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Jack Adams

"I was assigned to the heavy cruiser Chicago."

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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."
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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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"You could tell that America was gearing up for war."
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"I received my parents' permission and went into the Navy on June 3, 1941."
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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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