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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... to the point of Nina's agreeing to take anafterworkrideinmygreen roadster. We rolled down magnificent, treelined ... tothe Army and Navy Club. Grouped at a huge, round tablein thecenterofthe bar room, adozen submariners were having a ...
... to the point of Nina's agreeing to take anafterworkrideinmygreen roadster. We rolled down magnificent, treelined ... tothe Army and Navy Club. Grouped at a huge, round tablein thecenterofthe bar room, adozen submariners were having a ...
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... tothe remaining plane and hopeto patch upthe floatless one thenext day forHart. The crippled plane, sitting camouflaged near theshore the following morning, was being repaired whilepilots Utterand Pollockwere enjoying abath inanearby ...
... tothe remaining plane and hopeto patch upthe floatless one thenext day forHart. The crippled plane, sitting camouflaged near theshore the following morning, was being repaired whilepilots Utterand Pollockwere enjoying abath inanearby ...
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... tothe effect that the Japanese, incaseofa breakwith the United States, are planning to go allout in a surprise attackon PearlHarbor. Of courseI informed our government.” By probably somethingmore thancoincidence, Admiral Yamamoto,top ...
... tothe effect that the Japanese, incaseofa breakwith the United States, are planning to go allout in a surprise attackon PearlHarbor. Of courseI informed our government.” By probably somethingmore thancoincidence, Admiral Yamamoto,top ...
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... to the bestadvantage. WhileHart consigned hiscomplaint tothe files,Admiral Kimmel senthis18 February 1941 lettertoAdmiral Stark.Itreadlike Kimmel wondered who, if anybody, wasinthe front seat,driving.An officer fresh from Washington had ...
... to the bestadvantage. WhileHart consigned hiscomplaint tothe files,Admiral Kimmel senthis18 February 1941 lettertoAdmiral Stark.Itreadlike Kimmel wondered who, if anybody, wasinthe front seat,driving.An officer fresh from Washington had ...
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... tothe contrary, continued tofollowthe dictates of his conscience andhisONI charterby sending aboutten important Japanese intercept translationsto Kimmel during July.Then General George Marshall, ArmyChief of Staff, got intothe act ...
... tothe contrary, continued tofollowthe dictates of his conscience andhisONI charterby sending aboutten important Japanese intercept translationsto Kimmel during July.Then General George Marshall, ArmyChief of Staff, got intothe act ...
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