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Ian S. Bertram is an Air Force pilot with an MA in military history from Norwich University, an MA in international security from the Korbel School. He has written for The Strategy Bridge and Small Wars Journal.

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The story of the USS Boise (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. 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.

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Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Preface
Prologue

1. A Ship and a Man
2. Stopgap: Java Sea
3. Recovery and Diversion: India and the Pacific
4. Hell at Night: Guadalcanal
   Interlude: Home-Philadelphia
5. Covering Fire: Sicily and Italy
6. The March Up: New Guinea
7. Ship of the Line: Leyte Gulf
8. Liberation: Luzon, Philippines
9. The Long Way Home: Borneo and Operation Magic Carpet
   Epilogue
   Chapter Notes
   Bibliography
   Index