ptboats/Webmaster/Painting-02-2.jpg[/image]
[b]An article about Sally Keith[/b]
[image]http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p249/ptboats/Webmaster/SallyArticle.jpg[/image]
[b]The 1954 version of Sally Keith[/b]
[image]http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p249/ptboats/Webmaster/Sally.jpg[/image]
Posted By: Dick | Posted on: May 2, 2013 - 10:28am
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Wow Earl!!! I would have loved to be your liberty pal if you danced with her! After doing a google search, there were quite a few good looking "Dancers" around then!!
Take care,
TED
Posted By: TED WALTHER | Posted on: May 2, 2013 - 11:53am
Total Posts: 3059 | Joined: Oct 16, 2006 - 7:42am
I have not been to Boston since WW2 but someone told me the Scully Square area near The Commons was renovated after the war and high rise office and commercial bldgs. are in that area now.
C. J. Willis
Posted By: CJ Willis | Posted on: May 2, 2013 - 3:20pm
Total Posts: 464 | Joined: Nov 5, 2006 - 5:02pm
Hahaha that's funny Earl, nice description. But I only see two tassels and one, um, carpet in the pic Dick posted. I guess you had to be there to see the other two.
For David:
[image]http://www.pt103.com/images/asst/tassle.jpg[/image]
Posted By: Jeff D | Posted on: May 2, 2013 - 4:19pm
Total Posts: 2200 | Joined: Dec 21, 2006 - 1:30am
HEY CJ ,T
ED DICK,ETXC/
THERE WERE TWO TASSELS ONE ON EACH REAR CHEEK ALSO.SHE MADE TYJHEM ALL GO IN DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS AT THE SAME,.HARD TO BELEIVE BUT SHE HAD BBEAUTIFUL MUSCLE CONTROL.AMONG OTHER THINGHS.
WHEN I ARRIVED AT FARGO BLDNG FOR R AND R I WAS SECOND CLASS OPETTY OFFICER.THEY WANTED TO QASSIGN ME TO GALLY NUT I WOULD NOT GETB MUUCH LLBERTY SO I TOLD THEM TJHEY MADE MISTAKE IN MY RANK AND I WAS ONLY 3RD CLASS.THAT GAVE ME LIBERTY EVERY NIGHT ANDD EBERUY WEEKEND.FAFTER A WEEK I GOT AN APARTMENT AND CALLED FOR MY GIRLFRIEND IN BALTIMORE TO COME UOP AND STAY WITH ME TILLL I LEFY.SHE WAS ALSO A STRIPPER IN A CLUB IN BALTIMORE./SCULLY SQUre was loaded with shore patrol; guys. tjhey did not hesitate to send guys back to th e brig.they were hard nnosed.there were som,e very good steak houses and chinese food resrturaubts in the swuare.
di you sure bnrought back som,e good m,emories when you posted the photios of sally.she was one of the best.whaT A BODY.THERE WERE AL;SO A LOT OF BURRLESQUE GIIRLS IN DETROIT.MOST OF THEM
TED/WE WOULD HAVE HAD A BALL.
THANKS DICK STAUYED ON THE TENTH FLOOR OF THE BARLUM HOTEL THERE.
I REM,EMBER SALLY WELL
earl richmond
Posted By: earl | Posted on: May 2, 2013 - 7:03pm
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