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... miles an hour ? Did they live , love and die in this Crusoe - like existence , knowing nothing of a world beyond their microcosm of coral sand ? On the fourteenth , a lone plane passed on opposite course five or six miles away . We went ...
... miles an hour ? Did they live , love and die in this Crusoe - like existence , knowing nothing of a world beyond their microcosm of coral sand ? On the fourteenth , a lone plane passed on opposite course five or six miles away . We went ...
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... miles from Surabaya . But Admiral Kubo beat the Allies to it . In his cruiser flagship Nagara , with two trans- ports and half a dozen destroyers , he had put his landing force ashore at Sanur Roads , some 15 miles southwest of Padang ...
... miles from Surabaya . But Admiral Kubo beat the Allies to it . In his cruiser flagship Nagara , with two trans- ports and half a dozen destroyers , he had put his landing force ashore at Sanur Roads , some 15 miles southwest of Padang ...
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Incitement to War Kemp Tolley. Chapter 18 Twelve miles away across a purple black , rolling sea , lay the sleep- ing town of Geraldton . Behind it , the continent of Australia stretched 2,400 miles eastward . The Aussies , grandly ...
Incitement to War Kemp Tolley. Chapter 18 Twelve miles away across a purple black , rolling sea , lay the sleep- ing town of Geraldton . Behind it , the continent of Australia stretched 2,400 miles eastward . The Aussies , grandly ...
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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