Went Navy Quotes by Jack Adams

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

The good news was that Enterprise and the newly arrived Yorktown had attacked the Marshall and Gilbert islands. Those attacks had a great effect…

— 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