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... knew that difference . It was agreed that although the Japs had some old crocks , nobody ever heard of one of them that burned wood . It wasn't pure wood smoke , either . " Not anything electrical , " said Sparky Walruff , who could ...
... knew that difference . It was agreed that although the Japs had some old crocks , nobody ever heard of one of them that burned wood . It wasn't pure wood smoke , either . " Not anything electrical , " said Sparky Walruff , who could ...
Page 132
... knew and undoubtedly had minutely charted the local coasts for their Navy , the chances were good they would prefer the open sea . It all depended on the weather . If it were thick and stormy , we might try for a direct shot across the ...
... knew and undoubtedly had minutely charted the local coasts for their Navy , the chances were good they would prefer the open sea . It all depended on the weather . If it were thick and stormy , we might try for a direct shot across the ...
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... knew the oil at Tarakan was so pure it could be burned in ships ' boilers just as it came out of the ground . The fuel - hungry Japanese certainly would waste no time seizing that bonanza , only a fourth of the way down a wholly ...
... knew the oil at Tarakan was so pure it could be burned in ships ' boilers just as it came out of the ground . The fuel - hungry Japanese certainly would waste no time seizing that bonanza , only a fourth of the way down a wholly ...
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