2-1-2021 96 year-old Pat Fedele, the ship's tenor,passed away today. I got to know Pat when I was working on my “Baked Beans” series about CA-69 in WWII. I am deeply saddened by his passing, as he and I developed a nice friendship over the years. He
Nov. 1, 2020 I’m pretty sure a while back I wrote in one of my posts that I was taking a detour for a while so I could focus on a long-delayed project (involving Colonial New England.) Then we slid into covid. So, I have finished first and second
10-3-20 Ninety-five year-old USS BOSTON plankowner Thomas R. Williamson is visiting his son David at his home in the Boston area. David reached out to me. During several email back-and-forths, David ordered a set of books for his dad. (Not meant to be a shamelss marketing ploy. It's
April 4, 2020 Last month I posted about Cloyd Fair, one of the ship’s barbers. He mustered onto the Boston on Commissioning Day, along with a full crew of mostly fresh-out of – boot-camp sailors. But Cloyd saw some duty before coming to the Boston; he was a barber on
1-25-20 About a month ago, I got emails and a book order from Brian Fair. His grandfather served on the ship, and he wanted a set of “Baked Beans.” I shipped them off and then he sent me a few pics of his grandfather, a copy of his discharge papers,