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... alongside the fuel dock . Here , the shoreside state of crisis , panic and disarray fully supported the bad news Adair and I had picked up earlier at U.S. Navy headquarters . The oil company's native employees had all fled some time ago ...
... alongside the fuel dock . Here , the shoreside state of crisis , panic and disarray fully supported the bad news Adair and I had picked up earlier at U.S. Navy headquarters . The oil company's native employees had all fled some time ago ...
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... alongside the grain dock , where we could see that a war was on . Thousands of tons of grain lay under the open sky for lack of shipping . The few trucks and motor cars that stirred up dust on the bone - dry streets were fueled by bulky ...
... alongside the grain dock , where we could see that a war was on . Thousands of tons of grain lay under the open sky for lack of shipping . The few trucks and motor cars that stirred up dust on the bone - dry streets were fueled by bulky ...
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... alongside a Hongkew jetty , a grim re- minder that the Japanese had come to stay . Yes , just two years ago , we had walked down those streets , she with a sprig of tiny white blossoms pinned to her jacket and I with a fragrant bouquet ...
... alongside a Hongkew jetty , a grim re- minder that the Japanese had come to stay . Yes , just two years ago , we had walked down those streets , she with a sprig of tiny white blossoms pinned to her jacket and I with a fragrant bouquet ...
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