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Jack Adams
Canadian
Athlete
Born:
Jun 14
,
1895
Died:
May 1
,
1968
Carrier
Chicago
Islands
Japanese
Me
Out
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A chief petty officer taught me shorthand, which got me promoted to yeoman first class.
Jack Adams
Me
Class
First
Petty
Promoted
First Class
Got
Chief
Officer
Taught
Which
Shorthand
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
Food
Home
Me
Nice
Type
Out
Ate
Would
Admiral
Feed
Another
Stewards
Same
Then
Nice Thing
Letters
Thing
Chicago's buoy was a couple of hundred yards astern of Arizona, and I was saddened to look at her.
Jack Adams
Hundred
Arizona
Saddened
Look
Couple
Yards
Chicago
Buoy
Her
I received my parents' permission and went into the Navy on June 3, 1941.
Jack Adams
Parents
Permission
June
Navy
Received
In basic training we had been told to watch out for Japanese spies.
Jack Adams
Training
Out
Spies
Had
Been
Japanese
Basic
Watch
Lexington did launch its air group when a Japanese carrier was reported.
Jack Adams
Group
Air
Carrier
Launch
Reported
Did
Japanese
Lexington
My assignment was in the communications office, where I typed out dispatches.
Jack Adams
Typed
Out
Office
Where
Communications
Assignment
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
Carrier
About
Hawaiian
Force
Around
Island
Islands
Built
Led
Chicago
Western
End
Task
Task Force
December
Midway
Harbor
Miles
Pearl
Pearl Harbor
Lexington
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
Good
Great
News
Good News
Those
Enterprise
Gilbert
Marshall
Morale
Attacked
Attacks
Had
Islands
Arrived
Effect
Newly
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
Other
Later
Out
Directions
Forces
Passed
Opposite
Were
Began
Very
Close
Which
Moving
Japanese
Miles
Radio
Each
Found
Two
You could tell that America was gearing up for war.
Jack Adams
War
You
Tell
Gearing
Could
Up
America
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