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I have 3 pictures of RON23 PT277 crew, 1 at sea and 2 ashore, and I'd like to know how to post these pictures in the hope that forum readers may be able to help identify some of the sailors. I also have a couple of pictures from PT Boats reunions that my father and mother attended many years ago that I'd like to post also. Thanks, Rick

Son of John Jay Mosko, BM2, RON23 PT277

Posted By: Knightmare | Posted on: Oct 20, 2015 - 5:45pm
Total Posts: 16 | Joined: Oct 20, 2015 - 5:31pm



Rick,
Try watching this tutorial Dick made for posting to the message board.

[url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9JmBPFiut0[/url]

Good Luck and welcome aboard.
Gary



Posted By: Gary Paulsen | Posted on: Oct 21, 2015 - 6:49am
Total Posts: 249 | Joined: Feb 14, 2009 - 6:31am



Okay, thanks Gary. I watch Dick's youtube tutorial, so I'll give it a try now.

Here is the first photo, of the 15-member crew of PT277 at sea.



The writing on the back of the photo: "Here we are underway in the breeze. Joe. X"

Son of John Jay Mosko, BM2, RON23 PT277

Posted By: Knightmare | Posted on: Oct 21, 2015 - 1:07pm
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Okay it did the slide show thing, so I'll try again.

 photo pt277-crew-atsea.jpg

The "you" guy is my father, and the "me' guy is "Joe".

Son of John Jay Mosko, BM2, RON23 PT277

Posted By: Knightmare | Posted on: Oct 21, 2015 - 1:10pm
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Here is the 2nd photo.

 photo pt277-crew-ashore1.jpg

Writing on the front right top of the photo: "Invasion of Philippines"

The writing on the back of the photo: "This is part of our crew in full dress HA. You can see how tired we were when a guy had to fall asleep when his picture was taken HA."

The "you" guy again is my father and the "me" guy is "Joe X".


Son of John Jay Mosko, BM2, RON23 PT277

Posted By: Knightmare | Posted on: Oct 21, 2015 - 1:15pm
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And here is the 3rd photo.

 photo pt277-crew-ashore2.jpg

This "Remember When" photo was stapled to a stock photo of the USS Cyrene. In December 1945 after being assigned to RON40 for a couple of days, my father was assigned to the Cyrene, which left Samar, Philippines on 21 December 1945 and returned to San Francisco on 7 January 1946. Joe apparently meant to send this photo to the "you" guy since Joe wrote my father's name above my father.

In a letter to my mother after my father died in July 1986, Joseph Aloysius Turnbull from Pittsburgh PA stated that my father was one of his best friends and a "PT buddy," but this Joe was a GM2C assigned to RON9. In this letter he made reference to Jesse Douglas Dunn, from Rochester NY, who was also a GM2C in RON9.

Rick


Son of John Jay Mosko, BM2, RON23 PT277

Posted By: Knightmare | Posted on: Oct 21, 2015 - 1:32pm
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Thanks for sharing Rick. Hopefully a few of the members will recognize the faces and put names to some of the other crewmen.
Gary



Posted By: Gary Paulsen | Posted on: Oct 22, 2015 - 7:26am
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Great pictures - And yet another PT Boat crew whose average age can't be 20. Amazing what these young men and their equally young Officers accomplished. Hats off to them all.

Thank you for posting them. Someday, someone will be doing a web search and will find his/her relative in your pictures They WILL be excited, trust me on that. Nothing like a "discovery" to create a memorable connection with the past.

Rick Schaefer
Splinter PT 63

TM2c John E Mirus
Solomon Islands
Dec 43 - Jan 45

Posted By: rickas | Posted on: Oct 22, 2015 - 6:31pm
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Yea, great photos Rick. I have a Ron 23 roster, from the Archives II in College Park, MD, that has John J. Mosko listed. It is the Ron roster from September 1945.

My Dad was there at that time on the 286.

[:-cheers-:]

Steve

Posted By: Nuge210 | Posted on: Oct 26, 2015 - 5:39pm
Total Posts: 323 | Joined: Jun 4, 2008 - 7:50am



Thanks for the feedback/information guys. I found the name of somebody else who apparently served on PT277 from the following link:

http://www.seabees93.net/GI%20Green%20Island%206th%20ED.htm

"Squadron 23 boat names":

277 Knightmare [Stuart Walsdorf accounts]

So I was able to find the following information about him:
“Bud” Stuart Charles Walsdorf (1921-1987), MTB RON23 1943-1945, RM3C-RM2C-RM1C, buried in Dallas Texas, from Thorp township in Wisconsin. Served from June 1943 to March 1945 in the the South Pacific. Enlisted 8-8-1942. Reported to RON23 on 6-28-1943. Promotion to RM1C per BuPers Orders C/L 297-44 dated 3-28-1945, and transfer to MTBSTC Melville, RI per ComSerFor7thFlt STO No. P-636-45 dated 3-28-1945.

Rick

Son of John Jay Mosko, BM2, RON23 PT277

Posted By: Knightmare | Posted on: Oct 27, 2015 - 5:54pm
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I have 5 pictures from some PT Boat Reunions that I'm going to post starting with this one.

[IMaGe]http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p249/ptboats/PT277crew/pt-reunion1.jpg[/IMaGe]

My father is in the gray suit (2nd from the right) with my mother (with gray hair) sitting in front of him. On the back of this photo, my father wrote: "The guys in my Squadron with wives at a reunion."

Son of John Jay Mosko, BM2, RON23 PT277

Posted By: Knightmare | Posted on: Oct 27, 2015 - 6:02pm
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I have 5 pictures from some PT Boat reunions, so here is the first one.

