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Page 95
... anchor inside the minefield . The nightly motion picture , standard in the smallest Navy ships , was not for Lanikai . Nor were there books , or newspapers , or magazines . The only entertainment was watching Corregidor's powerful ...
... anchor inside the minefield . The nightly motion picture , standard in the smallest Navy ships , was not for Lanikai . Nor were there books , or newspapers , or magazines . The only entertainment was watching Corregidor's powerful ...
Page 130
... anchor was not . In that coral - fouled bottom an anchor could irretrievably hang up . So much excitement had been caused by the hairy approach that nobody had paid much attention to the distant surroundings . On anchor- ing , we noted ...
... anchor was not . In that coral - fouled bottom an anchor could irretrievably hang up . So much excitement had been caused by the hairy approach that nobody had paid much attention to the distant surroundings . On anchor- ing , we noted ...
Page 258
... anchor , so that when the inexperienced skipper decided to up anchor and get under way once more , he would discover the river bottom had so built up that his windlass could not break out the deeply buried hook . Here , we had a sort of ...
... anchor , so that when the inexperienced skipper decided to up anchor and get under way once more , he would discover the river bottom had so built up that his windlass could not break out the deeply buried hook . Here , we had a sort of ...
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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