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... headed a message " triple priority and most urgent , " warning Washington that : " British Admiralty reports two parties seen off Cambodia Point ( Pointe de Camau ) at 3:00 A.M. London time this morning , sailing westward toward Kra 14 ...
... headed a message " triple priority and most urgent , " warning Washington that : " British Admiralty reports two parties seen off Cambodia Point ( Pointe de Camau ) at 3:00 A.M. London time this morning , sailing westward toward Kra 14 ...
Page 194
... headed for Surabaya , the Piet Hein was sunk , and Ford and Pope , torpedoes about gone , were headed southeast as fast as their old boilers would take them . The two Japanese destroyers momentarily started firing at each other in lieu ...
... headed for Surabaya , the Piet Hein was sunk , and Ford and Pope , torpedoes about gone , were headed southeast as fast as their old boilers would take them . The two Japanese destroyers momentarily started firing at each other in lieu ...
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... headed for U.S. Navy headquarters in Perth . There in a passage- way lined with offices and clacking typewriters , I met Rear Admiral Purnell . " My God ! What are you doing here ? " he almost shouted . " You're supposed to be dead ...
... headed for U.S. Navy headquarters in Perth . There in a passage- way lined with offices and clacking typewriters , I met Rear Admiral Purnell . " My God ! What are you doing here ? " he almost shouted . " You're supposed to be dead ...
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