Pearl Harbor Got squared away. My first hop comes up tomorrow. Some of the pilots in the squadron have been…
Pearl Harbor Only 50 yards in front of out BOQ lies the flame-twisted hulk of the USS Arizona. Another 50…
Pearl Harbor Raised Oahu about 8 a.m. and were disembarked in Pearl Harbor about 1 p.m. Reported to my new…
USS Wharton, Pacific Ocean Finished a truly fine historical novel, “Final Hosting” by Patrick Welch. A story of Ireland, after…
Pacific Ocean Attended my first shipboard mass within memory this morning. Held outdoors on the after end of the promenade…
Pacific Ocean Miscellaneous — Finished J. Frank Dobie’s “Apache Gold and Yacqui Silver” — good collection of scuttlebutt from the…
Pacific Ocean Must be hitting the halfway mark today. Am mighty tired of traveling around on these damned transports. At…
Pacific Ocean A PBY-5 passed close over us this morning. Sinking into the now familiar vicious cycle of eat and…
Pacific Ocean Blimp left with nightfall last night. This ship is clean and well run.
Pacific Ocean Pulled out about ten this morning. The bay was filled with grey ships, and the old Matson docks…