PT-109 found
07-11-2002, 10:02 AM
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PT-109 found
Thought this was kind of a interesting story. I started searching out World War 2 stuff after my grandfather and I had a talk about it and I realized I knew just about nothing.
Hear is the link about Ballards find. http://news.nationalgeographic.com/n...2_pt109_1.html
Jon
Hear is the link about Ballards find. http://news.nationalgeographic.com/n...2_pt109_1.html
Jon
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07-11-2002, 10:34 AM
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I heard it on the news a month ago but positive ID hadn't been confirmed.
WOW, that's cool.
National Geo. is producing a documentory on his find and it will air sometime later this year.
WOW, that's cool.
National Geo. is producing a documentory on his find and it will air sometime later this year.
07-11-2002, 02:13 PM
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Actually, I thought that there was quite a bit left. It was hard to make out anything from the pics they were showing this morning though...
07-11-2002, 02:33 PM
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..there can't be a whole lot of the boat left??..they were pretty much all plywood, right?
07-11-2002, 03:50 PM
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And as we all know, mahogony doesn't rot!! Not even in salt water. At least not very fast anyway.
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07-11-2002, 04:52 PM
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Well, you learn something new every day!! Thanks Jim.
See, aren't you glad you stayed on OSO? Teaching us something all the time!!!
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07-12-2002, 09:50 AM
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