On Board the USS Boise in World War II

<p> The story of the USS <I>Boise</I> (CL-47) is one of fear loss endurance fame triumph and pain. The light cruiser endured a remarkable career through the entirety of World War II with a redemption arc that took its crew from the position of scapegoats to heroes and ultimately to the vanguard of America's liberation forces. </p><p> One man Donald DB Fitch witnessed the entire conflict from his battle-station on the bridge. The ship conducted secret missions and fought at Guadalcanal Sicily New Guinea and the Philippines. Through Fitch's eyes this book relives the terrors and thrills of naval combat along with the pranks shenanigans and the rumors that were the lifeblood of a ship through four years of war. Fitch and his friends fought for each other and their country and in the end they left their mark on history.</p>