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.
I passed a typing test and became a member of the staff of Rear Adm. Newton.
What pitching is in a short series in baseball, goaltending is in the Stanley Cup playoffs.
Everybody knew that I could type pretty well.
Lexington did launch its air group when a Japanese carrier was reported.
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.