WWII Museum's PT Boat Nearly Restored

The National World War II Museum has nearly finished restoration of a patrol torpedo boat that sank two armored German supply barges and carried U.S. commandos to French shores. Officials hope to have PT-305 back on the water in about a year, carrying tourists and history buffs on the lake where it was first tested in 1944. "There's quite a bit of difference in understanding an artifact when it's sitting and when it's operating,'' said Tom Czekanski, the...

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