Beyond the Call of Duty
A Fighting PT and a Group of Solomon Island Veterans
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By R.G. PICINICH, Jr.
"Standing watch aboard the battle-scarred PT-39 as it nestled cozily in its wooden cradle at the juncture of Wall and Broad streets in New York City was an easy assignment for the ten veteran seamen who had gone through grueling campaigns in the South Pacific.
Their base the Brooklyn Navy Yard, tout living aboard the Elco plywood craft, the "dry-land" crewmen who got their chow in nearby restaurants, did a bang-up job selling War Bonds and Stamps. In place of the scream of shot and shell they listened to the chatter of nearly 30,000 persons, including office workers, bankers, salesgirls, servicemen and a host of others who braved the wind, snow flurries and cold to view the boat. There was a twelve-day period when at least one War Stamp was sold every, twelve seconds.
Retired from active service some five months ago after two years of action against the Nips, PT-39 was a member of Squadron Three which operated out of Tulagi, guarding the slender lifeline of the boys fighting at Henderson Field."
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goes to sea with the Terrain Mat.