Oh for the days of PT 109 and a new Obamalot
> Oh for the days of PT 109 and a new Obamalot
I read a great book when I was a kid, called something like “They Were Expendable”, about the Patrol Torpedo boats and their crews that were abandoned by McArthur in the Philippines during his retreat from the Japanese, and how these boats courageously fought the Japs and sought refuge and petrol and torpedoes in and amongst the Philippine Islands as they tried to evade capture...
...I couldn’t have been too much older than nine or ten when I last read it. It was a series of interviews, as I recall, with guys named Kelly and Burkelly (sp) and a few others...
Unforgettable. Can’t find the book anywhere. I know John Ford made a movie in 1945 by the same name, haven’t seen it though.
Now THOSE were swift-boats!