13
Mar
LOGISTICS
In my early research prior to writing A Bird’s Eye View, I was struck by the magnitude of the
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12
Mar
Late March aboard the Boston
1944: The men, still sore from their Crossing the Line hazing, pull into anchorage at Espiritu Santo (in the New
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10
Mar
Getting the Naval Records of your Father
We’ve had a few requests from people who are trying to find their father’s naval records. I went
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09
Mar
MARCH 9th ABOARD THE BOSTON
1944: The Boston, on it’s way to the South Pacific (to participate in Operation Reckless — the support of Gen.
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08
Mar
Web Site Progress March 8th, 2010
I finished uploading a set of pictures I received from the national archives (the above picture is one of the
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04
Mar
The USS BOSTON and IWO JIMA
As I mentioned in my last post, the tiny island of Iwo Jima was very important to both sides in
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02
Mar
Web Site Update
We’ve added some new pictures into a link called ‘Official Photo’s of CA-69’. I purchased these photos
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Feb
THE IMPORTANCE OF IWO JIMA
As we remember the massive sacrifices made by American amphibious forces on the tiny island of Iwo Jima from February
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16
Feb
Late February aboard the Boston
1944: The Boston’s Task Group (58.4) spends the middle of February involved in Operation Catchpole — the capture of
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Jan
EARLY FEBRUARY ABOARD THE BOSTON
1944: The first day of February dawned on Task Force 58 ships engaged in the simultaneous attacks on atoll groups
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