Cruise of the Lanikai: Incitement to WarIn early December 1941 in the Philippines, a young Navy ensign named Kemp Tolley was given his first ship command, an old 76-foot schooner that had once served as a movie prop in John Ford's "The Hurricane." Crewed mostly by Filipinos who did not speak English and armed with a cannon that had last seen service in the Spanish-American War, the Lanikai was under top-secret presidential orders to sail south into waters where the Japanese fleet was thought to be. Ostensibly the crew was to spy on Japanese naval movements, but to Tolley it was clear that their mission was to create an incident that would provoke war. Events overtook the plan, however, when Pearl Harbor was bombed before the Lanikaicould get underway. When Bataan and Corregidor fell, she was ordered to set sail for Australia and became one of the few U.S. naval vessels to escape the Philippines. In this book Tolley tells the saga of her great adventure during these grim, early days of the war and makes history come alive as he regales the reader with details of the operation and an explanation of President Roosevelt's order. Tolley's description of their escape in Japanese warship-infested waters ranks with the best of sea tales, and few will be able to forget the Lanikai's 4,000-mile, three-month odyssey. |
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... to one far removed from top level planning that the mission was likely to be one way. If I managed to survive, it would be by swimming, in which event excess baggage wouldbeno help. Nor did Iwantthose devils gloating over myclass ring ...
... to one far removed from top level planning that the mission was likely to be one way. If I managed to survive, it would be by swimming, in which event excess baggage wouldbeno help. Nor did Iwantthose devils gloating over myclass ring ...
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Incitement to War Kemp Tolley. instructions and to report on the condition of the ship, including the lack of means to ... would be kept under wraps atCavite, where thesecret conference went on for two days. Lanikai's journal for7December ...
Incitement to War Kemp Tolley. instructions and to report on the condition of the ship, including the lack of means to ... would be kept under wraps atCavite, where thesecret conference went on for two days. Lanikai's journal for7December ...
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... to fight a war with an antique cannon, it is necessary to flash back to the year before, when they had been assured this would not be necessary. In Boston,in October of1940, President Roosevelt hadringingly proclaimed, “Ihave said ...
... to fight a war with an antique cannon, it is necessary to flash back to the year before, when they had been assured this would not be necessary. In Boston,in October of1940, President Roosevelt hadringingly proclaimed, “Ihave said ...
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... would be incomplete without a clear understanding that they fell divided in planning, goals, and in ordinary common understanding. The fall we experienced divided mighthavebeen inevitable in any case, but it could have been less ...
... would be incomplete without a clear understanding that they fell divided in planning, goals, and in ordinary common understanding. The fall we experienced divided mighthavebeen inevitable in any case, but it could have been less ...
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Incitement to War Kemp Tolley. States (see appendix). A few, naturally, were missed. Army's monitoring station MS5 ... would be innoposition to carry outhisaforesaid “responsibilities.” On 14 April 1941, War Plans director Rear Admiral ...
Incitement to War Kemp Tolley. States (see appendix). A few, naturally, were missed. Army's monitoring station MS5 ... would be innoposition to carry outhisaforesaid “responsibilities.” On 14 April 1941, War Plans director Rear Admiral ...
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