Here among the bustling crowds
and the high-rise buildings
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that the wharfs of
Sydney's Darling Harbor near the
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distinguished
HMB Endeavor replica,
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the destroyer HMA's Vampire
and a submarine HMAs Onslaught
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bobs an unassuming old wooden
Japanese fishing boat at its
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mooring beside the Australian
National Maritime Museum
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but don't be deceived by its
lowly and unassuming appearance.
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The humble MB Krait
played a major role in one of
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World War II's most daring
and successful commander raids.
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It was code-named Operation
Jaywick, the boats crew of ZED
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Special Force Operatives sailed
undetected through thousands of
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kilometers of enemy waters
to launch a raid on the Japanese
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Occupied
Singapore Harbor in 1943.
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It was the longest-range
seaborne raid ever undertaken
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in the history of war.
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After the British surrendered
Singapore to the Japanese
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in 1942, many fled on
boats and ships of all sizes.
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Amid the chaos Australian
Bill Reynolds salvaged a little
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Japanese fishing boat
named The Kafukuryu Maru.
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As he rescued civilians from
some islands it became clear
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that unlike some other vessels
the Kafukuryu Maru was not being
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targeted by enemy aircraft
or nearby Naval vessels.
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During that rescue work,
Mr. Reynolds came across a
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British special operative
Ivan Lyle who became very
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interested in the
little Japanese fishing boat.
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They realized that if you
can get people out of Singapore
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in that boat, then you can
also get people back in on it.
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Join me as we investigate
how 14 men successfully
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sunk seven Japanese warships
and destroyed 39,000 tons
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of enemy shipping in one of the
most daring Covert Operations
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in military history and find
out more about another battle
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the greatest battle of all
that is going on in our world
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today and how it
affects each one of us.
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The port of Singapore is the
hub of almost incessant activity
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drawing trade from around
the globe to this small but
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formidable city-state.
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The Singapore Harbor has a
rich heritage dating back to the
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13th century when it functioned
as the only southern port
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in the strait of Malacca
facilitating trade throughout
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the region. In 1818 Sir Stanford
Raffles sailed to Malacca
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and established a British
Trading Post in Singapore.
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It was at this point that
this strategically located city
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was turned into a British Colony
and a small settlement was
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established there. Over 100
years later when World War II
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kicked off in Europe on
the 1st of September 1939
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Singapore was a firmly
established British Colony.
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Then, out of the blue
on the 7th of December 1941
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Japan decided to enter the
arena by launching a surprise
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offensive against
the allied forces.
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The Japanese offensive
began with a brutal attack on
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Pearl Harbor at 7:48 a.m.
in Hawaiian time on the 7th of
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of December 1941. Over 300
Japanese aircraft began bombing
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and strafing the US Naval
Base The attack was over in just
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19 minutes but the
results were devastating.
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In total over 2,400 Americans
were killed and over 1,000
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were wounded. The Japanese
managed to destroy and damage
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nearly 20 American Naval vessels
including eight battleships
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and over 300 airplanes.
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The formidable US fleet docked
at Pearl Harbor was devastating
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but Japan was far from
done from her offensive,
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within seven hours
Japan launched attacks against
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the Philippians and Guam which
were both US-held territories
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and Borneo, Malaysia,
Singapore and Hong Kong
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which were a part
of the British Empire.
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Allied forces rallied to counter
the attack but the Japanese
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despite the fact that they were
outnumbered began to advance
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down the Malayan Peninsula
pushing back allied defenses.
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The allied forces were
worried about losing Singapore
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which at the time was a
significant anchor point
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for the American, British,
Dutch, Australian Command.
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The first allied joint command
of the war in addition to this
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Singapore's strategic location
meant that it was the only
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shipping link between the
Indian and Pacific Oceans.
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Losing this stronghold
would set the allied forces
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back significantly.
