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Apr

Planes of Fame

4-27-14 Two weekends ago, I drove down to the Greater LA area.   I had two “jobs” to do:
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17
Apr

Clarence Walter Hutson, GM3c

4-17-14 Clarence enlisted in Cleveland, OH and reported to CA-69 two days after her Commissioning, on July
25
Mar

Glen Hartman, S1c

3-25-14 Glen arrived in Boston from Springfield, Il and reported to the ship on the 6th of August,
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20
Mar

More on Frank

3-21-14 Frank Studenski, working on one of his Boston models (2008). Compliments of his friend, Laurie Wasilewski Laurie
12
Mar

In Memoriam: plankowner Frank Studenski, S1c

3-12-14 I’m saddened to say that Frank Studenski, avid USS Boston CA-69 savant, writer of the
02
Feb

Ronald F. Sullivan, S1c

2-2-14 Ronald came aboard the ship on 11/12/45 and was transferred off the ship on June
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19
Jan

POWs

1-19-14 I mentioned in a way – earlier post that I had just finished reading No Ordinary Joes, an
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04
Jan

Donald Newton Hoppe, S1c

1-5-14 Donald mustered onto the ship during Occupation Duty off the shores of Japan.   He was transferred off
23
Dec

From the Decklog June to July 1943

From the Deck logs that you can read here: http://www.ca-69boston.org/Decklog-Month/jul43dl.pdf , after the
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20
Dec

Christmas 1945

12-21-13 Christmas aboard the USS Boston in 1945:   Many of the original crewmembers had left the ship already
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