Sailor: Roy Jr Edward Gatlin
Rank when arriving on the Boston: Seaman 2nd Class (S2c)
Enlisted on: 1944-02-06 at: New Orleans, LA
Navy Id Number: 2751736
Number of days on USS Boston: 620
Date sailor reported to the Boston: 1944-05-09 | See Original Document
Notes on sailor arrival: from R/S, Pearl Harbor, HI
Date sailor left from the Boston: 1946-01-19 | See Original Document
Notes on sailor departure: Kure Japan FFT
Promotions for this sailor
1945-12-15 Promotion to: Seaman 1st Class (S1c) | See Original Document Comments:Discipline for this Sailor
Deck Court on 1945-05-23 Offense: AOLSentence: EPD30DA TLP 26
Total Loss of Pay: $26
Remittance:
| See Original Document
Personnel Notes for this Sailor
Was recorded in June 1944 Muster | See Original DocumentWas recorded in September 1944 Muster | See Original Document
Was recorded in December 1944 Muster | See Original Document
Was recorded in March 1945 Muster | See Original Document
Was recorded in January 1946 Muster | See Original Document
Deck Log Notes for this sailor
Milestones for this sailor
Participated in attacks on the MARCUS ISLANDS 19-20 May and the attack on WAKE ISLAND on 23 May 1944Participated in the engagement and rout of a major Japanese task force in the waters east of the Philippines during the period 17-21 June 1944
Participated in the attacks on GUAM and ROTA ISLANDS (Marianas Group) on 11-13 June,
and the attacks on IWO JIMA, CHICHI JIMA, and HAHA JIMA (Bonin Island group) on 15-16 June 1944
Participated in the attacks on PAGAN ISLANDS and IWO JIMA (Bonin Island group) on 23-24 June 1944
Participated in bombardment of IWO JIMA on 4 July 1944
Participated in the attacks on GUAM and ROTA during the period 6-20 July 1944,
and subsequently in operations in support of the invasion of GUAM during the period 21-22 July 1944
Participated in the attacks on PALAU ISLANDS during the period 25-27 July 1944
Participated in the attacks on PALAU ISLANDS during the period 6-8 September 1944
Participated in the attacks on CELEBES ISLANDS and the operations in support of the landing on MOROTAI ISLANDS during the period 15-16 September 1944
Participated in the attacks LUZON during the period 21-22 September 1944 and the attacks on the VISAYAN GROUP (Philippine Islands) on 24 September 1944
Participated in the attacks on NANSEI SHOTO ISLANDS on 10 October 1944