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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Incitement to War Kemp Tolley. You have caught Truth by the tail; don't let go! And if I were a little more pious than I am, I would be tempted to observe that the Lord had marvelously preserved you, and Lanikai, unscathed through so ...
Incitement to War Kemp Tolley. You have caught Truth by the tail; don't let go! And if I were a little more pious than I am, I would be tempted to observe that the Lord had marvelously preserved you, and Lanikai, unscathed through so ...
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... would be an open city, withno shooting back permissible. Twilight comes early in the tropics. During thelong night there was plenty of time to think. This Christmas Eve wasvery unlike one I hadspent just a decade ago as a young ensign ...
... would be an open city, withno shooting back permissible. Twilight comes early in the tropics. During thelong night there was plenty of time to think. This Christmas Eve wasvery unlike one I hadspent just a decade ago as a young ensign ...
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... to Hart's staff. Hart had slept onAdair's proposal.It wasOK with him, he said.He would liketo go with them,buthe wasin too muchof ahurry.He was about toturnover local command to Rear Admiral F. W. Rockwell, Commandant, 16thNaval ...
... to Hart's staff. Hart had slept onAdair's proposal.It wasOK with him, he said.He would liketo go with them,buthe wasin too muchof ahurry.He was about toturnover local command to Rear Admiral F. W. Rockwell, Commandant, 16thNaval ...
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... to devote tosetting thoughts down on paper. Indeed,if the journal had been brought out,it probably would have woundupbeing painted green, as was everything are neat palettes. else.Swabs not dainty paint applicators,norare guntubs But by ...
... to devote tosetting thoughts down on paper. Indeed,if the journal had been brought out,it probably would have woundupbeing painted green, as was everything are neat palettes. else.Swabs not dainty paint applicators,norare guntubs But by ...
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... to the after deckhouse. That was the biggest “cannon” the yard felt could safelybefired without collapsingthe 27yearold ship's structure. And there would be two 30caliber Lewis machine guns, leftover from World War I,although the ...
... to the after deckhouse. That was the biggest “cannon” the yard felt could safelybefired without collapsingthe 27yearold ship's structure. And there would be two 30caliber Lewis machine guns, leftover from World War I,although the ...
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