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I was confident that we could negotiate the rough coral, having done it several times before.
But not this time.
A coral head knocked off one of the tracks. There we were, helplessly immobilized some fifty to one hundred yards from dry land, unable to go one way or another, inaccessible by boat. My experience with previous track problems assured me that its repair would be at least a two-hour job. Admiral King, at his best, was not an easy-going man. When he understood the situation it took him
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― First to Fight: An Inside View of the U.S. Marine Corps
― First to Fight: An Inside View of the U.S. Marine Corps
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An effective method often deceives us into thinking that it is the only effective one, or the most effective.
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