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... bombs . So was Hart's problem with MacArthur over control of the latter's airplanes when operating over water ... bombs raining down on them before they could shout " Banzai ! " and head south . A small , early morning enemy raid over ...
... bombs . So was Hart's problem with MacArthur over control of the latter's airplanes when operating over water ... bombs raining down on them before they could shout " Banzai ! " and head south . A small , early morning enemy raid over ...
Page 82
... bomb made a bull's eye hit down submarine Sealion's hatch , sink- ing her . The Seadragon , alongside , took some damage . Bombs in the same salvo wiped out the receiving station ashore and hit destroyer Pillsbury . The destroyer Peary ...
... bomb made a bull's eye hit down submarine Sealion's hatch , sink- ing her . The Seadragon , alongside , took some damage . Bombs in the same salvo wiped out the receiving station ashore and hit destroyer Pillsbury . The destroyer Peary ...
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... bombing and knew within a few feet how high the local antiaircraft guns could reach . Four bombs landed close aboard Lanikai , astraddle . I lay on deck as the whine of their descent grew higher and higher . " When will the goddam ...
... bombing and knew within a few feet how high the local antiaircraft guns could reach . Four bombs landed close aboard Lanikai , astraddle . I lay on deck as the whine of their descent grew higher and higher . " When will the goddam ...
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