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.
Lexington did launch its air group when a Japanese carrier was reported.
Chicago's buoy was a couple of hundred yards astern of Arizona, and I was saddened to look at her.
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.
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