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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.

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.

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

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

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.