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Page 148
... ashore developed to be Sabang . This was our first experience in wholly new territory . In striking comparison with the Philippines , only one man ashore spoke Dutch , the government agent , a Malay . Nygh was embarrassed not only by ...
... ashore developed to be Sabang . This was our first experience in wholly new territory . In striking comparison with the Philippines , only one man ashore spoke Dutch , the government agent , a Malay . Nygh was embarrassed not only by ...
Page 155
... ashore was overwhelming ; something approaching state dinners at the opulent Societé Harmonie the two nights in port , cocktails , tours of the city , and liberty for the crew ashore to walk the streets and gape at shops in a tropical ...
... ashore was overwhelming ; something approaching state dinners at the opulent Societé Harmonie the two nights in port , cocktails , tours of the city , and liberty for the crew ashore to walk the streets and gape at shops in a tropical ...
Page 168
... ashore ? " said a spokesman for the younger group . Our pulling on halliards and fishing side by side to- gether for so long had brought about an informality not usual in a more orthodox warship . Told they could go ashore immediately ...
... ashore ? " said a spokesman for the younger group . Our pulling on halliards and fishing side by side to- gether for so long had brought about an informality not usual in a more orthodox warship . Told they could go ashore immediately ...
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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