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"I was assigned to the heavy cruiser Chicago."
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"The basic problems facing the world today are not susceptible to a military solution."
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"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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"Chicago's buoy was a couple of hundred yards astern of Arizona, and I was saddened to look at her."
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"I have always had a particular antagonism for the military."
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"Even a pacifist should admire the military virtues."
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"Many have left their families to defend our freedom. We salute their bravery; we express our appreciation and support to their families. And we pray for their safe return."
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"From the ship all things were taken out, so that the clothes which I took with me on my back I only had."
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"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."
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"Promoting a record on a major label is like running a minor military campaign."
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"Being the commander of a Ruminarii war vessel meant that he had risen to the rank by means of assassination and ruthlessness and was therefore implicitly distrusted by the Tidhii Mah'k'hai (Naval Command, that is The Queen Of Suth Herself.) He was expected to mete out, in generous portions, brutality to conquered subjects and to act swiftly and mercilessly in dealing with alien encounters. In short, he was expected to be a bad example."
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"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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"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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"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."
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"Chicago's buoy was a couple of hundred yards astern of Arizona, and I was saddened to look at her."
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"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."
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"A chief petty officer taught me shorthand, which got me promoted to yeoman first class."
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"Everybody knew that I could type pretty well."
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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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"The Japanese invaded Tulagi, in the Solomon Islands, on May 4."
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"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."
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