VOLUME 3 - BAKED BEANS finally available

8-31-13  

So, I’ve finally reached the end of the Baked Beans adventure.   After publishing the first CA-69 book, A Bird’s Eye View, my brother Bill and I put our heads together and created first a “book website” (www.ussbostonbook.com), and later a “ship-in-the-war” website (www.ca-69boston.org).

People started sending me stuff – pictures, documents, etc. of their loved ones.   Through a series of “serendipitous events,”   I was able to meet 7 men who served aboard CA-69   –   six sailors   –   all “plankowners”   (original crewmembers who were on board on Commissioning Day   –   6/30/43) and one officer – Norm Bayley, commander of the Marine detachment on board.

I decided to retell the Boston story   –   this time through the thoughts and memories of the guys who served, their diaries and notes, official documents (decklogs, war reports, etc.) and a treasure trove of official photos from the National Archives.

Volume 3 is finally finished, and is now available on Amazon, book retailers can order it, and readers can order copies that I will sign on the book website (see above.)

Also,   we will be working on major changes to both websites   –   content and visuals     –   coming to a computer near you   –   someday (soon – ish?)

steve