The good news was that Enterprise and the newly arrived Yorktown had attacked the Marshall and Gilbert islands. Those attacks had a great effect on morale.

If it's free, it's advice; if you pay for it, it's counseling; if you can use either one, it's a miracle.

What pitching is in a short series in baseball, goaltending is in the Stanley Cup playoffs.

A chief petty officer taught me shorthand, which got me promoted to yeoman first class.

The good news was that Enterprise and the newly arrived Yorktown had attacked the Marshall and Gilbert islands. Those attacks had a great effect on morale.

Another nice thing was that I would type out letters home for the admiral's stewards. They would then feed me the same food the admiral ate.

I passed a typing test and became a member of the staff of Rear Adm. Newton.