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.

1895) (1895–1968) Canadian professional ice hockey player and long-time coach and manager of the Detroit Red Wings
Jack Adams Award National Hockey League award given to the coach that was adjudged to have contributed the most to his team's success

Jack Adams (ice hockey b. 1920) (1920–1996) Canadian professional ice hockey player with the Montreal Canadiens
Jack Adams (basketball) player in the short-lived American Basketball League (1961–1963).