His experiences aboard the battleship USS Tennessee during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941; his subsequent experiences in the Pacific Theater during World War II. His decision to join the Navy, 1941; boot camp and assignment to the Tennessee, August 17, 1941; pre-war shipboard life and training exercises; his detailed description of his activities during the attack on Pearl Harbor; aftermath of the attack; his transfer to the yard minesweeper YMS-102 at Bremerton, Washington, 1942; operations around Midway Island; his transfer to the escort carrier Petrof Bay, February, 1944; Battle of Leyte Gulf, October, 1944; kamikaze attacks; Okinawa Campaign, April, 1945, and continued combat against kamikazes.