Goin' Home (for awhile)

steve

Mar 16, 2019 • 1 min read

The Boston pulls out of Ulithi in early March 1945 and heads home (to San Pedro, CA) for major repairs and overhauls. (Homeward Bound Pennant seen above.)

3-16-19

Signalman George Pitts:
HOMEWARD BOUND
March 7, 1945: The Boston got underway today with her Homeward Bound pennant flying 800 ft. in the air. Six inches per man is what the pennant is supposed to represent. While leaving Ulithi, all the carriers, cruisers, batts. and destroyers bid us a “bon voyage.”

March 17, 1945: The Hawaiian Islands popped up over the horizon this afternoon. As we came into the Harbor we could see Diamond Head, Waikiki Beach and the famous Royal Hawaiian Hotel, which Paul Veno + myself visited before. It sure is wonderful to see some kind of civilization. God knows how I’ll feel when we pull into California.