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...felt the hell of Japanese armies; India may feel it at any moment. But the Chinese fight for their own destiny. Millions of Indians, despite promises of future self-rule, do not have the same spirit. To them the emotional appeal of freedom is greater than fear of the Jap. The British view is sound in so far as granting Indian independence is a dangerous bid for anarchy and chaos; but a bid for great popular support of the United Nations' cause in India is also sound...
...down the main street four abreast before the native population. . . . There was no crying and chins were up. Four-hundred of us were put into a hotel where 93 of us shared one dirty toilet and one bath. We were watched by Indian and Chinese police who had gone Jap. They slapped whites for as little as speaking to friends. The servants enjoyed torturing their masters. The Japs made propaganda films of our marching through the streets with burdens...
...second night Japanese cruisers and destroyers tried to smash the invasion fleet. Then came what U.S. tars had long prayed for: the first real, gun-to-gun test of U.S. and Japanese surface seapower. Result: a licking for the Japs. The Navy said that U.S. cruisers and destroyers kept the Japs well away from the transports, finally forced the whole Jap fleet to retreat. Both sides took their losses; the Navy's cryptic account indicated only that they were heavy, that the Japanese had not dared another test of surface strength. The Navy calmly left others to infer that...
...Chennault, had said: "Today the Japanese bomber is the hunted, not the hunter." All that week there had been fresh signs that this was true. Winging over the lonely shores of the South China Sea, U.S. planes bombed Haiphong in Indo-China, the big invasion base where the Jap squatted, glaring at Yunnan Province and waiting for the end of the monsoons...
According to the Tribune, Johnston made up his list of the Jap fleet and its disposition out of "his own expert knowledge," from "discussions with naval men of all countries" and by studying Jane's Fighting Ships. Editor Maloney said the story's assertion that the information was known by Naval Intelligence was just an assumption.* Johnston said that he guessed that the Navy had spotted the approaching ships by plane and submarine reconnaissance...