A descendant of two US presidents Thomas Mullen
Adams graduated in 1997 from the US Naval Academy. He was a decorated
naval flight officer assigned since October 2002 to the Royal Navy as an
exchange officer and lived in Helston, England.
"His love of flying machines and ships was obvious
at an early age," said Adams' uncle, Richard Adams of La Jolla, Calif. "A look
in his room at the models and posters was only part of the story. Even when he
was in elementary school he could describe in remarkable detail the performance
and history of each."
A native of La Mesa, California, and a
soccer enthusiast, he was a radar intercept officer aboard the Royal Navy
helicopter.
Honour guards aboard
the US Kitty Hawk aircraft carrier parade during a remembrance ceremony
for US Navy Lieutenant Thomas Mullen Adams on 10th April
2003.