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As the fighting intensified
and casualties mounted
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allied troops were forced to
fall back leaving the leisure
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to the Japanese. Desperate
to protect Singapore they
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sabotaged the causeway between
Johor and Singapore hoping to
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fend off the advancing Japanese.
Incapacitating the causeway
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stalled the Japanese for
a week, then under the cover
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of night on the 8th of
February Japanese troops began
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crossing Johor Straight.
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After an hour long battle the
Japanese began pushing through
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allied lines. By the
night of the 14th of February
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allied supplies were diminishing
and their situation was getting
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desperate. The allies opted
to surrender and a car with
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the Union Jack flattering
beside a white flag cautiously
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approached enemy lines, shortly
after 5:00 p.m. on the 15th of
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of February 1942, the
allies surrendered Singapore
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and the Japanese hoisted
the flag of the rising sun
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over the cafe building which
at the time was the tallest
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building in Singapore.
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Singapore became a Japanese
stronghold commandeering
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the strategic shipping lines
and placing thousands of British
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and Australian soldiers
in the brutal Changi Prison.
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In the midst of the Japanese
invasion was Bill Reynolds
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an Australian who found himself
among the allied fighters
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defending the land, Reynolds
was a retired World War I
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Royal Naval Veteran who had
spent much of his time working
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in Southeast Asia. Reynolds
spotted an unused Japanese
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fishing boat the Kafukuryu
Maru docked in Singapore,
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quickly Reynolds made her
seaworthy enough to sail her
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away from the invasion. In
the midst of the chaos of the
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invasion and evacuation
Reynolds met Ivan Lyon.
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Now Lyon was a British
Army Captain who had formerly
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worked for MI-6, the
British Intelligence Service.
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Reynolds and Lyon realized
that while many other escaping
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vessels had been captured
or sunk, vessels like the
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Kafukuryu Maru which was nothing
more than a six-meter or 20-foot
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wood Japanese fishing boat had
managed to make it out of the
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fray unscathed. This led
them both to believe that it was
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possible to use a
similar boat if not the same one
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to return to Singapore and
attack the Japanese forces.
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They enlisted the help of
the commander and chief of
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the British Forces in
India and the Far East,
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General Archibald Wavell.
Wavell insisted that the attack
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be launched from Australia
arguing that the Japanese
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were patrolling the waters
West of Singapore expecting
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an attack from that direction
and that they would never dream
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of an attack from the east.
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The mission was
code-named Operation Jaywick
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and plans were soon underway
Reynolds boat was renamed Krait
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after a small but deadly Asian
Snake and shipped to Sydney
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aboard a Royal Navy Freighter.
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A few months after the
Japanese Occupation of Singapore
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the Allied Intelligence
Bureau created Zed Special Force
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it was a secret operations unit
that went on special operation
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missions behind enemy
lines in Southeast Asia.
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It was made up of volunteers
of all branches of the Allied
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Forces and came under the direct
command of General Douglas
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McArthur. Operation Jay
wick the brainchild of Lyon and
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Reynolds would be executed
by Zed Special Unit Operatives
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and conjointly run by the
British Special Operations
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Executive and the Royal
Australian Navy. After receiving
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the green Light for Operation
Jay wick, Lyon began recruiting
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and training the perfect team
for the job. His first recruit
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was Donald Davidson, a tough
Naval Lieutenant who had worked
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in Singapore for many years
and who agreed to come on board
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as second in command.
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Davidson and Lyon soon
began visiting naval bases
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and recruited an initial draft
of 17 eager young Australian
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sailors who had put up
their hands to be part of an
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unspecified
Special Services Mission.
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The commander training regime
was brutal as the men learned
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how to fight, kill,
wreak havoc, and survive.
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The men lost all sense of
night and day, sometimes when
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they were sound asleep
after a rigorous day's training
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they were woken at 2 a.m.
for a 35-kilometer run over
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sand dunes. The initial group
of seventeen was reduced to 11
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at the end of six weeks training
and the men were sent to
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Remote Refuge Bay here
just North of Sydney on the
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Hawk bury River, when they
arrived, they found a small
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sandy stoop of beach
strewn with their gear.
