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• Chicago's buoy was a couple of hundred yards astern of Arizona, and I was saddened to look at her.
• I was assigned to the heavy cruiser Chicago.
• Lexington did launch its air group when a Japanese carrier was reported.
• The Japanese invaded Tulagi, in the Solomon Islands, on May 4.
• Our task force put to sea in early January 1942, to attack the Japanese in the Marshall and Gilbert islands, but the…
• 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.
• I received my parents' permission and went into the Navy on June 3, 1941.
• A chief petty officer taught me shorthand, which got me promoted to yeoman first class.
• After the Battle of Midway there was a week in a rest camp at Pearl Harbor.
• Everybody knew that I could type pretty well.
• Another nice thing was that I would type out letters home for the admiral's stewards. They would then feed me the same…
• I passed a typing test and became a member of the staff of Rear Adm. Newton.

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