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Expendable PT Boats Drift Toward Australia Mission
Four of five surviving MTBs from Patrol Torpedo Boat Squadron 3 recount a late war mission near Bataan and Subic Bay. Lieut. Bulkeley leads, Kelly, Akers, and Cox share days preparing for a China run thwarted by secrecy and dwindling torpedoes. They describe battles, air shortfalls, and plans to hold at Sisiman Cove while awaiting orders.
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The
Philippines
Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron 3
John Bulkeley
R. B. Kelly
Anthony Akers
George E. Cox, Jr
Squadron 3
China
Bulkeley
Bataan
Kelly
Akers
Subic Bay
Subic
Olongapo Dock
Cox
Sisiman Cove
General MacArthur
Air Force
D.S.C
America
States
Cebu
Mindanao
Australia
Clark Lee
Nat Floyd
New York Times
Colonel Wong
MacArthur
Corregidor
Yamashita
Peggy
Little Baguio Hospital
Nelson
Little Baguio
Reynolds
Army
Navy
Signal-Corps