Status Updates From Pearl Harbor

Evelyn weet lowkey ni wa ze wil.

Briljant, admiraal.’ ‘Een briljant man,’ antwoordde Yamamoto, ‘zou een manier vinden om geen oorlog te voeren.’

Also, wtf. Hoe ben je al op iemand anders verliefd maanden na het verlies van je bf in combat? Om nog ni eens te zeggen de beste vriend van je bf?!?!? Question.
Anyway Danny was toch the hotter one in de film 😛

Bro wat, Rafe is nu al dood. Deadass. (Letterlijk) ok nee ma komaan wtf guys.

‘Een man heeft ongeveer hetzelfde denkvermogen als een baars, en als je goed naar ze kijkt, zie je dat hun mond bijna precies hetzelfde beweegt.’

Realizing you're practicing takeoff and flying lie but not landing ...then being told the aircraft carrier will leave as soon as you're airborne as there's not enough fuel to fly back... And this is how to say "I am American" in Chinese 😬

Looking up if captain bennion is a real person and getting a spoiler from history 😭

Dorie Miller is real too. And of course all the big figures like the admirals..
I want to read more about dorie

Liking the characters a bit more as they.go through things.

It's nice to hear about navy stuff after the last ship. Seems familiar while I don't know much about planes. The preparedness of the ship (as a general concept) and the hospital is satisfying and comforting

I've seen the movie so I'm not sure I can call this book "light" but it's less philosophical let's say than the last one. Simple. Simple characters, simple plot

This book has a stamp from Barney's Book store, a local used book store that I went to as a kid. It's been closed for years. Must have been one of the last books sold there

The dedication - to my sons... With the fervent hope that neither they nor anyone else's children will know war