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They had to haul all of it,
tents, food, cooking supplies
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and sleeping gear up a
sheer sandstone cliff where they
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set up camp on top. They were
informed that their training
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would begin at the crack of
dawn and continue until 10 p.m.
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at night. The men would train
to navigate on land and water
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by day and night, read
maps and charts and successfully
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camaflouge
themselves and their gear.
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Then one day a pair of two
men collapsible canoes were
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brought to the camp. The
collapsible canoes soon became
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the central focus of their
training and with each passing
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day, the men were pushed
to paddle further and further
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in the canoes until finally
they set out on their first
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long-distance mission.
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They paddled their canoes along
the coastal ways and waterways
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linking Tuggerahl
Lake and Lake Macquarie
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and carrying their canoes
over land between the lakes.
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After three months of training
Captain Lyon gathered the men
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together and informed them
that only five of them would be
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deployed for the final mission.
These five men who had formed
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the core group of Operation
Jay Wick were between the ages
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of 18 and 23. The five men
were taken aboard the Krait
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from Refuge Bay.
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Today a plaque attached to
one of the sandstone rocks at
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Refuge Bay Beach commemorates
the events. It reads...
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The MV Krait sailed from
Refuge Bay, up the east coast
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of Australia to Cairns
where the crew were joined by
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other crew members before
their final deployment for
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Operation Jaywick from Exmouth
Gulf in Western Australia.
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However, they still didn't know
what the operation entailed.
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On the 2nd of September the
Krait slipped quietly out of
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the American submarine base
at Exmouth Gulf and chartered
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a course toward Lombok
Indonesia. The next day
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on the 3rd of September,
the crew gathered on the deck
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where Captain Lyon
gave them their mission.
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They were told that they would
be sabotaging Japanese vessels
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at anchor in the
Singapore Harbor.
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The men recognized that the
mission was almost impossible
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and potentially suicidal, but
they were still willing to try.
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Lyon began to take down
the components of the mission
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informing them that they would
infiltrate the harbor using
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the canoes with the
Olympic mines that they carried
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on board, Lyon then assigned
the crew their specific tasks.
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They would be divided into
two parties, six men who would
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make up the raiding
party paddling into the harbor
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to plant the mines and
the remaining eight would stay
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on board the Krait navigating
it among the islands around
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Singapore before meeting
their raiding party at their
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on the randevu point.
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On the 5th of September as
the boat motored northwards
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the men applied dye to their
skins. The dye was meant to
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to stain their skin dark brown
making them look more Asian
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than European from a distance.
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The dye wasn't a very
effective camouflage up close
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but from a distance, it
worked to make them look like a
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group of Indonesian fishermen in
Japanese-controlled territory.
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To complete the disguise,
the men dyed their hair black
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and wore sarongs, then on
the 6th of September the men
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raised a worn Japanese flag,
they were now ready to sail
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behind enemy lines.
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Over the next three weeks the
little fishing boat navigated
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strong tides, rough seas
and raging tropical storms
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out in the open ocean. The
men were constantly under strain
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for fear of being caught
by patrolling Japanese ships
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as they searched for a
forward and a return base.
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They decided that the final
randevu point for operation
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Jaywick was Pompong Island
a small uninhabited coral reef
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Island in the Celebi Sea.
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After navigating the
islands around the Indonesian
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Archipelago, the crew
decided on Pandjang Island as a
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canoe base for their mission.
They landed a Pandjang Island
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in the dead on night and
anchored close to a small beach.
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They managed to get
themselves and their gear ashore
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as quickly and as
quietly as possible.
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Captain Lyon was the last to
leave the Krait and as he left,
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he told the remaining
crew on board that they were to
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take the boat and return to
Australia if the raiding party
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didn't make it back to
the rendezvous point on
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Pompong Island.
