Jack
best-love divorce years
My wife Mary and I have been married for forty-seven years and not once have we had an argument serious enough to consider divorce; murder, yes, but divorce, never.
couple looks arizona
Chicago's buoy was a couple of hundred yards astern of Arizona, and I was saddened to look at her.
chicago heavy hairstyles
I was assigned to the heavy cruiser Chicago.
air groups lexington
Lexington did launch its air group when a Japanese carrier was reported.
islands may solomon
The Japanese invaded Tulagi, in the Solomon Islands, on May 4.
sea islands tasks
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.
miracle advice pay
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.
june parent navy
I received my parents' permission and went into the Navy on June 3, 1941.
class firsts taught
A chief petty officer taught me shorthand, which got me promoted to yeoman first class.
battle pearls week
After the Battle of Midway there was a week in a rest camp at Pearl Harbor.
type wells
Everybody knew that I could type pretty well.
nice home letters
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.
tests newton members
I passed a typing test and became a member of the staff of Rear Adm. Newton.
believe fighting men
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.