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... gunboat Wake , in the Yangtze Patrol , and as U.S. forces pulled out of China , the Wake had been left , with a few ship- keepers , at Shanghai . Two other river gunboats , the Oahu and Luzon , had literally sneaked out of Shanghai the ...
... gunboat Wake , in the Yangtze Patrol , and as U.S. forces pulled out of China , the Wake had been left , with a few ship- keepers , at Shanghai . Two other river gunboats , the Oahu and Luzon , had literally sneaked out of Shanghai the ...
Page 81
... gunboat Panay , these things were looked on as rare accidents . From the presumably safe sanctuary of our gunboat , we used to watch the Japanese raids with interest . It always was a good show - the " whooooeeeee " of the falling bombs ...
... gunboat Panay , these things were looked on as rare accidents . From the presumably safe sanctuary of our gunboat , we used to watch the Japanese raids with interest . It always was a good show - the " whooooeeeee " of the falling bombs ...
Page 324
... gunboat , sunk , 224 ; 53 , 54 , 74 , 118 ( n ) , 124 Ashigara , HIJMS : helps sink HMS Exeter , Encounter , USS ... gunboats necessary in defense of , 227 ; Filipino - American heroism on , 227 , 228 ; evacuation of , 257 ; 119 Batavia ...
... gunboat , sunk , 224 ; 53 , 54 , 74 , 118 ( n ) , 124 Ashigara , HIJMS : helps sink HMS Exeter , Encounter , USS ... gunboats necessary in defense of , 227 ; Filipino - American heroism on , 227 , 228 ; evacuation of , 257 ; 119 Batavia ...
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