The good news was that Enterprise and the newly arrived…

We began intercepting Japanese radio transmissions, which indicated the two forces were very close to each other. We found out later that we were…

— Jack Adams

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

— Jack Adams

We made air attacks on the Japanese anchorage, sinking and damaging several vessels. However, the Japanese were alerted to the fact that American carriers…

— Jack Adams

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

— Jack Adams

In basic training we had been told to watch out for Japanese spies.

— Jack Adams

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

— Jack Adams

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

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

— Jack Adams

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

— Jack Adams

I was assigned to the heavy cruiser Chicago.

— Jack Adams

Our task force put to sea in early January 1942, to attack the Japanese in the Marshall and Gilbert islands, but the mission was…

— Jack Adams

Everybody knew that I could type pretty well.

— Jack Adams

You could tell that America was gearing up for war.

— Jack Adams

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

— Jack Adams

My observations of Japanese naval fighting men, their abilities and equipment led me to believe that they gave a better account of themselves than…

— Jack Adams