Summary[]
After an engagement with the Japanese that leaves his sister ship the USS Hornet destroyed, Captain Osborne Hardison of the USS Enterprise is informed a Japanese prisoner is asking to see him by name. The man is Luke Suzuki, a Japanese-American childhood friend who Hardison convinced to join the Japanese undercover and who has been feeding the United States information. However, since learning his family are in an internment camp, Suzuki has switched allegiances. He asks Hardison to have them released but Hardison refuses, knowing the only way to free all the families is to win the war. He lets Suzuki go free, despite uncertainty about his loyalties.
References[]
Characters[]
- Crocker • John Crommelin • Jack Griffin • Osborne B. Hardison • Roy Kines • Luke Suzuki • Whaley
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- Jack Benny • Bing Crosby • Jim Daniels • William Halsey Jr. • Hirohito • Adolf Hitler • Thomas C. Kinkaid • Robin Lindsey • Benito Mussolini • Souza • Kuniko Suzuki • Ricky Suzuki • Thomas (Lieutenant Commander) • Vejtasa
Locations[]
- Pacific Ocean (South Pacific)
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- Alabama • Arizona • Guadalcanal • Henderson Field • Midway Atoll • Okinawa • Pearl Harbor • Philippines • San Diego • Santa Cruz • Seattle • Tokyo • Wake Island
Ships[]
- USS Enterprise (CV-6) (Yorktown class aircraft carrier)
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- USS Hornet (CV-8) • USS Smith (DD-378)
Aircraft[]
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- TBF Avenger • SBD Dauntless • F4F Wildcat
Races and cultures[]
States and organizations[]
- United States of America • United States Department of War • United States Marine Corps • United States Navy • Empire of Japan
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- Office of Naval Intelligence
Technology and weapons[]
Ranks and titles[]
- admiral • captain • commander • commanding officer • ensign • Landing Signal Officer • lieutenant • lieutenant commander • petty officer • Radar Officer
Other references[]
- 1942 • 1943 • 1945 • bird • bridge • cat • Chattanooga Choo Choo • cigarette • cockpit • coffee • dog • farm • fish • general quarters • God • hair • In the Mood • June • kamikaze • Lucky Strike • May • moon • October • planet • prayer • Presbyterianism • ready room • spy • sun • whale • World War II
Appendices[]
Background information[]
- After the publication of Enterprise Logs, Diane Carey received a note of thanks from Captain Hardison's grandson. (Voyages of Imagination)
Connections[]
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Enterprise Logs
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