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There was a big plane trying to take off , a giant Navy flying boat . Then I saw nine
more planes approaching . So I told the Captain , ' Boy ! There ' s nine Americans
going to tangle with those two squadrons of Japs . ' But instead , these nine ...
There was a big plane trying to take off , a giant Navy flying boat . Then I saw nine
more planes approaching . So I told the Captain , ' Boy ! There ' s nine Americans
going to tangle with those two squadrons of Japs . ' But instead , these nine ...
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One of the planes sat fixed in the crosshairs of his telescopic sight . On Adair ' s
left , Harry Keith peered at the planes , estimating their range , then cranking it
onto the sight bar . On the right , first loader Sparky Walruff had already slammed
a ...
One of the planes sat fixed in the crosshairs of his telescopic sight . On Adair ' s
left , Harry Keith peered at the planes , estimating their range , then cranking it
onto the sight bar . On the right , first loader Sparky Walruff had already slammed
a ...
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already framed on my lips , the planes suddenly swung northward , their uptilted
wings showing the Netherlands ' orange triangle . They were so close we could
make out the helmeted , goggled midships gunners , gripping the breeches of ...
already framed on my lips , the planes suddenly swung northward , their uptilted
wings showing the Netherlands ' orange triangle . They were so close we could
make out the helmeted , goggled midships gunners , gripping the breeches of ...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Cruise of the Lanikai: Incitement to War |
| Author | Kemp Tolley |
| Edition | illustrated, reprint |
| Publisher | Naval Institute Press, 1973 |
| ISBN | 0870211323, 9780870211324 |
| Length | 345 pages |
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