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Page 131
... island's sand and green background . It could hardly be Japanese , and after the reassuring reception of the day before , it seemed unlikely that any Filipino would betray us to the enemy , in the improbable event Japanese turned up in ...
... island's sand and green background . It could hardly be Japanese , and after the reassuring reception of the day before , it seemed unlikely that any Filipino would betray us to the enemy , in the improbable event Japanese turned up in ...
Page 138
... island . The weather had been too thick for more than a couple of fuzzy sun sights . Charlie Adair , his legs twined around the weather rail to free his hands , handled the sextant . I recorded the time on my wrist watch , then ran ...
... island . The weather had been too thick for more than a couple of fuzzy sun sights . Charlie Adair , his legs twined around the weather rail to free his hands , handled the sextant . I recorded the time on my wrist watch , then ran ...
Page 260
... Island , in a wholly unpromising and unprotected spot . Our apprehensions were justified : " About 0100 , indi- cations of dragging anchor . A shift of the wind to southeast causing considerable chop and swell . The breakers to westward ...
... Island , in a wholly unpromising and unprotected spot . Our apprehensions were justified : " About 0100 , indi- cations of dragging anchor . A shift of the wind to southeast causing considerable chop and swell . The breakers to westward ...
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aboard Adair Admiral Hart Admiral Stark aircraft Allied alongside American anchor arrived ashore Asiatic Fleet attack Australia Bali Bataan boat bombers bombs British Camranh Bay Captain Cavite Chief of Naval CinC coast Commander in Chief Corregidor crew 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