Jack Adams Quotes

• 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

  Funny, Humorous, Miracle

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• What pitching is in a short series in baseball, goaltending is in the Stanley Cup playoffs.

  Jack Adams

  Baseball, Pitching, Cups

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• Those who will not start, will never finish.

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• Always avoid picking up hitch-hikers who are wearing a mask.

  Jack Adams

  Wearing A Mask, Mask, Hiker

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• After the Battle of Midway there was a week in a rest camp at Pearl Harbor.

  Jack Adams

  Fog, Battle, Pearls

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• 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

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• 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

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• 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

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• I passed a typing test and became a member of the staff of Rear Adm. Newton.

  Jack Adams

  Tests, Newton, Staff

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• 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

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• Everybody knew that I could type pretty well.

  Jack Adams

  Type, Wells

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• A chief petty officer taught me shorthand, which got me promoted to yeoman first class.

  Jack Adams

  Class, Yeoman, Firsts

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• I received my parents' permission and went into the Navy on June 3, 1941.

  Jack Adams

  June, Parent, Navy

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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.

  Jack Adams

  Islands, Sea, Tasks

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• The Japanese invaded Tulagi, in the Solomon Islands, on May 4.

  Jack Adams

  Islands, May, Solomon

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• Lexington did launch its air group when a Japanese carrier was reported.

  Jack Adams

  Air, Groups, Lexington

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• I was assigned to the heavy cruiser Chicago.

  Jack Adams

  Chicago, Heavy, Hairstyles

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

  Jack Adams

  Couple, Chicago, Yards

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