(This article was discovered in a L&N magazine.)
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•On November 11,1941, Boise departed Pearl Harbor as ocean escort for a troopship convoy bound for Manila. The convoy arrived in Manila on December 4, 1941, and two days later Boise was ordered to proceed to Cebu to rendezvous with the SS GERTRUDE KELLOGG and escort her to Honolulu.
•Thankfully Ed had not arrived in Hawaii but was still on his way to Cebu when the Japanese hostilities began on December 8. He just missed the bombing of Pearl Harbor by days. The Boise was now ordered to join the USS HOUSTON for duty in the U.S. Asiatic Fleet, Task force 5.
•On January 20, 1942 Ed experienced his first action against a Japanese advance. He describes this experience in the L&N magazine article.
On January 21st Ed’s ship struck an uncharted reef in Sap Strait sustaining severe damage to the bottom of their ship. They had to turn back and head to Colombo, Ceylon, and finally to Bombay India for repairs.. Meanwhile the ships he had been with continued and were all sunk in a battle. Ed lived because his ship was damaged by an uncharted reef!
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