21
Jan
January 21, 1946
1-21-17
The Boston is steaming toward San Francisco for the last time. By then, about 2/3s of the crew
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01
Jan
Thinkin' about Norm
1-1-17
As I worked on the Baked Beans books, I came to know a handful of old men who served
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30
Dec
Happy New Year
12-30-16
Found this great picture of the Boston, while rooting around in the files Bill brought back from the National
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23
Dec
Christmas '45
12-23-16
Christmas 1945 aboard the Boston . . . . by this time two major groups of crewmembers had mustered off the ship and
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17
Dec
"I thought for sure we were gone."
12-17-16
. . . My whole life flashed before my eyes. I was knocked out of my bunk. I couldn’t get up
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06
Dec
December 6 and 7, 1943
12-6-16
December 6, 1943: This morning the coastline of Oahu Island came into view, with Diamond Head standing out above
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03
Dec
First Week in December
12-3-16
WHERE WAS THE BOSTON DURING THE FIRST WEEK OF DECEMBER?
1942: In USS Steel’s Fore River Navy Yard,
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11
Nov
Goin' Home
Veterans Day, 2016
(If you’re reading this and don’t know who George Pitts was, read the Baked Beans
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05
Nov
Operation King II
11-5-16
The US Navy’s contribution to freeing the Philippines from their Japanese Occupation began in earnest on September 1,
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22
Oct
Norm Bayley
10-22-16
Readers of my book will recognize the Commanding Officer of the USS Boston Marine Detachment, Norm Bayley. Norm joined
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