petty officer

Petty Officer Jonathan Keefe later said, “It was like moon dust, or snow, and we were sinking in.”

He was awarded the Navy Cross for combat heroism in 2006 and retired as a Petty Officer 1st Class in 2007.

He marched up to the quarterdeck, stood at attention, and said, “Petty Officer Klauser reporting for duty.”

The petty officer—he was a petty officer, though Sara Lee had never heard the term—was inclined to be suspicious.

He did his year's service as a petty officer and went through the discipline and hardships of the common marine.

There arose cries and shoutings without, and a petty officer burst into the hut, puffed with importance and pride.

The petty officer had told him that he appeared to be quite sick when he came on board the night before.

The Petty Officer himself, chancing to look to port, suddenly saw a submarine on the surface….