Cruise of the Lanikai: Incitement to WarIn early December 1941 in the Philippines, a young Navy ensign named Kemp Tolley was given his first ship command, an old 76-foot schooner that had once served as a movie prop in John Ford's "The Hurricane." Crewed mostly by Filipinos who did not speak English and armed with a cannon that had last seen service in the Spanish-American War, the Lanikai was under top-secret presidential orders to sail south into waters where the Japanese fleet was thought to be. Ostensibly the crew was to spy on Japanese naval movements, but to Tolley it was clear that their mission was to create an incident that would provoke war. Events overtook the plan, however, when Pearl Harbor was bombed before the Lanikaicould get underway. When Bataan and Corregidor fell, she was ordered to set sail for Australia and became one of the few U.S. naval vessels to escape the Philippines. In this book Tolley tells the saga of her great adventure during these grim, early days of the war and makes history come alive as he regales the reader with details of the operation and an explanation of President Roosevelt's order. Tolley's description of their escape in Japanese warship-infested waters ranks with the best of sea tales, and few will be able to forget the Lanikai's 4,000-mile, three-month odyssey. |
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... itwas ahistoric day. Admiral Glassford's twostar flag came down. “Yangtze Patrol disestablished thisdate,” wasthe message theLuzon sent out.Itwas the official act which brought to an end anera whichhad seenfour generations of American ...
... itwas ahistoric day. Admiral Glassford's twostar flag came down. “Yangtze Patrol disestablished thisdate,” wasthe message theLuzon sent out.Itwas the official act which brought to an end anera whichhad seenfour generations of American ...
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... It was indeed this very humiliation whichopened the way forthe exit of the West from those parts—notjust for ... itwas the equivalent of fivestarshehad just unpinned tofind himself one rankjuniorto Hartand three years younger ...
... It was indeed this very humiliation whichopened the way forthe exit of the West from those parts—notjust for ... itwas the equivalent of fivestarshehad just unpinned tofind himself one rankjuniorto Hartand three years younger ...
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... itwas Operations' function to furnishthe CinCwithsecret information.Hehad heardalso that War Plansconsidered it was ONI's“pidgin.” “I don't knowthat wehave missed anything,” Kimmel said,“butif there is any doubt as to whose ...
... itwas Operations' function to furnishthe CinCwithsecret information.Hehad heardalso that War Plansconsidered it was ONI's“pidgin.” “I don't knowthat wehave missed anything,” Kimmel said,“butif there is any doubt as to whose ...
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... itwas an entirely differentball game. The state of affairs on8 December 1941 found uspoorly equipped to ... It was the greatest sea disaster in American history. Turner survived physically andprofessionally tobecome afour star ...
... itwas an entirely differentball game. The state of affairs on8 December 1941 found uspoorly equipped to ... It was the greatest sea disaster in American history. Turner survived physically andprofessionally tobecome afour star ...
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... itwas.“I have washed my hands ofit!” said Hull. “It isnow in the hands of you and Knox—the Armyand the Navy.” Breathlessly telephoningthe President,Stimson had the terrific news confirmed. That same morning, thewar warnings that have ...
... itwas.“I have washed my hands ofit!” said Hull. “It isnow in the hands of you and Knox—the Armyand the Navy.” Breathlessly telephoningthe President,Stimson had the terrific news confirmed. That same morning, thewar warnings that have ...
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