Dirk Posted May 11, 2009 Author Share #26 Posted May 11, 2009 A overloaded Chinese steamer heading up river Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirk Posted May 11, 2009 Author Share #27 Posted May 11, 2009 A yet unidentified river town Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirk Posted May 11, 2009 Author Share #28 Posted May 11, 2009 The grouping came with one of those China "certificates" so common in Shanghai....I don't have any additional info on this particular bar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirk Posted May 11, 2009 Author Share #29 Posted May 11, 2009 Topcnut, kind of neat that you followed that tradition. Although I have no Navy background, so many scenes in that movie matches photos I have or have seen and much of the dialog matches letters in my collection. They really did a great job with that movie. I'll add more to the thread hopefully tomorrow and add/cleanup the text Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobgee Posted May 18, 2009 Share #30 Posted May 18, 2009 Dirk - Great post of a seldom seen era. Gunboat duty on the Yangtze!!!!! Yep, I'll watch the "Sand Pebbles" anytime I get a chance. I agree it was a wonderful depiction of those years in the 1920's and 30's. Thanks for posting the Chief's collection. Bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kurt Barickman Posted May 18, 2009 Share #31 Posted May 18, 2009 Love it, was turned on the movie Sand Pebbles when I was a high school student in the latter 1970s and now that I am the teacher I still show the movie on occasion to my high school classes. Thanks again, Kurt Barickman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
124cav Posted May 22, 2009 Share #32 Posted May 22, 2009 Really cool group,i really love the film ( i never read the book ) Thanks a million for sharing Regards Sam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rustykamel Posted May 22, 2009 Share #33 Posted May 22, 2009 I would suggest to anyone interested in this thread or who enjoyed The Sand Pebbles to ask local library to get them Richard McKenna’s The Left Handed Monkey Wrench. This book is a collection of essays that paint a colorful picture of life as an Asiatic Fleet sailor. McKenna’s description of a coxswain getting his motor whaleboat to shore, and cleaning out the inside of a Yangtze Patrol gunboat boiler, is terrific reading. The author also writes about the USS Gold Star, a ship that served in the Far East but wasn’t a part of the Asiatic Fleet. Why this is interesting, is McKenna’s view of why the sailors got along with each other so well. Thank you Dirk and Jon for a most interesting thread. Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirk Posted May 24, 2009 Author Share #34 Posted May 24, 2009 Thanks guys for your kind words....not really my area but I am struck by the similarities between this grouping and the movie. Here is a photo of one of the Guam's boats.....I wonder if it is the YangPat Commanders launch...maybe one of our navy guys can tell us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teufelhunde.ret Posted May 24, 2009 Share #35 Posted May 24, 2009 Geez how did I miss this thread - great pic's Dirk, my favorite is the hard core PO2 in post 10... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vicjoy1945 Posted May 29, 2009 Share #36 Posted May 29, 2009 Hey Dirk, I remember seeing The Sand Pebbles at the theatre when it first came out...what a great movie !! These are fantastic photos !! Love em !! Thanks for sharing !! Vic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirk Posted May 30, 2009 Author Share #37 Posted May 30, 2009 Thanks Guys for your kind words! I wish I could take the thread further but the remaining pictures move away from US military interest so I am hoping someone else has YangPat stuff to share....Bob maybe? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyer333555 Posted September 5, 2009 Share #38 Posted September 5, 2009 Some say McQueen did some of his best acting of his career in this movie, being able to capture the look and behavior of a gunboat sailor.....now compare McQueen with this member of the Palos crew. Wow! They DO look alike!! Thanks for posting! Luis Ramos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bleujacket34 Posted October 13, 2009 Share #39 Posted October 13, 2009 . Some really great details in those pictures! Thank you for posting. Andrew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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