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 Copy Share Image
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
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
