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... that [ the message ] was written a good while before then . . . . The fact that the Admiral would like to have [ the messages ] more than repays me for the trouble I had to go through to hold onto them . This little incident is just one ...
... that [ the message ] was written a good while before then . . . . The fact that the Admiral would like to have [ the messages ] more than repays me for the trouble I had to go through to hold onto them . This little incident is just one ...
Page 91
... that the Nimitz appraisal is subject to some imponderable factors , not the least of which is the unlikelihood that the Japanese attacking force under Nagumo , on find- ing the U.S. Fleet gone from Pearl Harbor , would have lingered ...
... that the Nimitz appraisal is subject to some imponderable factors , not the least of which is the unlikelihood that the Japanese attacking force under Nagumo , on find- ing the U.S. Fleet gone from Pearl Harbor , would have lingered ...
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... that the Japanese know Isabel to be a U.S. warship , they are not going to sink her . " Some historians have seized on Roosevelt's proclivity for dabbling in naval affairs as an explanation of his " three small ships ” directive ...
... that the Japanese know Isabel to be a U.S. warship , they are not going to sink her . " Some historians have seized on Roosevelt's proclivity for dabbling in naval affairs as an explanation of his " three small ships ” directive ...
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