Jack Adams
Jack Adams
John James "Jack" Adamswas a Canadian professional ice hockey player, coach and general manager in the National Hockey League and Pacific Coast Hockey Association. He was a Hall of Fame player during a 10-year professional career with Toronto, Vancouver and Ottawa...
NationalityCanadian
ProfessionAthlete
Date of Birth14 June 1895
CountryCanada
class firsts taught
A chief petty officer taught me shorthand, which got me promoted to yeoman first class.
battle pearls week
After the Battle of Midway there was a week in a rest camp at Pearl Harbor.
type wells
Everybody knew that I could type pretty well.
nice home letters
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.
tests newton members
I passed a typing test and became a member of the staff of Rear Adm. Newton.
believe fighting men
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.
air facts sinking
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.
islands news yorktown
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.
Those who will not start, will never finish.
wearing-a-mask mask hiker
Always avoid picking up hitch-hikers who are wearing a mask.
baseball pitching cups
What pitching is in a short series in baseball, goaltending is in the Stanley Cup playoffs.
fishing grew shows tv watching
This is something I've always wanted. I grew up fishing and watching fishing shows on TV when I was a kid.
airmen battle learned lessons months navy needed ship win
However, during those months the airmen and ship crews of the U.S. Navy learned the lessons we needed to win the Battle of Midway.