30 Quotes by Jack Adams

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.

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

Everybody knew that I could type pretty well.

I was assigned to the heavy cruiser Chicago.

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

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

You could tell that America was gearing up for 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.