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
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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.
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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.
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It was very fortunate that our three Pacific Fleet aircraft carriers - Enterprise, Saratoga and Lexington - missed the Pearl Harbor attack.
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You could tell that America was gearing up for war.
My assignment was in the communications office, where I typed out dispatches.
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In basic training we had been told to watch out for Japanese spies.
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This is something I've always wanted. I grew up fishing and watching fishing shows on TV when I was a kid.
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I didn't expect to deliver a baby in the parking lot. It happened in about 12 or 15 minutes, and it was over with. It happened so fast I didn't have time to think.
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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, but the mission was called off on the eve of the attack.
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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 miracle.