The story
Page 1 of a US Army alert order dated 28 Nov 1941 issued to west coast commands indicating the rising tensions with Japan. The first paragraph is a repeat of the alert issued by George Marshall in Washington, DC.US 4th Marine Regiment gathering at the quays along Huangpu River, Shanghai, China as the unit prepared to leave the International Settlement, 28 Nov 1941Martin Bormann, Julius Schaub, Adolf Hitler, Karl Brandt, and Erhard Milch at the funeral service of Werner Mölders at the Reich Air Ministry, Berlin, Germany, 28 Nov 1941
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