'The One Ship Fleet'
An exclusive excerpt from a new history of one of the busiest ships in the US Navy - the USS Boise - in action eighty years ago this week, off Salerno
This week’s excerpt comes from The One Ship Fleet: The USS Boise - WWII Naval Legend 1938-45. We join the action as the USS Boise, already a veteran of supporting Patton’s troops in the invasion of Sicily, arrives to provide much-needed fire support off the beaches of Salerno during the invasion of Italy:
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