You could tell that America was gearing up for war.
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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.Jack Adams
Chicago's buoy was a couple of hundred yards astern of Arizona, and I was saddened to look at her.
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I was assigned to the heavy cruiser Chicago.
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We began intercepting Japanese radio transmissions, which indicated the two forces were very close to each other. We found out later that we were moving in opposite directions and passed each other by 32 miles.
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It was very fortunate that our three Pacific Fleet aircraft carriers - Enterprise, Saratoga and Lexington - missed the Pearl Harbor attack.
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