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October 14

10-14-14 George Pitts: Oct 14 – 44:   Early dawn found us at our battle stations waiting for them to
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Oct

Formosa

11-13-14 From the diary of George Pitts: Oct 12-44: Our fighters took off early this morning to
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Oct

the Battle off Formosa

10/10/2014 After spending the entire month of September ranging off the Philippines participating in “Operation King”, the Boston
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Sep

Late September 1944

9-23-14 More from Frank Studenski’s diary: September 22, 1944:   Early this morning as e were going to
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mid Sept. 1944

Sept 13, 2014 While I am tempted to continue the chronology of the last several posts and talk about Occupation
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Sept 2, 1945 - War, Politics, and Surrender

Aug 31, 2014 The documents of Surrender were signed aboard the USS Missouri, anchored in Tokyo Bay, to much fanfare
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Aug

AUGUST 15, 1945

August 15, 2014 From Frank Studenski’s Diary: August 15, 1945:       This morning we returned to the Tokyo area and
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Aug

Aug 9, 1945

Aug 9, 2014 The Boston, along with cruisers: Quincy, Chicago and St. Paul, split off from Task Group 38.4
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August 6, 1945

August 6, 2014 Discussing the last days of the war, Pat Fedele says this: We were ordered to prepare for
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Aug

Working on it . . .

Aug 2, 2014 The calendar is lining up in a weird way for me.   As July ends and August begins,
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