Top 20 Quotes by Jack Adams

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.

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

Everybody knew that I could type pretty well.

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

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.

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

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.

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.