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Meanwhile on Panjang
Island the raiders set up camp
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and began preparing
for the mission ahead.
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They set up their three canoes
and loaded supplies on board
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including the limpit lines
they would need for the mission.
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Finally, in the dead of night
the men got into their black
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waterproof suits and smeared
their faces with black dye
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they then began their long
canoe trip towards Singapore.
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They paddled for hours before
pulling their canoes ashore
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on a small island where
they could rest and wait for
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nightfall. Then at nightfall
they made their way back
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into the ocean and
began paddling once more.
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On the 22nd of September
they arrived at Donges Island
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which they had chosen as
their forward attack base.
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From here they would launch
out on the final leg of their
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mission. On the night of
the 26th of September, 1943
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the men finally set off
in their fall boats to paddle
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the last 13 kilometers or eight
miles for Singapore Harbor.
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The men were camouflaged to
prevent detection but didn't
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quell their fears. When
they entered the harbor it was
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well-lit and bustling
with activity, the men noticed
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the Japanese soldiers patrolling
the docks and then working on
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vessels that
were anchored there.
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Staying in the shadows the
three teams carefully navigated
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their way alongside the
big ships berth in the harbor.
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Quietly they pulled up to
the ships and took out their
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limpet mines that
they had brought with them.
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Each two-man team had a total
of nine limpet mines in their
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possession with they were to
attach to the hulls of the ships
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anchored in the harbor.
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Carefully, they attached
the magnetic mines to the hulls
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of seven ships and then turned
around and hightailed it out of
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the harbor. They paddled
hard to reach their hideout on
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Dongjis Island and arrived
just before 5 a.m. on the 27th
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of September. The mines
had been set to detonate
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at around 5 a.m. and the
men had just enough time to
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drag their canoes ashore before
they heard the loud explosions
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in the distance. At 5:15 a.m.
a series of timed explosions
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rocked the Singapore Harbor.
The occupying Japanese forces
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was stunned and they watched
seven of their vessels burst
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in the port, either sinking,
destroyed, or damaged by the
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blasts. The unexpected
attack left the Japanese forces
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reeling with shock. In total
the six-man team managed to
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damage or sink seven warships
and 39,000 tons of Japanese
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shipping. The offensive
Operation Jaywick was a
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resounding success and served
to establish Zed Special Unit
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as a formidable player in the
realm of Covert Special Forces
00:20:47.48\00:20:52.45
Operations.
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After months and months of
training, weeks of traveling,
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and hours and hours of frenzied
paddling the men were elated
00:20:58.89\00:21:04.23
to realize that their mission
against all odds had been
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a resounding success.
The team was able to make it
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to Pompong Island where they
were picked up by the Krait.
00:21:12.80\00:21:16.10
The entire crew made it
safely back to Australia without
00:21:16.14\00:21:21.68
a scratch on them or
their little fishing boat.
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It was a moment of
exhilarating victory.
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The story of Operation Jaywick
is a remarkable account of
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courage and fortitude.
The men of Operation Jaywick
00:21:33.99\00:21:37.86
were willing to make the
ultimate sacrifice for freedom
00:21:37.89\00:21:42.23
and the allies and their efforts
were rewarded with success.
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Operation Jaywick is a reminder
that we're all involved in a
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battle, the battle of life
and in many ways the story of
00:21:51.91\00:21:57.38
Operation Jaywick echoes
the story of the greatest battle
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this universe has ever seen.
00:22:01.82\00:22:03.42
The last book of the Bible
Revelation gives us an insight
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into this battle and helps us
to understand what is at stake.
00:22:09.19\00:22:13.09
Revelation
Chapter 12:7 tells us...
00:22:13.13\00:22:17.03
The Bible describes a
great cosmic conflict,
00:22:25.51\00:22:29.58
a great controversy between
Christ and Satan that began
00:22:29.61\00:22:34.92
in heaven. Revelation 12
goes on to describe the outcome
00:22:34.95\00:22:39.92
of this conflict in verse 9.
