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Jack Adams

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

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

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"I do believe that the United Nations needs to have more exacting, more enhanced professional standards for the military peacekeepers that are deployed."

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

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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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"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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"Everybody knew that I could type pretty well."
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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."
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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."
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