9-5-15
(on this date in 1945: Sailors aboard the USS Boston learn that despite the fact that three days earlier the Document of Surrender was signed aboard the Missouri, they would not be going home. The Boston became one of the lead ships in post-war Occupation Duty, staying in Japanese waters until early January 1946.)
Paul’s time aboard the Boston:
He mustered onto the ship while she was anchored in the lagoon at the Marshall Island atoll of Majuro, just prior to the Marianas Operation (Forager) and the upcoming Battle of the Philippine Sea. He left the ship on Nov. 11, 1945
Photo submitted by Paul’s niece, Barbara Koscielny-Baird.