Jack Adams Quotes

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

I was assigned to the heavy cruiser Chicago.

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.

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.

Everybody knew that I could type pretty well.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

What pitching is in a short series in baseball, goaltending is in the Stanley Cup playoffs.

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

Always avoid picking up hitch-hikers who are wearing a mask.

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

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.

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.