at sea - The USS Boston in World War II

The USS Boston in World War II

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Back, hopefully

Back, hopefully

3/12/21 We’ve been having ongoing, seemingly impossible-to-resolve tech problems with this site. I’m gonna blame it on Covid. Anyway, hopefully we’re past the issues, and we can keep posting from time-to-time. Let’s set the “WAY-BACK MACHINE”, Mr. Peabody, to March of 1945. On March

Another Interesting Guy - Victor Conner

Another Interesting Guy - Victor Conner

April 4, 2020 Last month I posted about Cloyd Fair, one of the ship’s barbers. He mustered onto the Boston on Commissioning Day, along with a full crew of mostly fresh-out of – boot-camp sailors. But Cloyd saw some duty before coming to the Boston; he was a barber on

Happy Veteran's Day 2012

Here’s to all the brave Sailors and Marines who dedicated formative years and risk their lives to support their friends and country. We love and respect everyone of you and thank you for your brave service. Bill Kelly

TYPHOON COBRA - Dec 17 and 18, 1944

The ships of Task Force 38 were east of the Northern Philippines by December 13 to begin support of the Mindoro Landing. The strategy was to blanket Luzon with round-the-clock fighter coverage over the airfields of Luzon — squashing kamikaze attacks before they could materialize against the US Invasion Fleet off

MID DECEMBER ABOARD THE BOSTON

1944: On Dec 9, the Boston weighed anchor after more than two weeks in drydock in Seeadler Harbor. The ship headed north to rejoin the rest of the ships of the Task Force anchored in Ulithi Lagoon. They arrived at the lagoon on Tuesday, December 12th. The following day, they