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... hand - forged tools . He could give an acceptable haircut . He could start with a scrap of bacon rind and soon parlay it up through several sizes of bait fish to a whopper that would feed half the crew . When a complicated maneuver came ...
... hand - forged tools . He could give an acceptable haircut . He could start with a scrap of bacon rind and soon parlay it up through several sizes of bait fish to a whopper that would feed half the crew . When a complicated maneuver came ...
Page 248
... hand to hand , " bumped , " so to speak , as each host in turn had to shift position or go to sea . We moored alongside several Australian naval auxiliaries , plus our own John D. Ford , Heron , and Isabel . Each had supplied our ...
... hand to hand , " bumped , " so to speak , as each host in turn had to shift position or go to sea . We moored alongside several Australian naval auxiliaries , plus our own John D. Ford , Heron , and Isabel . Each had supplied our ...
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... hand . " I don't know how you call them in English , chéri à moi , " she said . " In Paris we always had them at Easter . It was a tradi- tion . We call them ' muguet . ' This was a sort of Paris too , I thought - sometimes even called ...
... hand . " I don't know how you call them in English , chéri à moi , " she said . " In Paris we always had them at Easter . It was a tradi- tion . We call them ' muguet . ' This was a sort of Paris too , I thought - sometimes even called ...
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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