Jack Adams famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

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

#Couple #Arizona #Buoys
Those who will not start, will never finish.
-- 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 on morale.
-- Jack Adams

#Islands #News #Yorktown
We made air attacks on the Japanese anchorage, sinking and damaging several vessels. However, the Japanese were alerted to the fact that American carriers were nearby.
-- Jack Adams

#Air #Facts #Made
My observations of Japanese naval fighting men, their abilities and equipment led me to believe that they gave a better account of themselves than we did.
-- Jack Adams

#Believe #Fighting #Men
I passed a typing test and became a member of the staff of Rear Adm. Newton.
-- Jack Adams

#Tests #Newton #Staff
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.
-- Jack Adams

#Nice #Home #Letters
Everybody knew that I could type pretty well.
-- Jack Adams

#Type #Wells
After the Battle of Midway there was a week in a rest camp at Pearl Harbor.
-- Jack Adams

#Battle #Pearls #Week
A chief petty officer taught me shorthand, which got me promoted to yeoman first class.
-- Jack Adams

#Class #Yeoman #Firsts
I received my parents' permission and went into the Navy on June 3, 1941.
-- Jack Adams

#June #Parent #Navy
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

#Miracle #Advice #Use
Our task force put to sea in early January 1942, to attack the Japanese in the Marshall and Gilbert islands, but the mission was called off on the eve of the attack.
-- Jack Adams

#Islands #Sea #Tasks
The Japanese invaded Tulagi, in the Solomon Islands, on May 4.
-- Jack Adams

#Islands #May #Solomon
Lexington did launch its air group when a Japanese carrier was reported.
-- Jack Adams

#Air #Groups
I was assigned to the heavy cruiser Chicago.
-- Jack Adams

#Chicago #Heavy #Hairstyles
Always avoid picking up hitch-hikers who are wearing a mask.
-- Jack Adams

#Wearing A Mask #Mask

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