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Aye, my father Frank William Materene was also a sparky aboard a GATO Class.

I have the cruise photo but I can't post it in this comment. There are no ss numbers on the Boat so it must have been blacked out and taken during the war. It has a unique sail with a forward smoking deck without handra...

I think the Croaker is my Fathers Boat in WWII, he was a signalman and the photo shows him on deck with his radio headset. I put in a lot of work looking at all the Gato Class subs and the Croaker is the only one that matches looking at all the sails that the 71 Gatos had. All were changed and ...

I am almost sure my Dad was Sparky on this Boat in WWII, I have a cruise photo with all hands on deck, this was taken before the first major modification of the sail.

The Argentine Naval Air Forces fought a gallant effort and deserve the respect for being patriots. It is unfortunate that this war ever started , after all it does lay the blame squarely on their dictator ruler at the time. This was instigated by him to take away the pressure that was being moun...

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That club would have been the Winchester

I think you're right, I'm 62 and fading but I was lucky enough to watch and listen to these two greats in real time. If they do become unknown it will be because all of us are dead, and also this is what happens when they killed Real Radio.

Probably the most disturbing thing to me is not the fa...