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Philippine PT boats saga from Bulkeley’s squadron in war
Four officers recall Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron 3's role in the Philippines from fall 1941 to the evacuations. Bulkeley leads. Kelly narrates preparations, battles on Corregidor, tunnel hospital memories, and air raids. Ensigns Akers Cox share near Manila’s fall and escape toward Australia.
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Rapter
Philippines
John Bulkeley
Leutenant
R. B. Kelly
Anthony Akers
George E. Coxie
Henry J. Brantingham
Australia
Bulkeley
Mey
Lieut. Kelly
Manila
Pearl Harbor
Mariveles
Bataan
Sissman Cove
Kelly
Lieut. Bulkeley
Corregidor
Peggy
Tvo
Enszn Akers
Ensign Akers
Ensign Cox
Lieut Kelly
Lieut
Ching
Subic Bay
Hapter
Wardh
MacArthur
DSC
Pessy
Cebu
Leot Bulkeley
Squadron 3
Quezon
Lieut. R. B. Kelly
Air Corps
Clark
Nichols Fields
Iba
Navy
Colin Kelly
Texas
Clark Field
Ohio