08
Jul
Database Update: Reached the end of the war
With my laser focus on just adding sailors on and off the boston, I have reached September 1945 when the
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Bill Kelly
03
Jul
Database update: Remembering July 4th
Last night as I watched fireworks and heard lots of patriotic music and saw fireworks, I thought of my Dad
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12
Mar
Boston Crew Turnover
March 2011
Sorry for the slight delay in posts, my brother and I have been working on improving his living
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08
Nov
From the records: Preparing for war
11/8/2010
As I’m working through the personnel records for the USS Boston in World War II; a
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18
Oct
The fastest way to a promotion is through Hell
As I’m processing promotions for January 1944 (so far we have over 220 and I’m only half way
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28
Sep
Perq's of the Rear Admiral and his Posse
In November 1943, the USS Boston got it’s first flag visit, it briefly became the flag ship of Rear
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24
Sep
How to clear your accounting before you sail
On the USS Boston during WWII, when a sailor was either Absent Over Leave (AOL) or Absent without leave (AWOL)
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17
Sep
Discipline from June to December 1943
I will create a later post explaining the actual statistics for 1943 discipline, but in the first TWO months, there
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11
Sep
Commissioning Class June 30 1943 USS Boston
Of the 1,475 enlisted shipmates who were commissioned with the ship (USS Boston CA-69) on June 30, 1943,
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03
Sep
Notes from the Personnel File: June 30 1943 to August 6th 1943
Great news! I entered the last enlisted sailor who was onboard on commissioning day (June 30th, 1943) and I am
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