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.
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My assignment was in the communications office, where I typed out dispatches.
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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.
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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.
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A chief petty officer taught me shorthand, which got me promoted to yeoman first class.
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After the Battle of Midway there was a week in a rest camp at Pearl Harbor.
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I passed a typing test and became a member of the staff of Rear Adm. Newton.
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We began intercepting Japanese radio transmissions, which indicated the two forces were very close to each other. We found out later that we were moving in opposite directions and passed each other by 32 miles.
