Top 20 Quotes by Jack Adams

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

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

Everybody knew that I could type pretty well.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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

You could tell that America was gearing up for war.