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Bracketed, the PT weaved desperately to escape, then came to a grinding halt on the cruel edge of a coral reef which held the thin mahogany plywood hull like a bear trap. Jap fire was creeping closer. The youthful skipper ordered men to destroy secret devices and papers, gave the word to abandon ship. One enlisted man was killed on deck; the others swam through shark-infested waters to safety aboard another U.S. vessel...
Stripping off his uniform, a young officer swam to the boat and hauled himself over the gunwale, dropping to cover as Jap shells whistled around him. The dead sailor was stretched out on deck, the secret device still clutched in his hand. The officer pried it loose, swam with it to deep water and let it sink out of sight...
Americans had called on Marcus before. In 1902 an expedition from Honolulu put in to the island with the hope of finding guano deposits. A Japanese marine force barred them. The Japs finally allowed the party to land under heavy guard, let a scientist pick up some wildlife specimens; then gave them some water and coconuts and sent the whole outfit packing. Forty years later a U.S. task force attacked Marcus and smashed Jap hangars, runways, ammunition dumps (TIME, April 6, 1942). But last week's raid was bigger...
...carry out the Pacific Fleet's strategy of stabbing around the perimeter to draw out the Jap fleet...
Japan's survival in the Pacific depends on her merchant fleet, which must bring back Jap loot from Asia and the East Indies, transport Jap supplies to extended island bases. In one of his most optimistic moods, ebullient Navy Secretary Frank Knox last week told the U.S. public that one-third of Japan's precious cargo shipping had been sunk...