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Incoming links from pertinent articles

I have added links (usually piped) to this article from other wiki articles, including Richard K. Sutherland, Robert Kelly (navy), Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron Three, Motor Torpedo Boat PT-41, John D. Bulkeley, and They Were Expendable. Let me encourage interested editors to identify and edit other pertinent articles where it would be appropriate to link to this one. KConWiki (talk) 15:56, 28 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Entirely too pro-MacArthur

Reads like an apologist's propaganda. Bugged out & became a hero for it?? Little mention of Wainwright. This entry needs to be re-done. Horrible. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2602:306:CF99:2080:6505:E9B0:4A08:E779 (talk) 02:18, 20 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

TFA tweaks

Hi Hawkeye, was going to make some of these changes but got interrupted by the IP and prefer you to check others first, especially as is currently TFA...

agreed that the Philippine should be... - s? or maybe the Philippine Islands
in the robert b kelly quote "...boats for the evacuation of his part dramatically..." is that party?
Illiff Richardson - this bloke? Iliff David Richardson
LeGrande A. Diller - wlink?
though the binoculars - through
arrived at rendezvous point - the
Robert Kelly (navy) to Robert Kelly (naval officer)

conversions - tweak for consistency?

600-mile (970-kilometre)
30 knots (56 kilometres per hour; 35 miles per hour)
25 miles (40 kilometres)
30 miles (48 km)
1,000 miles (1,600 km)

Enjoyed reading! JennyOz (talk) 01:28, 11 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

THanks for that. All done. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 04:39, 11 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Vandalism

There is some bad vandalism at the begining. Looks like this article needs to be protected or restricted somehow. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2003:C2:9738:8376:CCCA:3308:6CF1:34F3 (talk) 06:35, 11 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

They Were Expendable

This article claims that Bulkeley wrote this book, but othwe wiki articles credit it to W.L. White. Mang (talk) 13:39, 11 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

That's correct. My mistake. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 20:38, 11 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Namangwari 203.144.68.188 (talk) 18:47, 18 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]