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 Copy Share Image
Lexington did launch its air group when a Japanese carrier was reported. — Jack Adams Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I passed a typing test and became a member of the staff of Rear Adm. Newton. — Jack Adams Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I received my parents' permission and went into the Navy on June 3, 1941. — Jack Adams Copy Share Image
After the Battle of Midway there was a week in a rest camp at Pearl Harbor. — Jack Adams Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Chicago's buoy was a couple of hundred yards astern of Arizona, and I was saddened to look at her. — Jack Adams Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
