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PT 658 Museum Newsletter March 18, 2018 - To View the .PDF issue Click Here |
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PT 658 Museum Newsletter Sept 11, 2017 - To View the .PDF issue Click Here |
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'Knights of the Sea' index of most WW2 PT vets known in 1982:
To View the index from this PDF file Click Here The index from 'At Close Quarters' in 1962: To View the index from this PDF file Click Here |
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A few shots of work being done in museum ... still more to be done |
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Further development of museum display area |
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Jan Wojciechowski and Tom Cates finishing installing and testing museum Signal Corps field phones |
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Our first small group watching video in theater area |
Al Skinner MD with foul weather jacket donated to PT658 museum |
Steve Dietz, Al Skinner and Bill Weaver at museum |
Group photo taken by Cheryl Woods at museum |
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Jim Waters and Jim Mitchell complete new storage area for uniforms below display case |
Dave Pilate donates pillow case sent to his mom Dec 6 1941 from Pearl Harbor |
Jim Waters and John Kihlstrum finishing new storage shelves in museun dispay cases |
WW2 USO record display in museum theater |
PT boats lost in enemy action display board designed by Steve Dietz in museum |
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Carol daughter of Don Brandt with model of his boat PT253 he made in 1994 and she donated to museum |
Steve Dietz with memorial board of all PT boaters lost in action (331) with their rank created largely by Steve |
Memorial as seen in 1944 at Melville R.I. and Jim Waters finishing the trim |
Japanese officer's sword obtained by Roscoe S. Krier in WW2 and donated by his son John |
Fred Juras new 'hands on' screw and tool display in museum |
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Painting of PT658 'on station in the South Pacific' donated by the family of Ray Noble who passed away 6-14-2018 |
Bob Hostetter and Ray Noble at dedication ceremony in 2005 |
Katie, Clara and Lynne on there way to new home in Newfoundland |
Richard Morris with Arthur Lopez, Dee Degner and Steve Dietz accepting the loan of a WW2 photo book of Joe G. Lopez who served on PT129. |
Sample of new red highlighted interactive displays in the museum |
Steve Dietz and Fred Juras finishing mounting PT/WW2 history panels |
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Kevin and Bree from GISI who helped develop the history panels along the entry to the museum |
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Large donation from Gene Mossberger son of Eugene Samuel Mossberger Ships cook 1st class Ron 24. The collection includes a rare Japanese Nambu 14 pistol with holster |
The 'spare copy' Mark 31 torpedo director on temporary dispay in museum |
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Philippine guerrilla war display in theater involving Bob Hostetter and Iliff Richardson |
Jerry Gilmartin working in museum to sort and rename many of our computer files |
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WW2 engraved canteen donated by family of Robert Ray Taylor TM 1/c Ron 9 PT 154 |
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Jerry Gilmartin donated a coffee roaster as used in the movie PT109 by Cliff Robertson. |
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Display plaque below ships bell donated by LCDR Orvis E. Ely skipper of PT481 |
Original helm from PT231 donated by Ed Jepsen and his wife Karen who was skipper of said boat.
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