4-25-15
Sue Cowan, daughter of George Pitts, sent me this really interesting piece of USS Boston history. It is a 5 x 6″ booklet given to the men before they mustered onto the ship officially for the first time on Commissioning Day, June 30, 1943.
The booklet gives the new men the lowdown on what’s what and what’s where. Two “bad guy” characters are introduced to help drive home important points about safety, cooperation, etc. They are the Rube, “Salty Snod” and the Imp, “Hermie the Nazi Gremlin.”
There will be more of this to follow . . . .
steve