http://chinagunboat.blogspot.com/2009/11/paul-jones-veteran-gene-schindler.html
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The Log of the Asiatic Fleet. In the early 1900's America maintained a fleet of river boats on the Yangtzee and in China coastal ports. The movie "Sand Pebbles" with Steve McQueen is a classic portrayal. The entire fleet was known as the Asiatic Fleet. Veterans of the later time maintain an association served by a newsletter and by this log. A Facebook group and other links below assist with communications.
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More about these events on DVD here: https://www.createspace.com/208793
This is an interesting blog. I thought there might be some interest in the memoirs of the Mei Ping's captain, one of the Socony ships sunk along with the Panay. The book is titled Thirty Years A Mariner in the Far East 1907-1937, with the subtitle The Memoirs of Peter Mender, a Standard Oil Ship Captain on China's Yangtze River. The book has many photos and a complete chapter about the Panay incident.
See http://booklocker.com/books/5109.html
Excellent post!
George Marikas
Shipping, Boating & Sailing Education
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