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Page 103
... perhaps it was not a design to keep a Japanese cruiser busy , to give von Spee's crack armored cruisers Scharnhorst and Gneisenau a chance to make the Atlantic unmolested in their escape from the Far East . He thought that perhaps the ...
... perhaps it was not a design to keep a Japanese cruiser busy , to give von Spee's crack armored cruisers Scharnhorst and Gneisenau a chance to make the Atlantic unmolested in their escape from the Far East . He thought that perhaps the ...
Page 128
... Perhaps they were here too . Or perhaps the natives had read the tea leaves and switched sides . We had no way of knowing what the Filipino attitude had become as a result of the Manila " open city " declaration . A lone figure appeared ...
... Perhaps they were here too . Or perhaps the natives had read the tea leaves and switched sides . We had no way of knowing what the Filipino attitude had become as a result of the Manila " open city " declaration . A lone figure appeared ...
Page 270
... Perhaps Lanikai could still turn the trick ! It was unlikely that news of her five - minute christening ceremony had reached Tokyo's ears . She looked about as much like a warship as the Mayflower looked like the Queen Mary . But she ...
... Perhaps Lanikai could still turn the trick ! It was unlikely that news of her five - minute christening ceremony had reached Tokyo's ears . She looked about as much like a warship as the Mayflower looked like the Queen Mary . But she ...
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aboard Adair Admiral Hart Admiral Stark aircraft Allied alongside American anchor arrived ashore Asiatic Fleet attack Australia Bali boat bombers bombs British Camranh Bay Captain Cavite Chief of Naval CinC coast Commander in Chief Corregidor crew cruise cruisers December deck deckhouse defense destroyers Dutch East enemy engine February Filipino fire fish forces Fremantle Geraldton Glassford gunboat Hart's headed heavy Helfrich Houston intercept Island Japan Japanese Java Kimmel Lanikai later LCDR Lieutenant Commander Luzon MacArthur Madoera Strait Manila Mariveles miles Naval Operations Navy Cross night Oahu officer Pacific patrol Pearl Harbor Pecos Philippines planes President radio raid Rear Admiral Rockwell Roosevelt sail sent ship ship's Singapore skipper soon staff Strait submarine Surabaya Tjilatjap told Tolley torpedo U.S. Army U.S. Naval U.S. Navy United USS Lanikai vessel Walruff warning warships Washington wind wrote