Thread: HOLLANDIA (JAYAPURA) in 1944
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Old May 15th, 2008, 04:12 PM
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Default Re: HOLLANDIA (JAYAPURA) in 1944
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Originally Posted by SouthWestPacificVet View Post
Now for your second question Jeff, if a crew member on a PT taps you and says hang on, you had better grab onto something solid.
Hang on is right! While it was probably pretty difficult to get up on plane, (you would find it hard too with 3 12 cyl packard motors strapped to your butt!) I imagine they moved very quickly from a standstill! I can almost see one of the new recruits getting dumped into the drink for not hanging on!!!
Sorry, but once a boat guy always a boat guy, right Jack!
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This is a pair of Dutch resistance crystal radios, built into a small metal can, and a matchbox. The image is from a postcard bought at a Dutch Resistance Museum in Amsterdam. The matchbox is marked in Swedish, but Swedish matches were sold in Holland for many years..
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