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December

DEC 7, 1941

12-7-11 The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor minutes before 8 am on that Day of Infamy in 1941 awoke and galvanized our country.   We had been officially “neutral” until that moment, in spite of massive aid flowing from our Atlantic shores to England in the “lend-lease” program.   Pearl Harbor was
Dec 7, 2011 1 min read
LATE DECEMBER ABOARD THE BOSTON
December

LATE DECEMBER ABOARD THE BOSTON

1943: The men spend their first Christmas aboard the Boston anchored in Pearl Harbor. 1944: The ships of Task Force 38 spent the 19th and 20th of December searching for survivors of the terrible typhoon that claimed three destroyers and 800 men off the eastern shores of Luzon and Samar
Dec 22, 2009 1 min read
EARLY DECEMBER ABOARD THE BOSTON
December

EARLY DECEMBER ABOARD THE BOSTON

1943: December 1st was the last day of Liberty in San Francisco. The ship has been reprovisioned and has taken on some new crewmembers and marines hitching a ride to their first destination: Pearl Harbor. The Boston pulls out of San Francisco Bay on 12/2 heading west. On December
Dec 1, 2009 1 min read
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