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... Yangtze River Rats . " We shared a step of the basement stairway , the local substitute for a proper bomb shelter . My trip served to remind headquarters that Lanikai still existed . It also made clear that in spite of the glowingly ...
... Yangtze River Rats . " We shared a step of the basement stairway , the local substitute for a proper bomb shelter . My trip served to remind headquarters that Lanikai still existed . It also made clear that in spite of the glowingly ...
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... Yangtze's floods and roaring rapids and the capricious actions of bandit troops along the river's banks . For the last four years they had watched the ponderous Japanese military machine slug its way up the Yangtze in a bloody war ...
... Yangtze's floods and roaring rapids and the capricious actions of bandit troops along the river's banks . For the last four years they had watched the ponderous Japanese military machine slug its way up the Yangtze in a bloody war ...
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... Yangtze sailor and classmate Lieutenant Commander Joseph Berkley , skipper of the old China Coast gunboat , Tulsa . “ These Dutchmen are a little sore with me , " he said , explaining that several nights previously he had gone out to ...
... Yangtze sailor and classmate Lieutenant Commander Joseph Berkley , skipper of the old China Coast gunboat , Tulsa . “ These Dutchmen are a little sore with me , " he said , explaining that several nights previously he had gone out to ...
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