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Would you have gone on one of these WWII boats?2015-10-26T18:50:17-04:00PO3 Steven Sherrill1067708<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div><a target="_blank" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTuyA84QXKs">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTuyA84QXKs</a><br /><br />"Wooden Craft manned by iron men" <div class="pta-link-card answers-template-image type-youtube">
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Would you have gone on one of these WWII boats?2015-10-26T18:50:17-04:002015-10-26T18:50:17-04:00LTC Stephen F.1067725<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Probably not <a class="dark-link bold-link" role="profile-hover" data-qtip-container="body" data-id="271566" data-source-page-controller="question_response_contents" href="/profiles/271566-po3-steven-sherrill">PO3 Steven Sherrill</a> I was never fond of being in open water. I always prefered to fight on ground or perhaps in a swamp or marsh but never from a wooden boat like JFK and the other PT boat sailors did.Response by LTC Stephen F. made Oct 26 at 2015 6:57 PM2015-10-26T18:57:51-04:002015-10-26T18:57:51-04:00GySgt Wayne A. Ekblad1067732<div class="images-v2-count-1"><div class="content-picture image-v2-number-1" id="image-65502"> <div class="social_icons social-buttons-on-image">
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<a class="fancybox" rel="7b8d106fb50a3888128858cb60c17402" href="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/065/647/for_gallery_v2/eb7350cc.jpg"><img src="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/065/647/large_v3/eb7350cc.jpg" alt="Eb7350cc" /></a></div></div>I just remembered an incident from 1978..... My ship, (USS Monticello LSD 35) was entering San Diego harbor after several days of operations off the coast near Camp Pendleton. Being a beautiful Sunday morning, the channel was choked with all sorts of different pleasure craft and the Captain had extra lookouts posted for safety as we slowly picked our way through the mess. I heard something through the marine VHF radio on the bridge about "hey! Slower traffic should stay in the right lane!" The next thing I knew, the USS Pegasus (PHM 1) passed us like a bolt of lightning and sped through the traffic dodging and weaving like a Ferrari in a bus race! The thing that struck me most besides the high speed, was the fact that there was a roostertail of spray behind her at least 30 to 40 feet, but virtually no wake wave. She passed within yards of many boats, but they barely rocked at all. My gun mount would train and elevate at 15 degrees per second but once the Pegasus got closer than 1500 yards I couldn't keep her in my sights. I'm told that the Captain got chewed out for the display, but it gave me an idea of how the targets of the PT boats must have felt.Response by PO3 John Jeter made Oct 27 at 2015 8:13 PM2015-10-27T20:13:36-04:002015-10-27T20:13:36-04:00PO3 Rod Arnold1070355<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Without a doubt, I would have volunteered!!!Response by PO3 Rod Arnold made Oct 27 at 2015 8:50 PM2015-10-27T20:50:29-04:002015-10-27T20:50:29-04:00PO2 Peter Klein1070624<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I would have gone where I was ordered to go.Response by PO2 Peter Klein made Oct 27 at 2015 10:40 PM2015-10-27T22:40:59-04:002015-10-27T22:40:59-04:002015-10-26T18:50:17-04:00