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, Use, Either, Counseling
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
Fighting, Equipment, Led, Observations
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
News, Gilbert, Marshall, Newly
I received my parents' permission and went into the Navy on June 3, 1941.
- Jack Adams
Navy, Received, Permission, June
The Japanese invaded Tulagi, in the Solomon Islands, on May 4.
- Jack Adams
May, Japanese, Islands, Solomon
A chief petty officer taught me shorthand, which got me promoted to yeoman first class.
- Jack Adams
Chief, Which, Officer, First Class
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
Harbor, About, Led, December
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
Another, Then, Type, Letters
After the Battle of Midway there was a week in a rest camp at Pearl Harbor.
- Jack Adams
Rest, Battle, Midway, Camp
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
Gilbert, Marshall, Our, January
In basic training we had been told to watch out for Japanese spies.
- Jack Adams
Watch, Been, Japanese, Spies
Lexington did launch its air group when a Japanese carrier was reported.
- Jack Adams
Launch, Japanese, Reported, Carrier
Chicago's buoy was a couple of hundred yards astern of Arizona, and I was saddened to look at her.
- Jack Adams
Couple, Hundred, Buoy, Saddened
I passed a typing test and became a member of the staff of Rear Adm. Newton.
- Jack Adams
Test, Became, Rear, Typing
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
Other, Very, Which, Directions
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
Fact, Made, However, Sinking
I was assigned to the heavy cruiser Chicago.
- Jack Adams
Heavy, Assigned, Chicago
My assignment was in the communications office, where I typed out dispatches.
- Jack Adams
Where, Typed, Assignment, Communications
You could tell that America was gearing up for war.
- Jack Adams
War, Tell, Could, Gearing
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