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Page 217
... Allied sub- marines and about a dozen assorted Allied fighters and light bombers did their meager best , but by nightfall the Japanese were ready to hit the beach a hundred miles west of Surabaya . By daybreak on the twenty - eighth ...
... Allied sub- marines and about a dozen assorted Allied fighters and light bombers did their meager best , but by nightfall the Japanese were ready to hit the beach a hundred miles west of Surabaya . By daybreak on the twenty - eighth ...
Page 222
... Allied base , at their best speed of 13 knots - right into a hornet's nest . The day before , a B - 17 en route Australia from Java had sighted a powerful Japanese force 150 miles southeast of Tjilatjap , headed northwest . No- body on ...
... Allied base , at their best speed of 13 knots - right into a hornet's nest . The day before , a B - 17 en route Australia from Java had sighted a powerful Japanese force 150 miles southeast of Tjilatjap , headed northwest . No- body on ...
Page 228
... Allied air reconnaissance based at Surabaya had ceased . The Allied forces remaining in Java were now blind . Taking Helfrich at his word , Glassford and Palliser left immediately for Tjilatjap , arriving there in the evening ...
... Allied air reconnaissance based at Surabaya had ceased . The Allied forces remaining in Java were now blind . Taking Helfrich at his word , Glassford and Palliser left immediately for Tjilatjap , arriving there in the evening ...
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aboard action Adair Admiral Admiral Hart Allied American anchor Army arrived ashore Asiatic attack Australia base boat bombs British called Captain carried Cavite Chief clear close coast Commander course crew cruisers December deck defense destroyers direct Dutch East enemy engine February Filipino fire fish Fleet forces four half hand Hart headed heavy Island Japan Japanese Java knew land Lanikai later less letter Lieutenant light looked MacArthur Manila March miles months moved Naval Navy night officer Operations patrol Pearl Harbor perhaps Philippines picked planes plans possible President probably radio remained Roosevelt sail sent ship short soon staff Stark submarine suggested Surabaya things thought told took torpedo turned United vessel warning Washington weeks wind wrote yards