“Button,” Espiritu Santo Went to Mass this morning. The weather has become perfect lately. Not too humid and plenty of…
“Button,” Espiritu Santo The raid on Nauru last night didn’t come off as well as expected due to muddleheaded staff…
“Button,” Espiritu Santo Went over to ComAirSoPac this afternoon to talk to a friend of Wendy Suydam about a job…
“Button,” Espiritu Santo Patrolled 770 miles. Stewart-Ontong-Java sector. At 1235 on my return leg, about 50 miles NE of the…
“Button,” Espiritu Santo Of fifty Jap fighters and dive bombers making a raid on Cactus the other day, 27 were…
“Button,” Espiritu Santo The dope is out that we are going back to Cactus soon to continue long-range patrols toward…
“Button,” Espiritu Santo The “Pussy Patrol” returned from Nouméa this afternoon. No news, except indications of rapidly growing Allied strength…
“Button,” Espiritu Santo The sun is starting to come out again. Fletcher Brown, of VP23, brought me a bottle of…
“Button,” Espiritu Santo Patrolled 750 miles toward Nauru. Nothing sighted, except a few of our own ships. Savio acted as…
“Button,” Espiritu Santo Rumors flying thick and fast. Most of them have us going home on the Curtiss with VP44.…