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10-17-12 It just so happens that I’ve spent the last month or so working (on Vol 2)

10-7-12 I am preparing to add this copy of the Beanpot, compliments of Bob Knight, into Vol 2

9-23-12                 Julian enlisted in Hartford, CT and went to boot camp at Sampson, NY. He was assigned to

9-15-12 I live in California, which has a huge connection to Pacific cultures (I grew up in Massachusetts)

9-1-12 Our friend Laurie Wasilewski (daughter of CA-69 plankowner Frank Wasilewski) sent me this terrific clipping from

8-12-12 On August 9, 1945, the Boston broke away from the Task Force and formed up with other

Aug 6, 2012 The box of photos that Dirk Oster sent me (see previous post) taken by his father, Bernard

07-22-12 Bernard was aboard on Commissioning Day and was a plankowner. Bernard’s son, Dirk, got in touch

July 4, 2012 We celebrated the   4th of July with quite a bang with the Japs paying for all expenses.

6-16-12 CA-69 arrived in Pearl Harbor in early December 1943. She was a brand-new ship with