"Another nice thing was that I would type……" — 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."
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21 Quotes by Jack Adams
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Chicago's buoy was a couple of hundred yards astern of Arizona, and I was saddened to look at her.
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I was assigned to the heavy cruiser Chicago.
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Lexington did launch its air group when a Japanese carrier was reported.
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The Japanese invaded Tulagi, in the Solomon Islands, on May 4.
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Our task force put to sea in early January 1942, to attack the Japanese in the Marshall and Gilbert islands,…
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If it's free, it's advice; if you pay for it, it's counseling; if you can use either one, it's a…
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I received my parents' permission and went into the Navy on June 3, 1941.
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A chief petty officer taught me shorthand, which got me promoted to yeoman first class.
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After the Battle of Midway there was a week in a rest camp at Pearl Harbor.
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Everybody knew that I could type pretty well.
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I passed a typing test and became a member of the staff of Rear Adm. Newton.
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My observations of Japanese naval fighting men, their abilities and equipment led me to believe that they gave a better…
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We lived, until I was 12 or so, in communal apartment with five different families and the same kitchen, in…
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Admirals extolled for standing still, or doing nothing with a deal of skill.
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Admiral. That part of a warship which does the talking while the figurehead does the thinking.
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[Admiral Nelson's counsel] guided me time and again. On the eve of the critical battle of Santa Cruz, in which…
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Regarding the air raid over Los Angeles it was learned by Army G2 that Rear Admiral Anderson...recovered an unidentified airplane…
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Here the people could stand it no longer and complained of the long voyage; but the Admiral cheered them as…
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What is wanted in architecture, as in so many things, is a man. ... One suggestion might be made-no profession…
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The surer of himself an admiral is, the finer the tactical development of his fleet, the better his captains, the…
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Every schoolchild knows that Columbus set out across the sea to prove that the world was round. But the belief…
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As I passed along the side walls of Westminster Abbey, I hardly saw any thing but marble monuments of great…
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