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ť Forum Name: PT Boats - General
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ť Topic: JUST REMINISCING
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FOR THE "OLD"GUY"S-DO YOU REMEMBER?
NUMEA,NEW CALEDONIA RECEIVING STATION--THE HOT MUSTERING FIELD--THE WORK PARTIES NEXT TO THE LEPER COLONY--WORK PARTIES IN TOWN--SITTING ON TOP OF TORPEDOS WIPING THE GUNK OFF THEM--
GUADALCANAL--THE DRY HEAT-- GETTING DIARHEA FROM DRINKING THE COCONUT JUICE
TULAGI--THE CHAPEL AT THE END OF THE HUTS WHERE YOU FIRST WENT TO MAKE OUT YOUR LAST WILL AND TESTAMINT AND ASSIGNE YOUR BENEFICIARIES-THEN THE LT JG GOT YOU SINGING iED dU SCHAME SCHNITZELBAUM."PISS CALL CHARLIE" THE JAP PILOT WHO HAD AN AFFINITY FOR TRYINHG TO BOMD THE OVER THE WATER HEAD EVERY NIGHT.THER TERRIBLE NIOSE AND SCREECHING FROM THE JUNGLE AT NIGHT, THE HUTS ON STILTS TOTRY AND KEEP OUT OF THE MUD.
RENDIOVA/TREASURY--ALL THE MALE NATIVES WERE CALLED JOE AND THE FEMALES MARY.THE HUMIDITY--SUGAR RATIONUING,ONE SPOON IN EITHER YOUR COFFEE OR YOUR CEREAL--RATIONING CIGARETTES--THE BOAT BERTHS WERE GOING INTO THE BRUSH OFF THE BEACH AND CUTTING IT ,.DOWN,.GOOD CAMO.THE PATH FROM THE GALLEY TO THE BOATS--THE CONSTANT BOOM BOOM OF OUR PLANES BOMBING MUNDA..THE 120 PROOF ALKY MADE FROM TORPEDO JUICE--THE BRANDY MADE FROM DRIED PEACHES AND APRICOTS, THE RAISIN JACK MADE FROM RAISONS.SOLD FOR 30.00 A QUART.THE EVERY NIGHT CONDITION RED FROM JAP BOMBING US AND THE FOX HOLES JUST OUTSIDE THE TENTS WHERE YOU SPENT HALF THE NIGHTSTERLING---TWO COCONUT PLANTATIONS, ISLAND 3 MILES WIDE AND 12 MILES LONG.
EMIRAU--THE BOAST EXPLOSIONS AT THE FUEL DOCK--TYING UP AT A BUOY WHEN COMING BACK FROM PATROL AND USING THE DINGHY TO PADDLE TO THE PIER TO GO TO THE BEACH GALLEY.WE ONLY GOT ONE EGG ALL THE TIME WE WERE THERE AND YOU HAD TO GO TO THE GALLOEY TO GET IT AND HAVE A COOK FIX IT ANY WAY YOU WANTED.GOT FRESH MEAT ONE AND WE HAD TO BEG IT OFF AN AUSTRALIAN CORVETTE.BOB HOPE COMING FOR ONE VISIT WITH HIS COMPANY TO ENTERTAIN US.ALL THE NUGHTLY PATROLS-MOSTLY OFF NEW IRELAND AND THE SPECIASL MISSIONS WE HAD TO GO ON.THE "CAT'S" EYE SHELLS WE PLOISHED TO MALE JEWELRY WITH.WASHING OUR CLOTHES IN THE ROOSTER TAIL. NIGHT PATROL WHERE SOMETIMES YOU COULD NOT SEE YOUR HAND IN FRONT OF YOUR FACE.
BOBON GUIAN,, PI---THE BOBON BOWL WHERE YOU SAT ON LOGS TO WATCH A MMOVIE---THE R AND R WHERE THEY TOOK YOU THE THE BEACHH FOR A FEW HOURS AND YOU WERE ONLY ALLOWED THREE BEERS---TACLOBAN,PI--THE M,OVIE THARER WHERE WE ONLY SAW ONE SHOW. ORMOC, PI--THE BOMBED OUT PIER AND CHURCH .THE LAUNDRY SHACK AND THE LAUNDRY GIRLS---THE LITTLE RIVER THAT WE TRIED TO SNEAK ACROSS WHEN THE TIDE WAS LOW TO GET TO THE LITTLE BARIO ON THE OTHER SIDE. THE EXCITMENT WHEN WE HEARD THE WAR WAS OVER.
JUST A FEW THINGS TO REMEMBER.NOT MANY OF US LEFT TO DO IT NOW, BUT IT HELPS.
MY BEST TO ALL THAT ARE LEFT
EARL PT 108 r RON 5
JUST THOUGHT I WOULD CHANGE THE PACE A LITTLE

earl richmond

Posted By: earl | Posted on: May 19, 2007 - 1:40pm
Total Posts: 197 | Joined: Oct 18, 2006 - 12:13pm

PLEASE EXCUSE THE SPELLING. MY EYES ARE GETTING BAD NOW, BUT I TRIED.

earl richmond

Posted By: earl | Posted on: May 19, 2007 - 1:46pm
Total Posts: 197 | Joined: Oct 18, 2006 - 12:13pm

Great post, Earl.

You, and all the rest of your "Iron Men" shipmates who crewed the PTs, are a large part of the reason the rest of us are so fascinated with the histories and memories of the boats.

Thanks, and keep posting!

Posted By: Drew Cook | Posted on: May 19, 2007 - 3:52pm
Total Posts: 1306 | Joined: Oct 19, 2006 - 10:44am

Hi Earl:

Been there and done that! Everywhere but Emirau.
Thanks for the memories.

C. J. Willis

Posted By: CJ Willis | Posted on: May 19, 2007 - 5:52pm
Total Posts: 464 | Joined: Nov 5, 2006 - 5:02pm

Earl

What a great inside look at the every day life of those that served on these wonderful wooden boats in the Pacific area. Your quick and right to the point post was a joy to read and is the very reason why I continue to put on my Exhibits. Educating those that know little of the PT BOAT NAVY will always be my quest for guys like you and all others who served.

Posted By: Frank J Andruss Sr | Posted on: May 20, 2007 - 4:09am
Total Posts: 3497 | Joined: Oct 9, 2006 - 6:09am

God Bless, Earl. You are one of the Good Guys, and it helps to remind me why this message board came to be and what it is really all about....

Will

Posted By: Will Day | Posted on: May 20, 2007 - 2:21pm
Total Posts: 1955 | Joined: Oct 8, 2006 - 4:19pm