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