My observations of Japanese naval fighting men, their abilities and equipment led me to believe that they gave a better account of themselves than we did.

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

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

My observations of Japanese naval fighting men, their abilities and equipment led me to believe that they gave a better account of themselves than we did.

Our task force put to sea in early January 1942, to attack the Japanese in the Marshall and Gilbert islands, but the mission was called off on the eve of the attack.

After the Battle of Midway there was a week in a rest camp at Pearl Harbor.

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.