The Japanese invaded Tulagi, in the Solomon Islands, on May 4.

We made air attacks on the Japanese anchorage, sinking and damaging several vessels. However, the Japanese were alerted to the fact that American carriers were nearby.

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

I was assigned to the heavy cruiser Chicago.

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.

Everybody knew that I could type pretty well.

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.