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Page 14
... Yangtze's floods and roaring rapids and the capricious actions of bandit troops along the river's banks . For the last four years they had watched the ponderous Japanese military machine slug its way up the Yangtze in a bloody war ...
... Yangtze's floods and roaring rapids and the capricious actions of bandit troops along the river's banks . For the last four years they had watched the ponderous Japanese military machine slug its way up the Yangtze in a bloody war ...
Page 77
... Yangtze Patrol gunboats Oahu and Luzon were refugeeing their way from Shanghai to Manila , one of the Royal Navy's newest and biggest battleships , the Prince of Wales , had arrived at Singapore to beef up the defense of that vital ...
... Yangtze Patrol gunboats Oahu and Luzon were refugeeing their way from Shanghai to Manila , one of the Royal Navy's newest and biggest battleships , the Prince of Wales , had arrived at Singapore to beef up the defense of that vital ...
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... Yangtze River , 12 December 1937 , with three lives lost , had a highly inflammatory effect on American public opinion . In a preview of the excellent newsreel of the sinking , taken by ace cameraman Norman Alley , FDR ordered parts ...
... Yangtze River , 12 December 1937 , with three lives lost , had a highly inflammatory effect on American public opinion . In a preview of the excellent newsreel of the sinking , taken by ace cameraman Norman Alley , FDR ordered parts ...
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