We have studied the 14,15 C(d, 3 He) 13,14 B proton-removing reactions in inverse kinematics. The (d, 3 He) reaction probes the proton occupation of the target ground state, and also provides spectroscopic information about the final states in 13,14 B. The experiments were performed using 14,15 C beams from the ATLAS accelerator at Argonne National Laboratory. The reaction products were analyzed with the HELIOS device. Angular distributions were obtained for transitions from both reactions. The 14 C-beam data reveal transitions to excited states in 13 B that suggest configurations with protons outside the π(0p 3/2 ) orbital, and some possibility of proton cross-shell 0p − 1s0d excitations, in the 14 C ground state. The 15 C-beam data confirm the existence of a broad 2 − excited state in 14 B. The experimental data are compared to the results of shell-model calculations.