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... cruisers De Ruyter and Java , with destroyers Piet Hein and USS Pope and John D. Ford . The second wave , coming from eastern Sumatra , were U.S. old World War I type destroyers Stewart , Parrott , John D. Edwards and Pillsbury , under ...
... cruisers De Ruyter and Java , with destroyers Piet Hein and USS Pope and John D. Ford . The second wave , coming from eastern Sumatra , were U.S. old World War I type destroyers Stewart , Parrott , John D. Edwards and Pillsbury , under ...
Page 217
... cruisers entered Banten Bay , only a dozen miles from the “ gate ” and possible safety . There in the bay lay transports by the dozen , un- loading troops . At about 11:00 P.M. , the two Allied cruisers opened up . Their weary lookouts ...
... cruisers entered Banten Bay , only a dozen miles from the “ gate ” and possible safety . There in the bay lay transports by the dozen , un- loading troops . At about 11:00 P.M. , the two Allied cruisers opened up . Their weary lookouts ...
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... cruisers gradually closed on her from astern , big shells dropping closer and closer until the in- evitable slowing hit , then the wholly one - sided kill . One can vividly imagine the utter despair of those weary , spray- drenched ...
... cruisers gradually closed on her from astern , big shells dropping closer and closer until the in- evitable slowing hit , then the wholly one - sided kill . One can vividly imagine the utter despair of those weary , spray- drenched ...
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