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Pacific Valor Tours Experience

Under this Tour Plan: Guests would experience:
PT Boat cruises in Solomans, etc.
Fly in WW2 combat planes.
Tour hidden Japanese bunkers.
Tour Rabaul Island
Tour Bataan & Coorigidor forts.
Tour gravesites
Honor Japanese vets.
Hike in jungles
Meet natives

ALL from a Cruise Liner.

The cruise would sail from:
SF Bay
San Diego to HI
Tour commences in Pearl Harbor Base.
From HI, the cruise would head:
Solomans Island area, Savo Island
Then Up the island chain to the Phillpines.
From Phillpines to Saipan, Tinian
From Saipan to Iwo Jima & then Tokyo Bay, then back to HI & Home.
via Alaska & Adak Island.
I know of NO cruise that does.

Cost???

Tours ashore under Guide & escort.

WW2 plane sources:
Orig plans & kit plans, 2 place.
Plane types:
B25, B24, B17, P40, Zero, Zeke, Val, Kate, Betty, SBD, F4U, F6F, F8F,
A20, RAAF Mosquito, Spitfire, Hurricane, PBY, C47,

PT Boat sources: from Orig plans BUT updated engines.
PT Base sites:
Pearl Harbor HI
San Diego CA
Solomans Island area, Savo Island,
Tulagi.

Boat types 78 ft size plus.

Co sponsors:
History Channel
Military.com
Other Museum sites
VA
Veteran sites
Pacific Tourisim
Colleges
Miscl groups.
Miscl websites.

photo of matthelm