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Jack Adams

After the Battle of Midway there was a week in a rest camp at Pearl Harbor.

— Jack Adams battle

In basic training we had been told to watch out for Japanese spies.

— Jack Adams rain

If it's free, it's advice; if you pay for it, it's counseling; if you can use either one, it's a miracle.

— Jack Adams advice

On December 5, 1941, Chicago led a task force built around the carrier Lexington to Midway Island, at the western end of the Hawaiian Islands, about 1,000 miles from Pearl Harbor.

— Jack Adams end

The good news was that Enterprise and the newly arrived Yorktown had attacked the Marshall and Gilbert islands. Those attacks had a great effect on morale.

— Jack Adams good

Our task force put to sea in early January 1942, to attack the Japanese in the Marshall and Gilbert islands, but the mission was called off on the eve of the attack.

— Jack Adams sea

Lexington did launch its air group when a Japanese carrier was reported.

A chief petty officer taught me shorthand, which got me promoted to yeoman first class.

— Jack Adams man

Another nice thing was that I would type out letters home for the admiral's stewards. They would then feed me the same food the admiral ate.

— Jack Adams war

I passed a typing test and became a member of the staff of Rear Adm. Newton.

I received my parents' permission and went into the Navy on June 3, 1941.

— Jack Adams parents

Chicago's buoy was a couple of hundred yards astern of Arizona, and I was saddened to look at her.

— Jack Adams sad

Everybody knew that I could type pretty well.

— Jack Adams body

I was assigned to the heavy cruiser Chicago.

My assignment was in the communications office, where I typed out dispatches.

— Jack Adams men

The Japanese invaded Tulagi, in the Solomon Islands, on May 4.

You could tell that America was gearing up for war.

— Jack Adams war

My observations of Japanese naval fighting men, their abilities and equipment led me to believe that they gave a better account of themselves than we did.

— Jack Adams men

We began intercepting Japanese radio transmissions, which indicated the two forces were very close to each other. We found out later that we were moving in opposite directions and passed each other by 32 miles.

— Jack Adams mission

We made air attacks on the Japanese anchorage, sinking and damaging several vessels. However, the Japanese were alerted to the fact that American carriers were nearby.

— Jack Adams sin

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