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ť Topic: DeWeaver of PT-379
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Hi all.

Looking for the name of a crewman who served aboard PT-379 with the last name of DeWeaver or Deweaver. Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

Lance

Posted By: Alamo Scout | Posted on: May 1, 2013 - 2:23pm
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Hi Lance, this may lead you in the right direction. This is an excerpt from a posting on the internet by a James Deweaver, a grandson of the PT Boat veteran:

" My dad bought a shop called "Peck's Pokeabout" ...,did well ---worked his butt off to do it, as his father had to do just to stay alive piloting a PT boat in the south pacific in WW2,---yep old grampa Gussie did see it all, the human mince grinder at work, it was a daily assumption that you'd see it through---my grandfather would NEVER buy or ride in a Japanese car ever! "

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Randy Finfrock

Posted By: Randy Finfrock | Posted on: May 2, 2013 - 4:06pm
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There was an August Francis De Weaver in Ron 18 starting in June 1945.

Charlie

Posted By: 29navy | Posted on: May 3, 2013 - 4:42am
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Randy,

Thank you! The book is done and will be in my hands in early June. Lots of PT boat photos and narratives--716 pages, 865 photos, etc., and of course, a chapter on the rescue at Oransbari!

Lance

Posted By: Alamo Scout | Posted on: May 7, 2013 - 8:50am
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