00:22:39.95\00:22:42.56
The Bible tells us that
Satan or Lucifer as he was known
00:22:56.34\00:23:01.84
was cast out of heaven to planet
earth. Genesis 3 sheds more
00:23:01.88\00:23:08.92
light on what happened next as
Satan plots to deceive Adam and
00:23:08.95\00:23:13.49
Eve and enlist them
both in his war against God.
00:23:13.52\00:23:17.03
He does this by tempting them to
blatantly disregard God's Word
00:23:17.06\00:23:22.86
to rebel against God.
God had given guidelines and
00:23:22.90\00:23:28.30
principles to Adam and Eve
advising them how to maximize
00:23:28.34\00:23:33.11
their fulfillment and happiness
and plainly laid out the
00:23:33.14\00:23:36.64
consequences of
disobedience to them.
00:23:36.68\00:23:40.32
Satan contradicted God, he
told them that God was lying
00:23:40.35\00:23:45.42
to them and that by obeying God
they would fail to reach their
00:23:45.45\00:23:50.03
potential of immortality.
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Buying into Satan's lies
Adam and Eve chose rebellion
00:23:52.43\00:23:57.97
against God in the hope that
they would be able to attain
00:23:58.00\00:24:03.00
a higher state of being. Sadly
by doing this they fell far
00:24:03.04\00:24:07.58
short of God's original plans
for them and lost the freedom
00:24:07.61\00:24:12.11
and happiness God
had intended for them.
00:24:12.15\00:24:14.82
In choosing to buy into Satan's
lies Adam and Eve placed our
00:24:14.85\00:24:20.89
planet at the very center of
the Great Controversy between
00:24:20.92\00:24:25.16
Christ and Satan and each of us
as we go about our daily lives
00:24:25.19\00:24:31.23
find ourselves pitched into
the center of this conflict.
00:24:31.27\00:24:34.94
We live in a battle zone mired
in conflict in the midst of a
00:24:34.97\00:24:41.24
tug of war between the Word
of God and the wiles of Satan.
00:24:41.28\00:24:45.95
A battle between the principles
of God's law of self-sacrificing
00:24:45.98\00:24:51.49
love and Satan's ideals
of selfishness and hate.
00:24:51.52\00:24:56.49
Like the men of Operation
Jaywick we find ourselves as it
00:24:56.52\00:25:02.56
were on a small boat in a vast
ocean sailing deep into enemy
00:25:02.60\00:25:07.54
territory vulnerable to imitate
attack and like the men of
00:25:07.57\00:25:12.21
Operation Jaywick we need to
prepare ourselves to do battle.
00:25:12.24\00:25:16.64
We need to arm ourselves
with the weapons that are needed
00:25:16.68\00:25:20.95
in spiritual warfare, the
Word of God, faith, and prayer.
00:25:20.98\00:25:26.72
The Word of God gives us
a clear purpose and mission
00:25:26.76\00:25:31.29
clear instructions on how
to engage the enemy and win the
00:25:31.33\00:25:35.56
battle. Prayer gives us
a life line to our heavenly
00:25:35.60\00:25:39.93
Command Center where we
can always be sure to find a
00:25:39.97\00:25:44.21
never-failing supply of
heavenly strength to meet every
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circumstance. And faith anchors
us in the assurance of God's
00:25:47.88\00:25:53.82
saving grace helping us to
stay afloat even in the midst
00:25:53.85\00:25:58.75
in the worst storms of life.
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There is no safety for us in
this war zone we find ourselves
00:26:00.66\00:26:04.99
in outside of Jesus, it is only
through Jesus through the cross
00:26:05.03\00:26:11.30
through the certainty of
His Word, the power of prayer,
00:26:11.33\00:26:15.24
and the steadfast anchor of
faith in Him that we can safely
00:26:15.27\00:26:19.91
navigate our way safely
out from behind enemy lines.
00:26:19.94\00:26:24.45
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