[IMaGe]http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p249/ptboats/PT277crew/pt-reunion1.jpg[/IMaGe]

My father is wearing a gray suit (2nd from right), with my mother (with gray hair) sitting in front of him. My father wrote on the back of the photo: The guys in my Squadron at a reunion.

Son of John Jay Mosko, BM2, RON23 PT277

Posted By: Knightmare | Posted on: Oct 27, 2015 - 6:10pm
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Okay, I'll try this link one more time:

PT-Reunion1 photo pt-reunion1.jpg


Son of John Jay Mosko, BM2, RON23 PT277

Posted By: Knightmare | Posted on: Oct 27, 2015 - 6:16pm
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Here's PT Reunion photo #2:

PT-Reunion2-TN photo pt-reunion2-TN.jpg

My father is the one who's standing. I was able to zoom in on the nametag of the person seated 2nd from the left who's wearing glasses and it says: "Jesse D. Dunn. RON9. Rochester NY." So this is the Jesse Douglas Dunn that I mentioned in a previous post, who was mentioned in a letter to my mother from Joseph Aloysius Turnbull (also in RON9) from Pittsburgh PA, so perhaps the guy to the left of my father and mother is Joe Turnbull.

Rick


Son of John Jay Mosko, BM2, RON23 PT277

Posted By: Knightmare | Posted on: Oct 27, 2015 - 6:23pm
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If you use the standard "IMG" code it must be changed to "IMAGE" both at the beginning and end.



Posted By: Dick | Posted on: Oct 27, 2015 - 6:25pm
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I forgot to mention in my last post that on the back of PT Boat Reunion photo #2 was the stamp of the photographer, his address and phone number in Memphis, Tennessee, so that's where that reunion was held.

Here's reunion phot#3:

PT-Reunion3-VA photo pt-reunion3-VA.jpg

"Virginia" is written on the back of this photo. My father is standing on the right of this photo ("JJ") in front of my mother ("me"), and my older sister is sitting next to my mother.

Rick

Son of John Jay Mosko, BM2, RON23 PT277

Posted By: Knightmare | Posted on: Oct 27, 2015 - 6:33pm
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Here's reunion photo#4:

PT-Reunion4 photo pt-reunion4.jpg

My father ("JJ") is sitting to the top right of the photo next to my mother ("me").
Unknown location.

Rick

Son of John Jay Mosko, BM2, RON23 PT277

Posted By: Knightmare | Posted on: Oct 27, 2015 - 6:37pm
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Reunion photo#4 again trying the IMG expanded to IMAGE at the beginning and end; thanks Dick:

[IMAGE]http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p249/ptboats/PT277crew/pt-reunion4.jpg[/IMAGE]

My father ("JJ") is sitting to the top right of the photo next to my mother ("me").
Unknown location.

Rick


Son of John Jay Mosko, BM2, RON23 PT277

Posted By: Knightmare | Posted on: Oct 27, 2015 - 6:44pm
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Final Reunion photo #5:

[IMAGE]http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p249/ptboats/PT277crew/pt-reunion5.jpg[/IMAGE]

Rick

Son of John Jay Mosko, BM2, RON23 PT277

Posted By: Knightmare | Posted on: Oct 27, 2015 - 6:47pm
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Thank you for sharing these Rick, very cool photos!




Posted By: Jeff D | Posted on: Oct 28, 2015 - 4:47am
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Based on 3 name badges and 2 patches that my father had from attending PT Boaters reunions, here are the dates of some of the reunions he attended:

1972 (1-4 Sep) = Memphis, Tennessee
1973 (31 Aug – 3 Sep) = Charleston, South Carolina
1976 (3-6 Sep) = New England
1982 (2-6 Sep) = Denver, Colorado
1983 (25-29 Aug) = Washington DC
(Probably 1970’s) = Virginia

These reunions apparently started in 1966 based on what I read on the Internet, and the last one was held in July 2010.

Rick

Son of John Jay Mosko, BM2, RON23 PT277

Posted By: Knightmare | Posted on: Oct 28, 2015 - 10:25am
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Thanks for sharing the photos, it looked like they were all having a wonderful time together.

Steve

Posted By: Nuge210 | Posted on: Oct 29, 2015 - 4:02pm
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Wow! Thank you so much for remembering the 277. I am Stuart Walsdorf's son (1 of 2). Have not been tonthis board in several years. Glad I came back.

Not sure if I see Dad in either of the two pics. My mind, his age, etc....



Posted By: Bilboinsa | Posted on: May 26, 2017 - 12:12pm
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Wow! Thank you so much for remembering the 277. I am Stuart Walsdorf's son (1 of 2). Have not been tonthis board in several years. Glad I came back.

Not sure if I see Dad in either of the two pics. My mind, his age, etc....



Posted By: Bilboinsa | Posted on: May 26, 2017 - 12:26pm
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I just added this photo today (2 June 2017).

 photo pt277-Zymros66.jpg

The “Me” guy in the photos of the PT277 crew is GM3C John Joseph Zymos (1912-1983) from East Rockaway, New York. According to records, Zymos joined RON23 in December 1944, three months after my father joined RON23, so the PT277 crew photos are most likely from 1945 in the Philippines. Zymos birth year of 1912 means he was 12 years older than my father who was born in 1924. I found a photo Zymos sent to my father circa 1978 and this is what he wrote on the back of his photo: “Hi Mosko, it’s a long time between drinks. I saw your name in the PT Boats paper. I sent you some pictures of us and some of the officers and men, can you give me their names. P.S. This is me now at Legion Hall at 66 yrs young. HA. The best of health.” He attached a printed address label on the back with his full name and address.

Son of John Jay Mosko, BM2, RON23 PT277

Posted By: Knightmare | Posted on: Jun 2, 2017 - 10:08am
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