Lexington did launch its air group when a Japanese carrier was reported.

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.

Maybe the future is like rowing for shore. Your only choice is to try or give up.

The authentic answer is always the question’s vitality. It can close in around the question, but it does so in order to preserve the question by keeping it open.

If I wasn't a professional scientist, I'd be an amateur scientist. But plan B was to go into computers.

The Holy Koran tells us, 'O mankind! We have created you male and a female; and we have made you into nations and tribes so that you may know one another.'

Gospel possession requires gospel proclamation.

Energy experts have announced the development of a new fuel made from human brain tissue. It's called assohol.

I see harm reduction as a way of engaging people as part of that path to recovery.

I do suspect my star ratings average too high. But, of course, star ratings are ridiculous. I'm stuck with them.

No, I like being a role model because I know how much comfort my musical idols brought me.

God is rich in mercy. I know this wealth of his with the certainty of experience, I have touched it.