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

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

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.

A chief petty officer taught me shorthand, which got me promoted to yeoman first class.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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 will live each minute in gratitude.

For every moment of suffering, Others will arriveThat will instead pierce you with joy.

He who has courage and faith will never perish in misery!

Self-awareness is not the same thing as self-approval, any more than imagination is the same thing as day-dreaming.

For no mortal ever attains to blessedness. One may be luckier than another when wealth flows his way, but blessed never.

Scientists expect to be improved on and corrected; they hope to be

He had been so busy getting away from the library, he hadn't paid attention to where he was going.

It'll be kids next. I like the grown-up stuff. I like having a house. I've got dogs.

There's no greater power than the power of good-bye.

Not only is there an art in knowing a thing, but also a certain art in teaching it.