During one of my visits with Pat Fedele, he told me he was being treated for a condition by a specialist. He said he loved this doctor, and as thanks for his help, he put together a CD for him. Then he said, "I made this CD for him.
Another of the Original Crewmembers (plankowners) that I met was Pat Fedele of Providence, RI. He and his wife Sandi lived about a six-hour drive away from me, south of Los Angeles. I had a list of questions for him; the answers were integrated into my 3 volume set about
12/21/21 Here are three “inside” shots of Christmas decorations on the ship in 1945. How they got these items is beyond my guesses. The fourth shot is Midnight Mass. I am also adding a pdf file of the “events and activities” booklet. The late Bob Knight loaned me
12/14/21 While I was working on the Baked Beans books, one day I got an email from Dirk Oster. he explained that his dad, Bernie Oster, was the ship’s photographer. He had a bunch of old snapshots of the ship that his dad took. They weren’t
11-24-21 The Boston was ordered on November 21, 1944 to detach from the rest of the Task Force (enroute to Ulithi Atoll) and report to drydock at Manus Island (Admiralties) for an overhaul. The ship arrived at Seedler Harbor (Manus) the the day after Thanksgiving, November 24.