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30
Jul

CRUISE BOOK 2

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15
Jul

CA-69 CRUISE BOOK

My father didn’t have a Cruise Book.   Since other children of plank owners have written us and mentioned their
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14
Jul

R.I.P. Theodore A. Pilger

Theodore A. Pilger Posted On July 14th, 2011 – Honolulu Star-Advertiser July 10, 2011 Theodore A. Pilger, 86, of Kula,
08
Jul

Database Update: Reached the end of the war

With my laser focus on just adding sailors on and off the boston, I have reached September 1945 when the
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04
Jul

JULY 4, 1944

7-4-11 What was it like to be aboard a warship in Task Force 58 during the Pacific War?
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03
Jul

Database update: Remembering July 4th

Last night as I watched fireworks and heard lots of patriotic music and saw fireworks, I thought of my Dad
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16
Jun

Happy Hour on the Fan Tail

6-17-11 Happy Hour on the Fantail.   April 9, 1944.   The Boston is anchored in the Majuro Lagoon in
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11
Jun

Catch a quick swim from 60 feet up

6-11-11 Same day, same beach as the last shot.   I like this wider view, because you can see
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04
Jun

Swimming in the Marshall Islands

6-4-11 This photo (from the Archives), dated May 13, 1944 was taken while the men had short liberty
20
May

MEN AT WORK 7

5-21-11 Attention!! Captain Herrmann inspects his crew in this picture dated 9 March 1944.