Jack Adams

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

— Jack Adams

#carrier #did #group #japanese #launch

My assignment was in the communications office, where I typed out dispatches. ↗

— Jack Adams

#communications #i #office #out #typed

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 #better #did #equipment #fighting

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. ↗

— Jack Adams

#around #built #carrier #chicago #december

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

#called #early #eve #force #gilbert

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

#attacked #attacks #effect #enterprise #gilbert

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

— Jack Adams

#islands #japanese #may #solomon

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

#alerted #american #attacks #carriers #damaging

You could tell that America was gearing up for war. ↗

— Jack Adams

#could #gearing #tell #up #war