A Most Extraordinary Devotion to Duty

摘要

In late January 1942, the Dutch East Indies (present-day Indonesia) became the newest last-line-of-defense facing Imperial Japan's southward-advancing armed forces. Assorted foreign units trickled in to fight alongside the Dutch-including an aging U.S. Naval Reserve physician named Wassell. The ensuing days would become the most dangerous and demanding trial of the doctor's life, exemplifying the phrase "devotion to duty." The seeds of his epic exploits were planted on 4 February 1942, in the Flores Sea.