Roaring in with all guns blazing and with rapid firing cannon pounding out explosive shells, the Navy's versatile PTs are taking a terrific toll of Jap troop-carrying barges.

A high Navy official revealed in a recent interview that hundreds of Jap barges have been sunk and thousands of enemy troops sent to their deaths by PTs. By wiping out these big fast, motorized craft PTs have cut the life lines of many isolated Jap garrisons and left them helpless at the mercy of the growing Allied onslaught.

And blasting barges is but one of many jobs done by the men aboard Elco PTs. They speed torpedoes to the mark to sink ships many times their size. They carry commandos on slashing hit-and-run raids. They led the great Invasion, by screening the minesweepers that cleared the Channel for Allied landings.

The fighting officers and crews of these "light naval units" have shown their stamina, quick thinking and valor time and time again. Silent partners in the deed that bring them fame are the maintenance men --- the "ground crews" of the PT service. Without their skillful testing, tunming and repair---often under crude conditions---the PTs could never retain their dazzling speed and agility throughout long months of grueling duty.

As we at Elco keep PT production rolling we're spurred on by the knowledge that each boat we build will some day help to add fresh triumphs to the already glorius record of the PT service.