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Major Maurice Albert Parker:

There was a story that it would take one hundred years to take the island of Hong Kong. Both the British and the Japanese had heard the story and pretty much believed it. It was in every sense of the word ... a formidable fortress. There were 72 reinforced concrete pill boxes around the perimeter of the island, dozens of underground concrete bunkers which could house up to 9 men in each one. "D" Company Headquarters had 17 such bunkers within its perimeter alone. There were numerous fixed position artillery emplacements, ammunition and other supplies to last the defenders 120 days. Getting a foot-hold on the island from the sea would have cost any invader dearly. But, with the Japanese attacking the Gin Drinkers Line on the mainland, General Maltby still refused to entertain the idea that they just might attack from that not too distant shore.

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