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With it, the N.E.I. Army and Navy grew. When Hein ter Poorten took command last October he had around 100,000 soldiers. Motorization was speeding along. Artillery, another Ter Poorten specialty, was heavily increased. For defense against the inevitable attack, oil wells were mined. Around airfields and open spaces were set poles tipped with poison which slant-eyed Malayans constantly renewed...
Like every other youngster at the Royal Military Academy at Breda, in the motherland, Cadet Hein ter Poorten had to make a choice before he entered. He had to decide where he would serve, and stick to his choice. He chose The Netherlands East Indies, went to his first post in Java rarely well-equipped. He was not only an artillery specialist. He was also an airman. After winning an international balloon race in Germany, he learned to fly an airplane in 1911, was one of the world's earliest military aviators...
...time when the U.S. Army was making its first tentative experiments with the new military weapon, Hein ter Poorten came to the U.S., bought two Glenn Martin flying boats, took them back to Java. Later, on, flying the N.E.I. Commander in Chief, Pilot ter Poorten crashed, the Commander was killed, and Ter Poorten was so badly hurt that newspapers printed his obituary. According to Army legend, Ter Poorten was billed for a casket he did not need. But beefy Hein ter Poorten was soon on his feet, headed back to the U.S. for more Martins, more of the new lore...
...Kong. The fearful Dutch did more than the rest of the world to get ready. Dutch diplomacy, dedicated to the proposition that oil to the enemy is poison to the giver, slapped down Japanese demands with no fear of offending Japanese sensibilities. No longer an active pilot, Hein ter Poorten bought airplanes, Martin bombers, Curtiss pursuits, Ryan trainers. The Netherlands East Indies worked to build up an air force...
...Japanese front was moving relentlessly south To Hein ter Poorten, as to most of the Dutch, hints that the U.S. and Britain might not oppose this relentless movement with equally relentless defense were alarming and maddening...