December 5 1941

I do not know why I am writing this but I felt like it would you all should know about my adventures on the USS Nevada. My first day on the ship was December 5 1941. When I got on the ship, I was lost because i have never been on a boat that was that big before in my life. However, my lieutenant showed me around the ship and I was still lost.

December 6 1941

It is my second day on the ship. And after spending my first night aboard the ship I was hungry so I went to the mess hall and got in line. The next thing I knew I was getting pushed to the back of the line by this brute of a man. The man said listen newbie you get your food after every one else has eaten. So when I actually got my food it was all hard and cold. However, I ate it anyways because I had a long day of work ahead of me.

December 7 1941

It is my third day and I had been up all night because I was think about that brute at breakfast. And 730 came along and I went up to the deck of the ship to look at the view and was getting hungry because I could smell the food cooking. But I sat there for 15 minutes and I sow planes coming in low and fast. At first I thought it was the navy practicing the flight maneuvers. But then I saw a bomb drop and then I realized that we were being bombed. So I mounted the gun on the side of the ship to try to fight off the planes that were trying to destroy my home.

December 8 1941

All the men in my ship had to go stand guard around the island because the ship was in dry docks getting repaired after the fight yesterday. But I am pretty sure that I was not the only one that was scared that the Japanese were going to come back again. While standing guard I looked around to see who I knew and the person that I sow to the left of me was that brute and he was crying about something and the man to the right was the lieutenant.