8-24-19 On this day in 1945, hundreds of Task Force ships were milling around the general area of Tokyo harbor, hoping they would be among the ships present at the Signing of Documents of Surrender, scheduled to place place upon the deck of the battleship USS Missouri (a johnny-come-lately, along
8-10-19 When the Boston left Pearl Harbor on January 19, 1944, she joined with hundreds of warships as a unit of newly-created Task Force 58. She was part of the aggressive push against Japanese “defensive ring of islands”, which ultimately led to the Surrender of Japan (8-15-45). First target: the
8-4-19 A busy month in 1945. While the task force moved up the coast of Honshu (8-4 through 8-9) so the heavy ships could bombard the industrial city of Kamaishi, a couple of bombs went off that changed the world. Little Boy (8-6) and Fat Man (8-9) were unleashed on
Brother Bill and sister-in-law Lisa have been working diligently to mitigate recent attacks on the website. What a pain in the ass! Looks like I can now satisfy the log-in security requirements to be able to post to this site (and www.taskforce58.org) At the moment, I don’t
Memorial Day, 2019 The Boston was a very lucky ship. No man was lost on the receiving end of enemy fire while she was in the Pacific. There were several deaths in the line of duty, however. One such death befell pilot Lt. E.E. Grutzmacher. I remember the time