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There lay an invasion fleet-a battleship, five cruisers, six destroyers, twelve submarines, twelve transports. The big planes squared off on their bombing run and let drive. They scored direct hits on the battleship, sank a destroyer, landed fairly on some of the other vessels. It was a good job by newly arrived U.S. reinforcements. But it was not enough...
Working with the same cold precision that has marked Commando successes in France and Libya (see p. 25), the raiders took over in 15 minutes flat, destroyed a radio mast and transmitter, shot down a lone plane offering resistance, sank a German patrol boat, took several prisoners including six quislings. The Commandos did not lose a man. Simultaneously another Commando unit made successful raids on Vaagsoy and Maaloy, islands several hundred miles south of Lofoten...
...boarded a British destroyer, which slipped by blockading Japanese warships and steamed into Manila Bay through strange mine fields which sank an intercoastal steamer. From Manila he hurried to Dutch Borneo, then to Singapore. From Singapore he got to Médan on Dutch Sumatra, took the last commercial plane to Rangoon. On Dec. 28 the Japanese made their parachute attack...
Shrewd Cateau became one of the richest women in France; feckless Magdelon sank deeper & deeper into debt...
...repeated attempts from Dec. 18 to Dec. 25, submarines off the California coast sank but one U.S. vessel, damaged two, cleanly missed six. The Japanese could blame the poor marksmanship of their crews, the alertness of U.S. bomber patrols and the agility of their prey. U.S. defenses steadily improved. A Christmas Day communique credited a Western Defense Command bomber with two "apparently direct hits" on an enemy submarine, and bombers were said to have been in action on at least two other occasions. But one element of U.S. defense was woefully inadequate: none of the attacked ships was armed...