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102 Amphibians Came To Conquer
received the attention from the Navy it merits.” He noted that “the Army
has held maneuvers in Eastern Luzon at this point.” He further opined:
The use of Naval forces, in case of a hostile landing on the East Coast of
Luzon has been insufficiently investigated {and] prepared for.87
This proposal, however, did not result in immediate action. Due to the
Army being unwilling to hold combined operations during a period when the
Asiatic Fleet was normally in the Philippines for the fiscal year 1929, Admiral
Bristol sadly reported ‘