07
Jul
New Website layout
With all the the people like me whose reading glasses are getting fatter and fatter each year, I thought I’
web site
04
Dec
1 and 1217 with 3022 sailors watching :-)
Tonight I have finished entering all the arrivals and departures of all the sailors of CA-69! We have 3,022
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30
Nov
Promotions from Seaman 2nd Class
As I work with the data from the Sailor Database I have been noticing trends, It’s faster to be
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26
Nov
April 1st 1946: USS BOSTON in San Francisco
I’ve just finished updating the arrivals and departures for April 1st 1946. In March, the Ship was in San
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08
Nov
New: See Original Document!
In my long slog to make sailor records available, I’ve decided to link the records to original sources. This
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08
Jul
Database Update: Reached the end of the war
With my laser focus on just adding sailors on and off the boston, I have reached September 1945 when the
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03
Jul
Database update: Remembering July 4th
Last night as I watched fireworks and heard lots of patriotic music and saw fireworks, I thought of my Dad
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18
Oct
The fastest way to a promotion is through Hell
As I’m processing promotions for January 1944 (so far we have over 220 and I’m only half way
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03
Apr
The Hard Way
April 3, 2010
Dear Dad,
Five years ago today, a few minutes before 2 am Pacific Time, you died just
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01
Apr
Crew Lists
At the end of the month, I’m planning a trip to the National Archives outside of Washington D.C.
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