Jack Adams

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

#counseling #either #free #miracle #pay

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

— Jack Adams

#class #first #first class #got #me

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

— Jack Adams

#battle #camp #harbor #midway #pearl

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

#another #ate #feed #food #home

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

— Jack Adams

#buoy #chicago #couple #her #hundred

Everybody knew that I could type pretty well. ↗

— Jack Adams

#everybody #i #knew #pretty #type

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

— Jack Adams

#i #member #newton #passed #rear

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

— Jack Adams

#into #june #navy #parents #permission

I was assigned to the heavy cruiser Chicago. ↗

— Jack Adams

#chicago #heavy #i

In basic training we had been told to watch out for Japanese spies. ↗

— Jack Adams

#been #had #japanese #out #spies