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» Topic: Treasury Island Base
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I was wondering if anyone had any photo's of the Base Camp on Treasury?
As I put my Father In-laws book together, I thought it would be nice to have a photo of the base or island or something.
He was there from Dec. 4, 1943 to May 1, 1944 when they moved to Green Island.
Julie



Posted By: MN Gal | Posted on: May 18, 2013 - 1:16pm
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HI/ WENT ON GOOGLE AND FOUND A COUPLE OF PHOTOS OF TREASURY IN WW2.HOPE THEY GOT THRU TO AS I SENT THEM TO YOU TODAY.NONE OF THE BASE THOUGH.I THOUGHT I HAD 1 OR 2 IN MY PHOTOS BBUIT NOT SURE.WILL LOOK. EARL

earl richmond

Posted By: earl | Posted on: May 19, 2013 - 10:33am
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This is Brinser Cove where Ron 9 boats would tie up.
[image]http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p249/ptboats/Nathaniel%20Smith/StirlingBase.png[/image]

natsmith

Posted By: Nathaniel Smith | Posted on: May 27, 2013 - 4:27am
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hi nat/ good photo/thanks/
if i remember right the base was in the darher area just to the left and a little above your circle. there was a path from there down to the boats earl

earl richmond

Posted By: earl | Posted on: May 27, 2013 - 5:55am
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Nat

Great over-head shot of this cove. When was this photo taken, I can see what looks to be a floating dry dock to the left of the photo with a boat inside.



Posted By: Frank Andruss | Posted on: May 27, 2013 - 7:06am
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January 1944
The red circles are where Pat Rogers estimates that PT-154 would tie up.
It is always good to hear from Earl ... thanks for this information.
[image]http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p249/ptboats/Nathaniel%20Smith/StirlingBase2.png[/image]

natsmith

Posted By: Nathaniel Smith | Posted on: May 27, 2013 - 8:05am
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Great photo,

Lets play spot the PT Boat I can find at least 12 all the way round the cove, in this black and white shot they are quite hard to see I wonder what it might have been like in colour.

Frank you are right that is a floating Dry dock with a Boat in it.

D.buck

Posted By: David Buck | Posted on: May 28, 2013 - 12:30am
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I spot only 10, must have been tough for planes to spot the boats. from over-head. Boy they really blend in with the landscape.



Posted By: Frank Andruss | Posted on: May 28, 2013 - 1:43am
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I spot only 10, must have been tough for planes to spot the boats. from over-head. Boy they really blend in with the landscape.



Posted By: Frank Andruss | Posted on: May 28, 2013 - 1:43am
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Treasury was a beautiful island. All along the shore where the boats berthed there were huge trees with horizontal limbs that hung out over the water. We had to walk one of those limbs to get ashore. The water was deep enough along shore that we could tie the boat under these overhanging limbs. The water was clear and you could see 20-30 feet deep. We cleared a place on shore at our berth for a place to cook and eat. We set up two tents on shore where we had a propane gas field range stove where our cook, Bill Knapp, cooked most of our meals. This was the only base that we were at in the Solomons where we cooked and ate at the boat. The other bases we were at we ate at the base chow hall. About half of our crew slept in the tents on the shore. I slept under a tarp on the bow of the boat. One night the guys on shore all came charging on the boat. There was a small earthquake that shook them awake and cracked some tree limbs around their tents. We never felt it on the boat. We cut the heads out of steel drums and placed them around the tents to catch rain water for bathing. We had a nice set up there but had to leave it when we got shot up and had to go back to Tulagi for repairs and new torpedoes. We were never based at Treasury again.

C. J. Willis

Posted By: CJ Willis | Posted on: May 28, 2013 - 9:32am
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Great descriptions CJ!
[image]http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p249/ptboats/Nathaniel%20Smith/FordLunch-1.png[/image]
This is the Galley Ashore for PT-154 (from Pat Rogers) on Stirling Island c. October 1943
The cook is C.W.Bourneman from the LA area. The famous Ford Lunch was his previous employment.

natsmith

Posted By: Nathaniel Smith | Posted on: May 28, 2013 - 11:40am
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Nat, you should have included pictures of our dining room area. Picture was taken around the early poart of November 1943



Posted By: Pat Rogers | Posted on: May 29, 2013 - 2:17am
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Did I hear someone say they had it rough, that looks to be at least a 4 Star Rated Palm tree Chow Hut

C.W. has that look that lets you know he is rather proud at that moment.

But you can see that a hell of a lot of work has gone into his display.

It shows how much effort these guys put into making life a little better for themselves and their mates while being in the islands.

D.buck

Posted By: David Buck | Posted on: May 29, 2013 - 3:25am
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Pat Rogers suggested I post this picture.
[image]http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p249/ptboats/Nathaniel%20Smith/PT-154dining.png[/image]

natsmith

Posted By: Nathaniel Smith | Posted on: May 29, 2013 - 5:06am
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hi cj and all.
my base tent was up to the left up on the hill past the base galley.fromm wherre it was i could look down towarrds the lagoon and it was also a good spot to watch all the gq tracers fgoing uup qand down.someone told me there wqs a sort of airstrip to tjjhe north past our base and the jkaps were tryiing to bommb it art night.lot oof ti,es and dropped their bombns wherever they could.of i am not mistaken someone pressed the comndiition black button fopr "imvasion" by mmistake,toy can imagine what confusiopn that started up.
tajke care giys and dream about all the memories we have earl

earl richmond

Posted By: earl | Posted on: May 29, 2013 - 8:56am
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Thanks for posting, C.J. and Earl!

Will

Posted By: Will Day | Posted on: May 29, 2013 - 11:00am
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Love hearing from you C.J. and EARL, we love your stories.



Posted By: Frank Andruss | Posted on: May 29, 2013 - 11:20am
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Earl I did have Christmas Dinner at the base chow hall at noon there at Treasury in 1943. You probably cooked it for us. Had turkey and all the trimmings. Best fresh meat we had had for a long time. To celebrate Christmas the Medical officers poured a couple gallons of Grade A alcohol in the grapefruit juice. We dipped it out with our metal canteen cups and I believe we were also issued two warm beers after dinner. No patrol that night for 242. We had been out the night before.

C. J. Willis

Posted By: CJ Willis | Posted on: May 29, 2013 - 1:44pm
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hey cj\ i thionkl i remember that meal. glad you enjoyed it.
p/s were you tjhe one that passed out in the wash tub?sure made a mess of it. heee heee
if i knew it was oyou then i would have baked you a cake with some alky in it
eARL

earl richmond

Posted By: earl | Posted on: May 29, 2013 - 8:29pm
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Nat,
Thank you so much for the photo's.
What a fun conversation from all of you.
Thanks to all
Julie



Posted By: MN Gal | Posted on: Jun 4, 2013 - 3:39pm
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I am wondering where the 156 might have been?
or is that a stupid question?
Did most of the boats have a shore camp set up?
Julie



Posted By: MN Gal | Posted on: Jun 4, 2013 - 3:45pm
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Julie;
The only time a boat would have a set up like shown in Nat's photos would be if the individual crew had the initiative and ingenuity to do so.. Basically, stated, if the designated cook wanted to go the extra mile for his crew, then he did. It was pure "thinking out of the box". Most guys eat either at the base chow hall or on the boat. most did not have "a Camping chow hall" as seen in these photos, this was rare. Thanks Nat and Pat!!!!
Take care,
TED



Posted By: TED WALTHER | Posted on: Jun 4, 2013 - 5:01pm
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