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Page 81
... looked like solid splinter protection . I crawled under one . Filipino workmen looked on with in- terest and some amusement . Wearing hard hats , they were well drilled in avoiding overhead hazards . Many of them , unable to read and ...
... looked like solid splinter protection . I crawled under one . Filipino workmen looked on with in- terest and some amusement . Wearing hard hats , they were well drilled in avoiding overhead hazards . Many of them , unable to read and ...
Page 86
... looked like he had stepped out of a Robert Louis Stevenson tale of the South Seas . More practically , from my point of view , he looked like a prime choice to have along for companionship and advice . He had been a naval reservist ...
... looked like he had stepped out of a Robert Louis Stevenson tale of the South Seas . More practically , from my point of view , he looked like a prime choice to have along for companionship and advice . He had been a naval reservist ...
Page 270
... looked about as much like a warship as the Mayflower looked like the Queen Mary . But she was a warship . She had the “ minimum require- commanded by a naval officer a small gun and one machine gun . . . ” Unable to transmit , she would ...
... looked about as much like a warship as the Mayflower looked like the Queen Mary . But she was a warship . She had the “ minimum require- commanded by a naval officer a small gun and one machine gun . . . ” Unable to transmit , she would ...
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