Always avoid picking up hitch-hikers who are wearing a mask.

I received my parents' permission and went into the Navy on June 3, 1941.

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

I was assigned to the heavy cruiser Chicago.

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.

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.

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