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Letter from the Secretary of the Navy commending PT Squadrons.

Mike Crawford
Son of Jack Crawford (Rm2c Ron 16 Pt221)

Posted By: Rm2c Ron 16 PT 221 | Posted on: Aug 2, 2008 - 2:19pm
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Hi - do you have any pictures from Ron 16? If so, could you look ti see if you have any pictures of the 300 boat?

Thanks!

Posted By: colleen | Posted on: Aug 3, 2008 - 6:29pm
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Colleen,
I checked my PT pics, but I don't have any of PT300.
If anyone replies with a PT300 picture, I would like to add this to my Ron 13 and 16 collection.
I wish you "good luck",

Mike Crawford son of Jack Crawford (Rm2c Pt221)

Posted By: Rm2c Ron 16 PT 221 | Posted on: Aug 4, 2008 - 5:16am
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Thanks for checking. It seems finding a picture of this boat is almost impossible! Well hopefully I will be going to the National Archives again, so maybe I will make it to the picture department. Usually there is so much to read that I spend all my time there reading old log books and so on!

Posted By: colleen | Posted on: Aug 4, 2008 - 4:44pm
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Mike, that was a great idea posting such a letter! Thank you so much. I copied it and saved it with my other things from our 221 boat.

Greg Matthews

2nd Gen. RON 16 (PT-221)

Posted By: Greg Matthews | Posted on: Sep 22, 2008 - 10:14am
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Your welcome Greg.
Keep in touch,

Mike Crawford

Posted By: Rm2c Ron 16 PT 221 | Posted on: Sep 24, 2008 - 8:23am
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Hi Mike, I met a gentleman from Ron 16-B at the Wichita Reunion. His name is Donald Ryan and lives in NC. He was full of information, which I enjoyed his sharing with me. If I am not mistaken, he too was on the PT221 for awhile and the PT297 - do you know of him? What about the Squadron C.O. James Van Sicklen?

I didn't see the copy of the letter when viewing the message board. Did I miss something in trying to find your posting?

Randy Finfrock

Posted By: Randy Finfrock | Posted on: Sep 24, 2008 - 10:34am
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Randy,
I'm not familiar with the gentlemen you refered to.
The code to the letter has been deleted from the message. This happens with Photobucket.
Below is a direct link to the Photobucket site. You can view the letter there.

Sincerely,
Mike Crawford

[image]http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh185/gcrawfor/PT%20Boat%20221/Commendation_big.jpg[/image]

Posted By: Rm2c Ron 16 PT 221 | Posted on: Sep 25, 2008 - 5:36am
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