Another nice thing was that I would type out letters home for the admiral's stewards. They would then feed me the same food the admiral ate.

Everybody knew that I could type pretty well.

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.

Chicago's buoy was a couple of hundred yards astern of Arizona, and I was saddened to look at her.

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

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.

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