A chief petty officer taught me shorthand, which got me promoted to yeoman first class.
The Japanese invaded Tulagi, in the Solomon Islands, on May 4.
Chicago's buoy was a couple of hundred yards astern of Arizona, and I was saddened to look at her.
Lexington did launch its air group when a Japanese carrier was reported.
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.
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.