28
Sep
Just the facts, ma'am.
9/28/19
Everyone who knows anything about WWII knows about Japanese Internment Camps. Everyone reading this post, I’m
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Latest
07
Sep
Fu-Go. Surprise.
9-7-19
Podcasts. I have mixed feelings about them. There’s a million of ’em out there, and I never really
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24
Aug
Army vs. Navy vs. Nation
8-24-19
On this day in 1945, hundreds of Task Force ships were milling around the general area of Tokyo harbor,
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10
Aug
AUGUST 1944
8-10-19
When the Boston left Pearl Harbor on January 19, 1944, she joined with hundreds of warships as a unit
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04
Aug
AUGUST
8-4-19
A busy month in 1945. While the task force moved up the coast of Honshu (8-4 through 8-9) so
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15
Jul
SECURITY THINGS, ETC.
Brother Bill and sister-in-law Lisa have been working diligently to mitigate recent attacks on the website. What a pain in
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15
Jul
Replacement of the Aviation Unit
I was surprised when I was working on newly found records of the USS Boston Aviation unit, that when the
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27
May
Lt. Grutzmacher, R.I.P.
Memorial Day, 2019
The Boston was a very lucky ship. No man was lost on the receiving end of enemy
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12
May
May 1945
5-12-19
OKINAWA, May 1945. Two mothers’ sons.
20
Apr
Five bucks short of 100
4-20-19
About nine years ago I was blessed with a gift of serendipity. A young man emailed me after finding
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